1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (804+ words) If I had written, as Donald Trump was being inaugurated for his second presidential term in January 2025, that California would have the nation's best job market in the following year, you might have questioned my sanity. Trump's "America First" economic…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (748+ words) It's been nearly a decade since California voters legalized recreational cannabis, but production and sales remain outlawed in most of the state " and the black market dominates. "It was packaged as a free lunch," he said. "There are no free…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (273+ words) It's the final day for Santa Clara County voters to cast their ballots to elect the next assessor following Larry Stone's decision to step down from a role he held for more than three decades. Los Altos Vice Mayor Neysa…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (259+ words) The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered John Eastman disbarred and his name stricken from the state roll of attorneys. It caps a yearslong effort by the state bar to strip Eastman of his law license after he developed a…...

2+ day, 31+ min ago  (768+ words) Re: "Group buys Coyote Valley farmland for $5. 3 M" (Page B1, April 9). As of April 2026, the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) has preserved more than 98, 000 acres in San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties since its founding in 1977. How much property…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (807+ words) East Bay Times Goldberg: What Orban's defeat means for the rest of the world On Saturday, the day before the election in Hungary, I went to Puspokladany, a run-down town of about 16, 000 in the northeastern part of the country, for…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (653+ words) Re: "Officials oppose reopening of prison for ICE" (Page B1, April 9). The resolution passed unanimously, but not without contentious comments offered by Supervisor Miley. He implied that we can't judge the people who created internment camps for the Japanese because of…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (318+ words) Quite importantly, unlike criminal defendants, immigration detainees have no right to appointed counsel for their deportation proceedings. They must find and fund their own representation " a near-impossible task for someone being held in a remote detention facility, often far from…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (731+ words) Conversion therapy ruling is latest example of efforts to take power away from government regulators In an 8-1 decision last week, the Supreme Court struck down a Colorado law that prohibited so-called conversion therapy aimed at changing the gender expression or…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (860+ words) Continent's leaders have concluded that no amount of flattery will win more than fleeting approval from U. S. president. "When we're serious, we don't every day say the opposite of what we said the day before," French President Emmanuel Macron said last…...