4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (185+ words) San Jose Unified warned parents and students of a person acting strangely and recording people and parts of various schools and then posting those recordings on social media. Robert Handa reports. San Jose Unified sent out an alert to its…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (213+ words) A suspect wanted in connection with a downtown Healdsburg jewelry store burglary was arrested following a multi-agency investigation, authorities announced Monday. Denis Gabriel Chitu, 30, was taken into custody in Citrus Heights after fleeing from a suspect vehicle, according to the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (183+ words) It was a historic and emotional Thursday night at Stanford, as the women’s soccer team retired number 19: the number worn by star goalkeeper Katie Meyer, who died by suicide in 2022. Meyer’s parents, Gina and Steve, walked to midfield to a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (288+ words) State attorneys challenged the head of Instagram over whether the platform does enough to protect young users during a landmark federal trial accusing parent company Meta of designing intentionally addictive and dangerous features. Adam Mosseri testified in Oakland federal court…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (158+ words) A 59-year-old woman and her dog died Monday night after being struck by a driver while crossing a street in Novato, police said. Novato police responded around 9 p.m. to the collision near Novato Boulevard and St. Paul Circle. Police said the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (821+ words) Facing soaring costs and steep housing prices, farmworkers in coastal San Mateo County say they can’t afford to buy the very food they harvest. Hilda Gutierrez reports. Working full-time picking strawberries and watering trees for minimum wage wasn’t enough to…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (698+ words) Meta insists it has a long history of protecting its youngest customers as it defends itself against a swath of lawsuits alleging its social media empire harms children. In the latest such instance, the social media giant is fighting allegations…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (696+ words) A former engineering director at Meta who has testified before Congress about child safety on Instagram told jurors Wednesday at a landmark trial that the company took a “don’t ask, don’t tell” approach on kids under 13 on its platforms. During…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (172+ words) Meta and more than two dozen states are returning to an Oakland federal courtroom Wednesday for a high-profile trial focused on the potential dangers of social media for young people. More testimony is expected from the first witness in the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (712+ words) As opening statements kicked off Tuesday in a trial for Meta Platforms, advocates and parents of social media victims gathered outside the federal courthouse in Oakland, California, with a banner that stretched several feet across. Written on it in black…...