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District Attorney Jeff Rosen is seeking to treat the teen suspect in last month’s fatal shooting at a party in Morgan Hill as an adult. The DA’s Office filed a motion at a hearing Monday in Santa Clara County Juvenile Justice Court to prosecute a 17-year-old from Salinas as an adult, charged with one count of murder and six counts of attempted murder. Earlier this month, the sheriff’s office announced it was working with the FBI to investigate the shooting.

Schools and local governments facing crippling damages from lawsuits over child sex abuse would gain some relief under a measure the California Legislature passed Sunday, although not nearly as much as they hoped. The legislation, Senate Bill 577 by Sen. John Laird, was the product of two years of negotiations and allows many survivors of childhood sexual assault at public institutions to continue to sue the public bodies they say are responsible for their trauma.

If signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a bill passed Aug. 31 by supermajorities in the California Legislature would be the most economically significant law supporting local news in the country, possibly in American history. The Community Newsroom Employment and Workforce Sustainability Act (the Community NEWS Act, AB 2222) was introduced earlier this year by Assemblymember Christopher M. Ward and sponsored by Rebuild Local News.

Opinion Community NEWS Act Could Be Game Changer for CA Local News If signed by the governer, the Community NEWS Act would create refundable tax credits for California local news organizations based on the number of journalists they employ, with enhanced benefits for the smallest community news providers and outlets creating new journalist jobs.

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Companies backing data center construction are flooding Sacramento with cash, hoping to stop or defang seven bills that would regulate the facilities as they head toward approval in the California Legislature this week. The pro-data-center spenders include Big Tech companies like Amazon and AI titan Anthropic. But they are led, dollar-wise, by old school utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric, which earlier this year clocked its second biggest lobbying quarter since 1999.

The San José Police Department, along with the California Alcoholic Beverage Control, last week conducted a sting operation at four retail licensees to target the sale of alcohol to minors that resulted in one arrest. The operation, known as a Shoulder Tap operation, targets adults who purchase alcohol for persons under the age of 21. Here’s how it works: A minor under the direct supervision of law enforcement stands outside of a liquor or convenience store and asks customers to buy them alcohol.

Investigative Reports Big Tech Spending Big to Battle Data Center Backlash Polls show voters are turning sharply against data centers and several bills to regulate the facilities are advancing in the California Legislature. Utilities and tech companies, meanwhile, are spending millions lobbying state officials.

A San Jose Department of Transportation employee died Tuesday after being fatally injured while repairing a streetlight, according to city officials. Police said a box truck driver crashed into a crane truck at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Hillsdale and Narvaez avenues, causing a person inside the crane bucket to fall out. The victim was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, but he did not survive, police said. The worker has not been identified by the city.