Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian says he'll likely make it official next week and Assemblymember Evan Low says he is a few conversations away from his announcement, but the pair are likely opponents in California's 16th Congressional District.

The female officer, who has not been identified, was seriously wounded in Wednesday's shooting, when a single bullet struck her in the abdomen below her bulletproof vest, causing serious injury to her intestine, colon, liver and gall bladder, and fracturing her spine, according to District Attorney Jeff Rosen. 

After a weekend of lobbying, jockeying and speculating, then a flurry of parliamentary maneuvers and a six-hour closed-door caucus meeting on Tuesday, Rivas’ campaign for speaker ended abruptly. California Assembly Democrats decided to keep their current leader, Speaker Anthony Rendon

Santa Clara County school board member Rosemary Kamei is the first new San Jose council candidate of the New Year, seeking to represent District 1 in West San Jose. “After careful consideration, I am jumping in,” Kamei told San Jose Inside. Rosemary is vice president of innovation and former chief operating officer at Silicon Valley Education Foundation.

A 19-year-old cousin of Gilroy council member and prominent Santa Clara County Democrat Rebeca Armendariz was arrested in connection with a Halloween party shooting outside her home that left an 18-year-old dead and three other teens injured.

She joins three current San Jose City Councilors in the race: Willow Glen’s Dev Davis, Almaden Valley representative Matt Mahan and Raul Peralez in Downtown.

The supervisor shared her ambition to become San Jose’s next mayor at a private luncheon of Asian-American and Pacific Islander elected officials.

Johan Strydom’s arraignment is set for 1:30pm today in Department 24 of the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice.

Last week, Santa Clara County Republican leader Phil Reynolds praised the siege and urged people to “take arms.”

In Padilla and Weber, Californians get their first Latino U.S. Senator and first Black female secretary of state.

Some California lawmakers want to decriminalizing psychedelic drugs, like mushrooms, in the coming legislative session.

The city voted for its first directly elected mayor as well as its first Muslim-South Asian and openly queer councilors.

For the Bay Area, the festivities took on greater resonance because of Kamala Harris, an Oakland native and now the first woman VP.

The 25-year-old leads opponent Carol Hoffman by 205 votes for the District 2 seat, which represents the northeastern part of the city.

The 25-year-old progressive rode a wave of young voter turnout to become the youngest state lawmaker in more than 80 years.

Santa Clara County got off to a strong start with early voting, with 62 percent of ballots cast before the polls even opened today.