After a jury convicted Paul Zumot in 2011, the hookah shop owner was sentenced to 33 years to life in prison. However, a federal district court judge in 2020 granted him a new trial.

Goodbye to the age of consumer websites and mobile apps, as some observers say the impact of AI shifts innovation’s epicenter away from San Jose.

The former tutor, Mark Hodes, was arrested in 2020 on multiple counts of sexual molestation and is awaiting trial in Santa Clara County.

Two newcomers, Margaret Abe-Koga and Betty Duong, win county supervisor races. In the Gilroy mayoral race, Greg Bozzo moves farther ahead of incumbent Marie Blankley.

Officers on Sunday cited and released an East Palo Man on suspicion of two misdemeanor counts of battery and one misdemeanor hate crime.

Anukool Lakhina of San Jose, CEO of Burnbot, is one of dozens of high-tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley who are trying to use new forms of technology to solve the problem of mega-wildfires in the age of climate change.

Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputies apprehended two men suspected of armed robberies in Cupertino early Saturday, after a vehicle pursuit through several cities ended in a foot chase off Highway 85.

Caregiver company ServingSeniors.Care fined for placing unscreened aides, some with criminal records, with elderly and disabled patients.

District Attorney Jeff Rosen has decided not to charge Rebecca Eisenberg for theft, which had been sought by Valley Water CEO Rick Callender when Eisenberg in January took home a copy of the report that accused her of the abusive conduct.

Tech security entrepreneur Peter Dixon of Portola Valley filed his FEC candidate statement on Thursday and announced he already had raised $350,000; and Palo Alto Councilmember Julie Lythcott-Haims became the seventh Democrat – and first woman – to announce as a candidate for the seat held for 16 terms by Rep. Anna Eshoo.

With the March 5 primary just three months away and a campaign period interrupted by the holidays, the candidates – a total of five Democrats and two Republicans so far – have a big fundraising challenge ahead of them.

The Santa Clara County supervisor says he already has raised $600,000 in federal campaign funds.

Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo's hopes of filling the seat vacated by retiring Rep. Anna Eshoo were energized this week by results from a weekend poll showing the former mayor topping a field of eight possible opponents.

A former Palo Alto police officer pleaded guilty this week for assaulting a man he was arresting in 2018. Wayne Benitez, 66, who was a sergeant at the time and has since retired, slammed the face of a handcuffed arrestee against the windshield of the arrestee’s car, according to court documents. The officer also admitted to filing a false police report.

The vector control district said there is no need for residents to relocate during the treatment, but people can close windows and stay inside to minimize exposure to the insecticide

Accusations against neuroscientist Mark Tessier-Lavigne, first reported years ago, resurfaced in February when the student newspaper, The Stanford Daily, published a series of articles questioning the accuracy and honesty of work produced in laboratories overseen by the former Genentech executive.