A DNA match led investigators to the arrest Monday of James A. Whisenand in Indiana on charges related to a violent home invasion rape of a 61-year-old woman in San Jose 15 years ago

Prosecutors say that Obdulia Banuelos-Esparza of San Jose solicited and accepted up to thousands of dollars each month from the owner of a Bay Area security firm, in exchange for her recommendation that the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds Management Corporation contract with the security company.

Regional Medical Center is owned by for-profit HCA Healthcare, which earlier this month closed East San Jose's only Level II Trauma Center, citing financial pressure. The county pledged to keep it open if the hospital becomes part of the Santa Clara Valley Healthcare System.

The merger combines 62 attorneys from Hopkins Carley, a leading San Jose law firm,with Lathrop GPM’s 300 lawyers, into a single coast-to-coast firm under the Lathrop GPM name with approximate annual revenues of $250 million.

All three defendants – Matthew Farris, 36, Jereh Lubrin, 37 and Rafael Rodriguez, 40 – admitted to voluntary manslaughter, seven years after being convicted of second-degree murder and two years after those convictions were overturned by an appellate court.

Former Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Capt. James Jensen was convicted of felony bribery and conspiracy charges, and the same jury acquitted co-defendant Harpaul Nahal, a Santa Clara attorney, of both charges.

These new numbers continue the trends set by Sam Liccardo in the first quarter, and are sharp indicators of the uphill battle that Evan Low faces in his bid for the prized Silicon Valley congressional seat.

After a four-year investigation, police concluded that a 54-year-old school janitor had sexually molested boys at his home in Morgan Hill after North Valley Baptist Church outings at Anderson Lake over a 10-year period.

The appointment by Bernalillo County commissioners on a 3-2 vote returns the veteran San Jose politician to the state of her birth and ends her 18-month search for government jobs away from the Bay Area.

The San Jose Police Department social media pages will showcase violent crime cases displaying suspects that have been identified but outstanding.

Commissioners in New Mexico's biggest county, Bernalillo County, have named Cindy Chavez a finalist for their new county manager, with a decision expected this month.

The FTC says that for years, Adobe used fine print and inconspicuous hyperlinks to hide a hefty early termination fee to retain subscribers and boost profits.

David Tai Leung, of Sacramento, part-owner of Tomi Sushi and Seafood Buffet in the Eastridge Mall in San Jose, admitted in federal court that he spent $3.36 million of Covid relief business loan money on personal expenses. He had previously confessed in state court to multiple felony wage theft and tax evasion charges.

Earlier this month, a lawyer for Chavez threatened to sue her San Diego counterparts for the way she claimed she was treated as an applicant for the $400,000 post.

Police arrested Andrew Perez as the man who allegedly attacked the victim at the Children's Discovery Museum Station about 1:15pm, March 29.

Mayor Lisa Gillmor called the agreement a “loan shark” deal. The National Football League team had sued the City of Santa Clara because it wanted to pay lower public safety costs, and wanted the Santa Clara Stadium Authority to pay for the VIP buffet at games.