The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority said Measure D will generate $17 million annually for wildfire protection, clean water and open space conservation.

All consumer fireworks — including those labeled "Safe and Sane" — are dangerous and illegal to use, possess, or sell in almost all of Santa Clara County. The lone exception is the City of Gilroy.

Police arrested man after a home surveillance system captured a video of the sexual assault of a two-year-old.

In July 2025, a San Jose police officer shot and killed a heavily armed man dressed in military fatigues after he shot at officers.

Arrests were made in the third and fourth domestic violence homicides so far this year in San Jose. There were five domestic violence murders in Santa Clara County during all of 2025.

Convicted arsonists Richard Tillman is the brother of the late Pat Tillman, an NFL star turned Army Ranger.

Soccer fans return to Levi’s Stadium again tonight for a 9pm match between Austria and Jordan.

Shahin Gheblehshenas, 67, and her daughter, Nina Fathizadeh, 43, were sentenced June 5.  Gheblehshenas, who was convicted in March, was sentenced to eight years. Fathizadeh, who pleaded guilty just before her trial was set to begin, was sentenced to 13 years and four months.

A Santa Clara County Superior Court jury earlier this year found Jesse Manuel Figueroa guilty of murder, for fatally striking 8-month-old Baby Raina in 2020 while babysitting her.

Shannon O’Connor, 52, was convicted in March on dozens of felony and misdemeanor charges: for bringing vodka and Fireball whiskey, providing condoms and discouraging teens from telling their parents or police about the parties.

The Santa Clara stadium, home for the San Francisco 49ers, will host six matches for the world’s biggest sporting event. Five group-stage games and one round-of-32 knockout match are scheduled over three weeks.

Because of his age, the accused juvenile attacker was ineligible to be tried in Superior Court where he could have faced 15-years-to-life in prison. Because it was a juvenile court case, his name was not released.

The Florida-based foundation and Springboard for the Arts partner to connect communities with $3.5 million in grants for locally driven arts strategies.

Prosecutors said Francisco Castillo, a county jail guard, approved the beating in the jail beforehand, provided rubber gloves to one attacker, opened the victim’s cell, watched as the beating took place, and then covered it up.

Campbell Union School District Superintendent Shelly Viramontez has announced her retirement, and Campbell’s Chief Improvement Officer Whitney Holton has been named interim superintendent.

Brandon Sanchez, Deputy Chief of Field Operations for San Jose, is a second-generation law enforcement officer with more than 26 years of experience in command-level leadership, patrol, investigations, administration, internal affairs, criminal intelligence, and homeland security training.