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One Year After Mass Murder in Half Moon Bay, Suspect Indicted
The Jan. 23, 2023 shooting at two farms in Half Moon Bay killed seven people and injured one.
CSU Strike Ends After One Day, Classes Resume Tuesday
The faculty union had sought a 12% raise, but instead settled Monday on one 5% raise retroactive to July 1, 2023, and another to begin this July 1.
Santa Clara Man Found at Home with Wife’s Body, Charged with Murder
Santa Clara police found Liren Chen, 27, spattered with blood, in his home, with his wife’s body nearby.
Ex Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads to Reduced Charges for Fake Shooting Report
Sukhdeep Gill had told investigators that he miraculously escaped injury when a bullet fired from a passing car struck his body camera while he was standing near his patrol car.
‘Train to Nowhere’ or Fresno’s Dream? Central Valley’s $88B High-Speed Rail Has 2026 Target
If you listen to California’s political class, the high-speed rail project sounds like a textbook boondoggle – over-budget, delayed and larded up with waste. Yet in communities across California’s farm belt, the discourse is refreshingly different.
2023: California Closes Prisons, Transforms Others
As the state shutters prisons, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to turn San Quentin into a model for rehabilitation. Attorney General Rob Bonta is trying to catch up on police shooting investigations.
2023: San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan’s Holiday Message
The mayor's message: By getting back to basics and working together, we are beginning to see progress on some of our most challenging issues.
Federal indictment Indictment Charges San Jose Man With Robbing U.S. Mail Carrier
U. S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey reported a recent increase in the theft of postal keys, break-ins of postal vehicles, assaults on letter carriers, and various other criminal acts involving interference with delivery of the mail.
George Casey: A Safer San Jose Starts with Facing Facts
While the crime spike resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has receded in most parts of the country, California stands out as a stark aberration, with persistently high rates of violent crime and a spike in property offenses.
Mahan Gets Opponent, as 17 Qualify for City Council Ballots
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan now has a primary opponent, Tyrone Wade, but past elections provide strong evidence the two-year incumbent will sail to an early victory in the March 5 primary.
New DA Task Force Raids Weapon Arsenal, Arrests Two San Jose Men
The DA task force had been focusing on disarming people ordered by the court to not have guns, but this was the first seizure of a weapons arsenal.
Santa Clara County Judge Dismisses Garlic Festival Shooting Victims’ Lawsuit against Gilroy and the Festival
Victims' attorney plans to appeal the tentative ruling in the case stemming from the July 28, 2019 mass shooting at the festival that resulted in four deaths, including the shooter, and injuries to 17.
Chavez Announces She Won’t Run for Mayor in 2024
If no other candidate emerges, Mayor Matt Mahan will be the first unopposed mayoral candidate since the first popular election of a San Jose mayor in 1966.
State Follows San Jose Lead, Ends Bans on Lowriders
San Jose was known as the lowrider capital of California until 1986, when the city banned those cars and created “no cruising zones.” The city overturned its ban on lowriders in 2022, and on Sept. 1 of this year San Jose city officials joined car enthusiasts in celebrating the first Annual Lowrider Day.
San Jose Father Charged with Baby Daughter’s Fatal Opioid Overdose
The mother of the infant, who was not at home when the baby died, herself succumbed to an overdose last month.
