Yesenia Ramirez Jose Portillo had pleaded guilty in August to eight charges including kidnapping, attempted kidnapping, conspiracy, burglary, and vehicle tampering, for cutting the brakes on Baby Brandon’s mother’s car. They both faced a maximum prison term of 16 years and four months.
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Mayor Mahan Takes His Budget Case to the Public Before Council Showdown
How to spend approximately $1.5 billion in 2023-24 will be the first big test of political power for the mayor.
Feds Charge San Jose Man with Selling Pills that Resulted in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose
Prosecutors accused Ian Edward Parrish, 28, of San Jose, of selling two counterfeit Percocet pills to an individual in a bar in Fremont that were laced with fentanyl. The individual who bought the pills consumed one and shortly thereafter died of an overdose.
Lockdown Lifted at West Valley College after Two People Found with Replica Firearm
The college was on lockdown for more than two hours, after the security sent out alerts shortly after 11am that an armed intruder with a rifle was seen at the Saratoga campus.
Two Gilroy Residents Arrested for Check Fraud and Car Theft
Gilroy Police began to investigate a series of fraudulent checks that were passed under the names of various businesses in Santa Clara County and San Mateo County in early February.
Neighborhood Surveillance Cams Helped Cops Nab PG&E Bombing Suspect
A three-month investigation ended last week when police arrested Peter Karasev, 36, on suspicion of bombing transformers on Thornwood Drive in December and on Snell Avenue in January.
San José Reports No Citations under New Gun Law, and Gun Fees Are Months Away
The city had estimated that the $25 fees would yield $1.3 million, to be collected by a non-profit foundation established to distribute all fee revenue to community-based programs focused on reducing gun violence. That revenue estimate was based on 100% participation of the city’s estimated 52,000 gun-owning households – one of every 15 city adults.
Mayor Mahan’s Community Committees Propose 2023 Budget Goals
Building more emergency housing, adding more cops on the streets, expanding neighborhood cleanups and speeding up the permit process are key recommendations from advisory committees created last month by San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan. The mayor’s office today announced the recommendations released by the five “transition committees” he launched in January identifying approaches to solve what he calls the city’s most significant challenges. They are to be presented to the City Council Tuesday.
California Legislature Skirts Its Own Labor Laws
State legislators sometimes exempt themselves from the laws they pass, but this session, they could change course on an emblematic bill: To allow their own staffers to form a union.
Santa Clara Man Faces Felony Charge for Actions at Jan. 6 Attack on U.S. Capitol
In the 24 months since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 950 individuals have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including over 284 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.
San Jose Mayoral Candidates Paying Down $12M in Campaign Bills
Independent political action committees were big spenders for the 2022 mayoral candidates.
Meet San Jose’s New City Council: Six New Faces, More Diverse, Fewer Women
The city’s shifting demographics, a continuing affordable housing shortage, endemic homelessness, a looming budget deficit and the reality of five council elections – plus another mayoral ballot – in just two years create additional uncertainties.
Legislature Considers Statewide Gun Insurance Requirement Like San Jose’s
The amended Senate Bill 8 was introduced following the mass shootings across the state in January.
Work-from-home Patterns Continue Post Pandemic, Threatening BART Deficits
Without additional revenue from fares, new taxes or some other source, BART is on track to run out of pandemic-era emergency relief funding by mid-2025.
Domingo Candelas Is New District 8 San Jose City Council Member
The vote came after six hours of interviews, comments and deliberations on the merits of five finalists who had been picked by the council last week. The process had been abruptly interrupted at 7pm by “an urgent adjournment to a closed session” to consider allegations that Candelas had been given questions in advance.
After Weeks Under Wraps, SJ City Council Selection Moves into Spotlight
When a divided San Jose City Council decided in December to appoint rather than hold an election to fill two vacant seats in 2023, they pledged the process would be 'transparent.'
