Waymo will be the first driverless taxi operator in San José, joining San Franciso and Los Angeles.

The settlement relates to a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II grant that Vimaan Robotics obtained from the National Science Foundation.

The San Jose Police Officers’ Association said the stabbing suspect was on probation and was wanted on a felony warrant.

The DA's Cold Case Unit said the body of Jeanette Ralston, then 24-years-old and living in San Mateo, was found in the back seat of her Volkswagen Beetle near a San Jose apartment complex in 1977. Police said she had been strangled and raped, and the killer had tried unsuccessfully to burn the car.

The hardware giant’s stores in Santa Clara County were burglarized at least 15 times. A Home Depot in Emeryville was hit 24 times.

Gabby Chavez-Lopez led Anthony Tordillos by 706 votes in the special election, but won just 30% of the overall vote.

The New York Times today put the mayor in the national spotlight for leading the city council in a plan to threaten homeless people who don’t accept offers of shelter, saying it’s  the latest sign of frustrations over tent encampments in California.

The suspects, from San Jose, Sunnyvale, Fremont and Oakland, used social media applications earlier this month believing they were communicating with a juvenile under 14 years of age, according to police.

Here are the District 3 leaders after the last Election Day vote count:
Gabby Chavez-Lopez 2,087
Matthew Quevedo  1,592
Anthony Tordillos 1,433
Irene Smith 1,186

Starting Saturday, March 29, two Vote Centers will be open daily from 9am to 5pm through April 7 at the Joyce Ellington Branch Library Community Room and the Olinder Community Center Community Room.

This strike is no longer about fair wages or working conditions. It’s about pay demands that would force route cuts, fare increases and layoffs.

During a high-speed chase on crowded streets in 2022 north of Morgan Hill and in San Jose, the former UFC champion fired a handgun multiple times at a truck carrying three people, including a man accused of molesting Velasquez’s relative.  

That means the strike that has suspended bus and light train rides for 100,000 commuters since March 10 will continue.

Those who miss the deadline can still participate in the San Jose City Council District 3 election, but they must register in-person and vote on the same day at the Registrar of Voters’ Office, 1555 Berger Drive, Building 2, or at any vote center starting March 29.

The Valley Transportation Authority is hopeful its offer of more pay and improved benefits will end the regional transit strike.

Last year’s initial budget projection featured an estimated $53 million shortfall. The new budget projection unveiled by Maguire this week showed a projected $46 million shortfall, the equivalent of about 3% of the city’s $1.6 billion spending plan.