Friday is a big day in San Jose, with a sold-out open-air Big Game Block Party at City Hall with Grammy winner Kehlani, followed by a 10pm drone light show in the sky above Discovery Meadow.

There are no suspects identified yet in either shooting, police said, asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit.

County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody has issued revised guidelines for the public on how to slow the COVID-19 outbreak.

San Jose will consider opening up labor talks to give the public more oversight of public employee contracts, which take up half of the general fund budget. Other issues before the City Council on Tuesday include health and wellness coaching for firefighters and a fancy new fence.

San Jose Police Chief Larry Esquivel has recommended the city dramatically raise fines for violating the new cannabis club regulations.

Local kids (and parents) may have known it instinctively, but now they have the facts to back it up: It’s great to be a kid in San Jose. 

U.S. News & World Report has just ranked San Jose as the nation’s third most kid-friendly city. Only Virginia Beach (pop. 433,000) and Madison, Alabama, (pop. 43,000) ranked higher.