This past weekend a custom trailer was stolen from The Hot Rod Shop near downtown San Jose, police report. San Jose detectives said the trailer contained a valuable custom car.

San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata said 32-year-old Robert Carter died in a gunfight with officers after a crime spree that ended when four officers opened fire on him.

In a series of tweets that began at 7:28pm Wednesday, San Jose police reported that officers shot a carjacking suspect near West Hedding Street and Park Avenue, at the city's western boundary with Santa Clara.

San Jose Police used crisis intervention techniques to take into custody a man iarmed with an axe and knife who was vandalizing businesses at a shopping center early today

The arrest of 15 suspects over several weeks in the Bay Area was the culmination of a six-month investigation into the thefts that also netted more than $50,000 in cash, four handguns and an illegal assault rifle, ammunition, evidence of identity theft, tools and more than 1,000 catalytic converters.

Shop with a Cop Foundation of Silicon Valley, San José Police Department, and Target Corporation will host the 14th annual holiday toy distribution in San Jose Dec. 4.

The arrests followed a fatal shooting on Halloween in South San Jose.

The gun crimes only came to light after the FBI San Francisco Bay Area division's Joint Terrorism Task Force informed San Jose police about Denis Shevchenko's links to potentially threatening comments made on gab.com on May 24

During the arrest, the man told police he had swallowed an explosive device, and that there was another one in his car. Both statements proved to be unfounded, and no explosive items or devices were located, according to police.

Demetrius Stanley, 31, died in the shooting shortly before 9:45 p.m. on May 31 in the 1100 block of Tofts Drive, where plainclothes officers had gone on a surveillance operation related to a prior criminal case involving Stanley.

The BMW struck a 2012 black Acura SUV that was stopped in the eastbound lanes of Santa Clara Street, then the male driver of the BMW fled on foot and remains at large, according to police.

More than 50 hours after a gas leak was first reported, PG&E released detailed information, in response to questions from San Jose Inside, about the Wednesday leak that had forced the evacuation of hundreds of San Jose residents.

The gang members, suspects in several violent crimes over the past six months, were arrested last week in San Jose as part of a sting that netted weapons and stolen property.

Police released home security video footage today that shows suspects driving up to Khan Lieu's home on Misty Glen Court at 1:23pm. on June 21, 2018 and getting out of a black Lexus ES350 sedan to approach the home before forcing their way inside. 

San Jose police have not yet identified the homicide victim, and did not identify Ishihara until today’s announcement on Twitter. The press release gave no further details about the incident, the victim or the alleged assailant.

Undercover operation busts three Stockton men on pandering and weapons charges