The cousin of 43-year-old Torres, identified only as John Doe, said he was far from the only victim of the former City Council member's abuse. Shocking revelations at Friday's sentencing divided the family and resulted in a maximum 18-year sentence.
It’s been a busy – and successful – few weeks for San Jose homicide detectives. In a two-week period from July 30 through Aug. 12, city detectives arrested seven suspects, and cleared four homicide cases.
County officials said the higher taxes are needed to close a projected billion-dollar budget shortfall that is the result of the federal government’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”
San Jose city officials say outreach services to homeless individuals and food programs for low-income seniors will continue, using city funds if federal funding ends.
Obdulia Banuelos-Esparza avoids jail time and will have to pay $40,000 in restitution in a plea bargaining deal for demanding cash from a security firm in exchange for a fairgrounds contract.
Richard Tillman was arrested in connection with the crash on suspicion of arson. He was identified as the youngest brother of Pat Tillman, the former professional football player turned Army Ranger who was killed in Afghanistan in 2004.
The carpenters' union's stance broke from the powerful Building and Construction Trades Council, which has opposed nearly all proposals to lower hurdles for developers that do not include minimum pay levels and union hiring requirements.
The class-action lawsuit alleged that Google programmed Android phones to transfer data to Google servers over cellular networks, even when users weren't connected to Wi-Fi.
Vincent Thayer of San Jose and Sevendik Huseynov of Sunnyvale were allegedly involved in more than $205 million in fraudulent claims, among 324 defendants whose fraudulent and illegal schemes resulted in $14.6 billion in false billings.