DNA evidence from East San Jose house where 84-year-old Alice Sharitz was murdered in 1997 led to the December arrest of 74-year-old Joe Contreras in Oregon.

The attacks in December 2022 and January 2023 caused property damage and widespread power outages.

When detectives located and arrested one adult male and the two 16-year-olds at a San Jose residence, they found a loaded firearm, large quantities of narcotics and two homemade improvised explosive devices.

If the case against the 17-year-old suspect continues in juvenile court, few details about the arrest or the Nov. 28 incident, which shut down Northern California's biggest shopping center and left three injured, are likely to be made public. The mall reopened with additional security measures on Nov. 29.

The Westfield Valley Fair Mall, one of the largest shopping malls in California, reopened today at noon with increased police patrols and assurances that Friday’s shooting was an isolated incident.

After arresting Michael Alvarez last week on an attempted murder charge, police located a loaded privately made firearm, ammunition, a 3-D printer used to manufacture firearms and various narcotics.

The Police Department stated that between January 2020 and January 2025, Margie Thompson, the only paid employee of the Keith Kelley Club, embezzled $43,000.

Tarrah Taylor, 26, Jeannessa Lurie, 24, and Max Ryan, 26, were killed by a single gun-wielding attacker in the early morning of Sept.16.  

Officials say that every year, thousands of people in Santa Clara County take their own lives, get shot, robbed or threatened with a gun.

The San Jose Police Officers' Association released confidential videos of police officials that the union says reveal 'rampant corruption, falsehoods and incompetence.'

San Jose Police Officer Saul Duran has been charged with five counts of lewd and lascivious acts against a child aged 14 or 15, which allegedly occurred while he was volunteering with a program sponsored by the District Attorney's Office between 2008 and 2012.

San Jose police will also deploy drones to assist in identifying locations where illegal fireworks are being set off. Property owners may be subject to administrative fines of up to $100,000.

Harry “Nicky” Nickerson, 16-years-old at the time, stabbed Diane Peterson in 1978 at Branham High School. Just this year, investigators learned that he had confessed the killing to a family member. Nickerson took his own life in 1993.

Police said Robert Rivera Jr.’s refusal to drop his gun, and deliberate motion pointing his firearm in the direction of officers made clear his intent that night was ‘to commit suicide by cop.’

Tristan Arfi, a convicted sex offender, is the chief operating officer and manager of the boxing gym “YBX Fitness” in San Jose. Arfi is accused of committing multiple felony sex crimes against two customers and a gym employee.

Residents of the Loma Verde and Cadillac/Winchester neighborhoods were victims of gang-related violent crimes, including assault with deadly weapons, carjacking and robbery.