Alum Rock News

A recent San Jose Mercury News editorial claims that competition among schools in San Jose's Alum Rock School District is working, but the district's teachers' union objects to the paper's conclusions: In the editorial, the San Jose Mercury News claims that competition from several public charter schools is what's driving positive changes in the ...

Several Bay Area transit agencies are offering extended or free service on New Year's Eve and into to the early morning hours of New Year's Day.

Of course not! Nobody is exempt from making a New Year's Resolution. Yes, teachers are not exempt from making New Year's Resolutions even as we require our students to write an essay on what their New Year's resolutions are.

Several hundred parents protested when the Alum Rock Union School District in East San Jose decided earlier this month to close under-enrolled Pala Middle School.

Valley eighth-graders who attended a four-week summer class aimed at preparing them for algebra improved in math proficiency by 20 percent, the class's sponsor has reported.

For decades, Alum Rock Hardware could help with fixing clogged sinks, torn screens, broken windows and botched wiring.

Rock your new year Ring in 2010 with a celebration at the India Community Center on Thursday, Dec.

Adrian Hurtado, 6, photographed October 8, 2009, has been diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder , and lives in a crowded, chaotic houselhold, so he's had trouble concentrating on his school work.

A 12-year-old San Jose boy shot in the head during a gang attack on Halloween has recently emerged from a coma and the Alum Rock School District community is holding a fundraiser for the student's family Saturday outside a Mexican grocery store.

Ballet Folkl rico Milpitas presents "Feliz Navidad" Ballet Folkl rico Milpitas will present "Feliz Navidad," a celebration of Mexican folk dances and arts and crafts activities.

When San Jose Unified School District Superintendent Don Iglesias spoke up at a regularly scheduled school board meeting Thursday night, no one in the room expected him to announce his retirement.

Parents in San Jose are reacting with anger and sadness to the decision by the Alum Rock School Board to increase class sizes and close the oldest school in the district.

Things could get tense at a school board meeting in San Jose. The Alum Rock District is facing tough spending decisions and teachers, parents, and students are doing all they can to stop any more cuts.

Beds: 3 Baths: 2 Sq. Ft.: 1,280 $/Sq. Ft.: $312 Lot Size: 9,375 Sq. Ft. Property Type: Detached Single Family Style: Cottage/Bungalow Stories: 1 View: Green Belt, Mountains, Golf Course Year Built: 1946 Community: Alum Rock County: Santa Clara MLS#: 80945416 Source: MLSListings Status: Active This listing is for sale and the sellers are accepting ...

The Halloween night gang attack on two boys, just 12 and 13 - one still in critical condition - outside a shopping center in San Jose's Alum Rock neighborhood sent shock waves through the city.

As a 12-year-old boy lay gravely wounded from a shooting on Halloween night, his neighbors plan to press public officials for answers and a strong response at a public meeting Monday night in East San Jose.

San Jose Police Chief Rob Davis speaks as city council member Nora Campos, left, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, right, and community leaders look on during a press conference at the Alum Rock Youth Center in San Jose Thursday Nov.

The carnival-like atmosphere of San Jose's Alum Rock Park is gone, but visitors can still experience the mineral springs that caused such a commotion in the early 1900s.

The Santa Clara County Open Space Authority is suddenly $30 million richer. That's because only 25 percent of Santa Clara County property owners eligible to receive a $130 refund applied in time to get their money back.

After a series of gang-related violence in San Jose, the last being the Halloween tragedy at Story Road and Hopkins St., there is now a clamor from all sectors of the community, to end violence in the neighborhoods.