Milpitas News

Police are questioning two men and a woman Friday who emerged uninjured from a Milpitas home after an overnight standoff with SWAT officers.

A 6 1/2 hour standoff in Milpitas ended peacefully today, and three people who were inside a home where gunshots were fired are now being questioned by police.

Milpitas Planning Commission last night was expected to review a site development permit amendment for the future mixed-use Apton Plaza Apartments project at 230 N. Main St.

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Police said someone entered the hotel's lounge and stole a 42-inch LCD television.

Milpitas Police Department detectives believe a man who pretended to be a cop in order to commit crimes in San Jose may be the same suspect who sexually assaulted a woman at a Milpitas hotel in May.

Milpitas City Council has advanced the $8-million renovation of the 175-year-old Jose Maria Alviso Adobe.

Milpitas Planning Commission voted 6-0 last week to formally table Newport Beach-based Integral Communities' proposed mixed-use project at 1315 McCandless Drive a project that would provide twice the housing as the KB Home development around Elmwood jail.

The city's "Red, White and Boom" Independence Day events will feature a pool party, barbecue, live music, and a fireworks display at Milpitas Sports Center.

The new Warren Avenue/Interstate 880 interchange opened Tuesday, marking the end of one phase of transit improvements in South Fremont and the beginning of another, transit planners said.

1 p.m. Tuesday Two juveniles seen leaving Yerba Buena High School where a fight had occurred were contacted and found to have concealed weapons in their possession.

Firefighters battled a grass fire that injured a firefighter Thursday afternoon and burned about 4 acres in San Jose near Coyote Creek before being contained, San Jose fire Capt.

Armed robbery near Dixon Landing Road On June 19 at about 11:40 p.m., Milpitas Police Department officers responded to an armed robbery at 120 Dixon Landing Road.

Construction on a $37.6-million Interstate 680 widening project, which includes installation of a toll-based high occupancy vehicle lane that is the first of its kind in Northern California, is occurring outside Milpitas.

Milpitas City Council last week approved a plan to fund part of the planned $55-million Calaveras Boulevard widening project through a developers' fee that will impact future commercial and residential projects built along the route.

The Milpitas Community Concert Band is a friendly group of people who enjoy sharing their love of music with each other.

Cash stolen, window smashed at uniform firm On June 10 at about 8:30 a.m., Milpitas Police Department officers responded to a commercial burglary at 3D Medical Uniforms at 388 S. Main St.

Milpitas City Council unanimously voted May 19 to approve plans and advertise bid proposals for a pending $1.2-million streetscape project to improve medians, sidewalks and lighting in southern Milpitas.

Milpitas Historical Society will conduct a walking tour open to the public on Saturday, June 27.

A church that claims a lack of signage at its religious facility makes it unnoticeable to the public has received the city's blessing to erect a lighted sign on its property.