South San Jose News

A Gilroy man and two-time DUI offender was convicted of murder for a drunken driving crash three years ago that killed a 4-year-old boy on Highway 101 in South San Jose, authorities said.

The Santa Clara County Coroner's Office has identified the man who died early Monday morning in a single-vehicle crash as Henry Olmedo, 40, of Morgan Hill.

A 40-year-old man was killed early this morning in a single-vehicle crash that police believe was fueled by alcohol.

One person is dead and another in the hospital after a car slammed into some parked cars in South San Jose overnight.

San Jose's $2.6 billion budget plan for the next fiscal year has been approved by the city council on a 9-to-2 vote.

A pair of unrelated deaths reported last week -- including the discovery of a wrapped man in a shopping cart downtown -- continue to be treated as suspicious but not homicides, according to the San Jose Police Department.

The death of a man found just after 1 a.m. Saturday in South San Jose is being ruled by police as suspicious, but not considered a homicide at this point, San Jose Police Public Information Officer Albert Morales said Saturday.

Hoping to stem a troubling wave of violence, acting Police Chief Larry Esquivel blanketed the city with 50 extra officers last weekend.

Hoping to stem a troubling wave of violence, acting Police Chief Larry Esquivel blanketed the city with 50 extra officers last weekend.

Looking to add a jolt to its investigation, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday released surveillance video depicting an April shooting targeting a PG&E substation in South San Jose.

An already violent week got bloodier Friday night when a man was fatally stabbed in West San Jose just blocks from the upscale Santana Row entertainment district -- the city's fifth homicide of the week.

Justin Watkins had just worked the closing shift at GameStop in Westfield Oakridge Mall on Memorial Day weekend and was walking home when he apparently decided to take a shortcut on Hayes Avenue.

Firefighters appear to be corralling a three-alarm grass fire near the Highway 101-Interstate 280 interchange, the second grass fire to break out in the city Saturday, the San Jose Fire Department said.

An already violent week got bloodier Friday night when a man was fatally stabbed in West San Jose just blocks from the posh Santana Row entertainment district, marking the city's fifth homicide of the week.

The new office will be located at 393 Blossom Hill Rd #290 San Jose, CA 95123, formerly the office of Kent Carson, MD.

In response to a recent spate of four homicides, San Jose police are deploying extra units of special operations and gang suppression officers this weekend, a department spokesman said.

Police detectives are investigating the city's fourth homicide since Sunday after a male victim was found shot to death in East San Jose across the street from Santee Elementary School.

Khaled Hosseini's family bloodlines come from one of the planet's most tragic countries -- Afghanistan.

Police have recommended vehicular manslaughter charges for a San Jose man officials believe was driving at up to 100 mph when he plowed into a Santa Clara family's stranded car, killing a mother, daughter and son.

As homicide detectives investigate whether gang motives fueled a shooting that killed two San Jose teens over the holiday weekend, the city is ramping up for the summer season that has historically been a peak time for gang violence.