Santa Clara County News

Fred Romero holds his infant son, David, above, when the family lived in California.

Tens of thousands of homeowners will see their property taxes go up significantly this year as rising home values restore some or all of their homes' lost equity, Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone said Monday.

Just before 1:30 a-m this morning, police responded to a call of an injured man in the road at the 400 block of Blossom Hill Road.

Q Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, has been inundated with inquiries about lowering the legal blood alcohol limit for drunken driving from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent, which is the legal limit in much of Europe and which last week was proposed to become the legal limit in the U.S. From 1999 to 2010, 20,671 people in California were killed ... (more)

Dan Orum, president and CEO of the San Jose Giants, sent an email to the San Jose City Council about a week ago "to address the spate of misinformation recently published in the Mercury News and elsewhere regarding the San Jose Giants involvement in litigation against the City of San Jose." That would be the still-pending December 2011 lawsuit by ... (more)

No California ticket hit the jackpot, but two lucky tickets did match five numbers, missing only the Powerball number.

The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office arrested and charged 26-year old Gina Mitchell for scamming $350,000 from an elderly man.

Jon Reno St. James, who operated the Party Bus of Santa Cruz, appeared in Santa Clara County Superior Court on Friday to answer manslaughter charges related to the July 2012 death of a Santa Cruz woman who fell from a bus onto Highway 17.

Maybe you slipped something into your pocket before you paid, or you were caught beer in hand at 20 years old.

Israel Andrade, 37, an inmate at Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas, Calif., monitors as incoming mail is screened by Mike Becerra on May 14, 2013.

Dec. 2-6, 2009: Shirakawa visits San Diego on a taxpayer-funded trip and spends one hour Dec.

In December 2009, Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. flew into the San Diego airport, rented a Grand Marquis and headed to a marina Marriott for a five-day taxpayer-funded trip.

One of the biggest challenges California's 1,000 or so school districts face -- the implementation of transformational new Common Core standards, curriculum and testing over the next two years -- may be about to get a lot easier.

The Santa Clara County Public Health Department has issued a notice to hikers in Los Gatos that a bat found near a trail has tested positive for the rabies virus, a deputy health officer said.

A 21-year-old woman accused of striking and killing a bicyclist in Campbell two months ago will a face a hit-and-run charge for allegedly leaving the scene, as well as a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge.

Monday is the last day to register to vote in the special June 4 election for District 2 Santa Clara County supervisor.

Restaurants in Silicon Valley don t have to post their inspection report, but do have to show it to you if you ask to see it.

Milpitas Police Department has confirmed that a missing 82-year-old Milpitas man with medical issues was found disoriented but safe last night on Jacklin Road near South Park Victoria Drive by a police sergeant.

At three locations scattered throughout the South Bay, somber and grisly reminders were present Thursday of the tragic spasm of violence that had engulfed the city over a 12-hour period, leaving four dead.

An interim fire chief was named Thursday to take the reins at the Menlo Park Fire Protection District while fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman recovers from injuries sustained while doing yard work at his home on Saturday.