San Jose News

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.

A brush fire along Coyote Creek consumed about an acre and a half and caused the closure of Brokaw Road east of Interstate 880, snarling traffic in both directions during the Thursday commute.

The popular singer/songwriter has been on five previous tours, and her time on the road is very significant to all of her fans.

"I just took them and played the hell out of those vintage Telecasters," the South San Jose-based blues guitarist and singer said.

A search for two residential burglars Friday led to an hours-long shelter in place for two public schools on Yellowstone Avenue as authorities sought and eventually arrested the suspects, Milpitas Police Department reported.

One month after gunshots damaged PG&E's Metcalf transmission substation in San Jose, a man dressed in all black was spotted early Wednesday morning in a field next to the property, setting off a large search by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office.

Q What do you think of the proposal to drop the maximum blood alcohol level from 0.08 to 0.05 percent for drunken driving? A I like it and here's why: Although any change is a long shot and at best many years away, it raises awareness that you don't need to be legally drunk to be an impaired driver.

There's more Chicago-style pizza in the South Bay's backyard with the newest location of Patxi's Pizza, which opened here Tuesday.

A fire in South San Jose only burned seven acres. But the fierce, wind-swept grass fire sent smoke high into the sky that was visible for miles.

An 81-year-old man who was killed while walking in a crosswalk in East San Jose on Monday night has been identified by the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office as David Stearns, of San Jose.

Cleo Doss said the two-alarm fire began burning on a 50-acre plot of land about 11 a.m. at Singleton Road and Locke Drive, which is bounded by East Capitol Expressway and Senter Road.

The San Jose City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to raise the city's tax on marijuana collectives to 10 percent starting in July.

Movimiento de Arte Cultura Latino Americana -- San Jose's Latino-themed arts group better known as MACLA -- has been inching toward purchasing its building on South First Street and creating an imaginative urban art center there.

City leaders say it's the end of the road for an old wooden train trestle off Lonus Street in San Jose.

San Jose, Calif.-based real estate firm iCORE Global has added another Texas town to its list of locations - San Antonio.

Forecasters say the high temperatures that moved in Monday should dissipate through the week's end, but state and city fire officials said they still plan to keep an eye on hills and other land covered with dry brush throughout the Bay Area.

Partners Francisco "Patxi" Azpiroz and William Freeman have announced the opening of their ninth Bay Area Patxi's Pizza location, their first in San Jose.

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.

A San Jose teenager was killed Monday morning as he was riding his bicycle, presumably on his way to Silver Creek High School.

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.