San Jose News

A bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash as he rode on the Taylor Street overpass of Highway 87 near downtown around 3:25 p.m. Monday.

The state political watchdog commission that regulates campaign finance and lobbying in California on Thursday will hold its monthly public meeting for the first time in Santa Clara County.

A potential 2 percent pay raise for San Jose's City Manager and City Attorney will be discussed by the city council tomorrow.

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.

In an era of still-fragile finances, few dare call it pork. But San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed's budget message last week included a clutch of nearly two dozen earmarks from City Council members.

Here are my completely biased suggestions of where to drink in downtown San Jose, whether you're coming for NN13 or some other time.

For many people these days, getting away from it all means getting away from their gadgets.

A proposal to begin repairing Oakland's ailing public safety radio infrastructure has come under fire from the police union, which has been furious over the system's poor performance.

Santa Clara County CALIFORNIAAnnouncing the 7th Annual Festival in the Park - " Stayin' Alive! Join the American Heart Association for a fun-filled health and recreation fair, one day only, Saturday, June 22, 2013 from 11 am - " 4 pm at Hellyer County Park.

When a tree fell two weeks ago in a crowded Willow Glen park, everyone heard it.

A Petaluma man who traveled to downtown San Jose on Wednesday believing he was going to have sex with a young girl and physically abuse her was arrested in a sting operation, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office.

More BBQ: Say you've devoted every minute of the last two years to turning your barbecue dream into a smokin' success.

Shayla Cypriano was riding her bike to her new job as a pet groomer, finally earning a pay check to help raise her 2-year-old daughter and build the self-esteem that had eluded her during years in foster care, when a freak accident took her life.

The Tracy Police Department's Special Investigations Unit served three unrelated search warrants Tuesday and Wednesday at locations that housed large-scale residential marijuana grows, authorities said.

A joint reunion of the Willow Glen High School Classes of 1981, 1982 and 1983 is planned for July 13 at the Hotel De Anza, 233 W. Santa Clara St., in downtown San Jose.

A pedestrian walking her bicycle was killed in a San Jose accident Thursday morning that also involved a dump truck and a delivery truck.

San Jose Fire Chief William McDonald, who took over a department demoralized by layoffs and bitter fights with City Hall, announced he will leave after three years to become chief in Las Vegas.

A 56-year-old man was found stabbed to death in East San Jose early Thursday morning in a case being investigated as the city's 24th homicide of the year, police said.

Every day, giant exhaust-spewing buses roll into San Jose neighborhoods, pick up San Jose residents -- most of them elderly and on fixed incomes -- and ferry them hours to the north and east to gamble the day away at tribal casinos.