San José Police Extradite Local Resident from Mexico in Connection with 2021 Homicide on...
On December 2, 2025, San José Police Department (SJPD) detectives extradited Uatesoni Joseph Paasi, a 31-year-old San José resident, from Mexico. Paasi faces murder charges related to a 2021 homicide. The extradition followed a four-year investigation involving law enforcement agencies in the United States and Mexico.
Look up at the Muffler Man, Hayward
At 20ft, a true roadside attraction. At Bell Plastics in Hayward, many of the old fiberglass attractions found a second home. Collector Bruce Kennedy has been restoring and preserving these giants since 2011. Big Mike was originally installed in the 1960’s on Mission Boulevard at the Morris Car Wash in...
New specialty grocery store to anchor 5-story Bay Area development
The project's plan includes 10 units of low-income housing.
Foreclosure of East Bay office hub shows plunging property values
SAN RAMON — A San Ramon office hub was seized through a foreclosure that valued the property at less than half of what it was worth seven years ago, in a fresh sign of troubles in the East Bay office market. The two foreclosed office buildings at 2000 and...
Pig butchering: Bay Area widow loses nearly $1M in crypto scheme, ChatGPT alerts her...
"ChatGPT told me no, this is a scam, you better go to police station... so I panicked at that time, I panicked and I call him. I say, you are scamming me!" the victim said.
Woman killed after stepping into traffic on Highway 101 in Bay Area, CHP says
The driver, a 24-year-old San Jose man, stayed on the scene and cooperated with officers.
East San Jose to Host First-Ever Mural Festival on Story Road December 6
East San Jose will hold its first Mural Festival, called 'East Side Story' Vol. 1, on December 6, 2025. The event will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the corner of Story Road and McGinness in San Jose, California.
San Jose Killer’s Fate Back in Play as Grieving Family Rips DA’s Push
A high-stakes hearing in a San Jose courtroom Friday will decide whether to strip a key “special circumstance” finding from a 1987 murder conviction, a move that could transform a life-without-parole sentence into one that allows a shot at release. The case centers on Erik Chatman, convicted of killing 18-year-old...
Man arrested for lighting San Jose restaurant on fire: PD
(KRON) — A man was arrested by the California Highway Patrol Wednesday after setting a popular downtown San Jose restaurant on fire earlier in the week, the San Jose Police Department said. SJPD did not name the restaurant targeted in the arson incident on the 300 block of West Saint John Street. Fire crews were […]
San Jose Couple Martin and Irene Garcia Save Dozens of Shoppers After Black Friday...
Aside from divulging details about what happened to a media outlet, the couple shared an array of videos showing them offering refuge to the shoppers. Chaos erupted at Valley Fair Mall in San Jose on Black Friday, November 28, 2025, when thousands of shoppers ran, fearing for their lives, or...

















