Santa Clara CEO Sentenced For Failing to Pay Withheld Taxes for a Decade
The CEO of a small Santa Clara manufacturing business was sentenced this week to one year and a day in prison for a decade-long scheme to avoid paying employment taxes. John Comeau, of Santa Clara, was the CEO of Vivid Inc., a company that provided metal coating services to industrial customers in California and...
Bay Area music icon Kaz Kajimura, co-founder of Yoshi’s jazz club, dies at 82
He built his first concert venue with his own hands.
Crews battling fire at San Jose recycling facility
Firefighters are responding to a fire at a recycling facility in San Jose.
Antioch Man Arrested in San Mateo for Possession of Modified Automatic Glock During Traffic...
A traffic stop in San Mateo yesterday led to the arrest of 20-year-old Josiah Garcia, of Antioch. A San Mateo Police officer discovered a modified Glock 22 pistol capable of fully automatic fire during a vehicle search, with the incident occurring on Highway 101 at Holly Street, per a San Mateo Police Department...
Oakland Built a Shelter for Unhoused Residents of Wood Street. Now, It’s Evicting Them
On Monday, Oakland officials are expected to begin evicting residents of two city-run homeless shelters along Wood Street, the site of what was once the largest community of unhoused people in Northern California. The two sites — a safe RV parking site with 40 spots and a 100-bed cabin community...
Bay Area’s first Hello Kitty Cafe opens Friday
(KRON) — Hello Kitty fans and ambience enthusiasts have a new place in the South Bay to frequent. The Santa Clara’s Westfield Valley Fair has unveiled the Bay Area’s first Hello Kitty Cafe. The grand opening is scheduled to last the entire weekend, Friday, July 11, through Sunday, July 13. To celebrate the pink cafe,...
3D printers, cache of guns found in San Jose firearms bust
(KRON) – An anonymous tip led to an investigation, where San Jose police found a cache of privately made firearms, ammunition and three 3D printers, according to the San Jose Police Department. SJPD said last year that the department received an anonymous tip that a person living at an apartment complex in the 4900...
Bay Area man gets year in prison for throwing tantrum in federal court
A Bay Area man was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison on July 11 for assaulting a deputy U.S. marshal while refusing to be detained in a Utah district courthouse on Nov. 22, 2024, According to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Two 99 Ranch supermarkets in South Bay close temporarily following rodent infestations
Two 99 Ranch Market stores in the South Bay Area have been ordered to temporarily close in recent weeks following reports of vermin infestations. A Milpitas branch of the Asian supermarket chain located at 338 Barber Lane has remained closed since Monday, when its permit was suspended by the Santa Clara County...
Bay Area company tests pill that could help senior dogs live longer
They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But in Santa Clara, there's a mutt trying to master the best one yet: how to "stay" a little longer.
