San Jose Police Release Video of Officers Fatally Shooting Mateusz Dzierbun
San Jose Police Department Press Release Re: Officers Fatally Shooting Mateusz Dzierbun. On July 13, 2025, at approximately 3:23 PM, San José Police Department Patrol Officers responded to a report of a stabbing at Cataldi Park in the city of San José. Upon arrival, Officers located an adult male suspect armed with a...
Walmart closing Neighborhood Market in Pleasanton next month
Pleasanton shoppers will soon have only one Walmart to go to in the city after the company announced Tuesday it plans to close its other store location at the beginning of next month. The decision to shutter the Walmart Neighborhood Market, located at 3112 Santa Rita Road, on Oct. 2...
Over 4,500 lightning strikes hit California overnight, sparking new wildfires
Cal Fire has reported fires in the area after dry thunderstorms swept through.
San Jose police arrest 3 in strong-armed robberies of jewelry, shoes
Police in San Jose on Wednesday announced the arrests of three people in connection with two strong-armed robberies of people attempting to sell items after arranging meetings online.
3 Oakland armed robbery suspects injured after colliding with car while trying to get...
Three armed suspects who allegedly tried to rob a security guard in Oakland were injured after the car they were in crashed into another vehicle in Hayward while fleeing the scene of the crime, according to police.
Body found floating under CA bridge in 2003 posed mystery. Now man is identified
For more than two decades, the body of a man discovered floating in the water below a California bridge posed a mystery. Now, with the help of DNA testing, the body found in Oakland in September 2003 has been identified as Robert Craig Whitsett, a spokesperson for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said in a Sept. 2...
Poetry as Protest, Prayer, and Home
For Bay Area poet Terra Oliveira, writing has always been both a journey outward and a way back home. Oliveira, who grew up in Benicia, recalls that her early work often carried an undertone of restlessness. “In one of my first poetry books, An Old Blue Light, I wrote from a place of restlessness and wanting to leave...
Critics blast decision on eve of East Bay police radios going silent to public
OAKLAND, Calif. - By early Wednesday morning, Oakland police radios - as well as most law enforcement agencies in Alameda and Contra Costa counties - will go silent. That means an information blackout for live breaking news, from barricaded suspects, shootings and other active crime scenes. Agencies point to state...
Battery Maker Natron Energy Runs Out Of Money, To close Holland Plant
HOLLAND, MI — A California-based battery startup is shutting down its Michigan operations after running out of cash. Natron Energy in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice dated Aug. 28 said it will shut down both of its facilities in Holland and Santa Clara, Calif., terminating a total of...
200,000 pounds of trash removed from 1 San Jose park
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — Hundreds of homeless people, including children, lived in San Jose’s Columbus Park this summer. The sprawling and unregulated encampment was an unsafe place for anyone to live, city leaders said. City crews cleared the park over the past two weeks, marking San Jose’s largest encampment...