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(KRON) — Several suspects armed with sledgehammers tried to break into a jewelry store Sunday but stopped short when they spotted police, said the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. The suspects never made it into Nitin Jewelers, according to DPS, and raced away from the scene in multiple stolen vehicles. No...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San Jose Police Department's homicide unit is touting a 100% clearance rate over the last 3.5 years, and it's on pace to solve every case in the city for a fourth consecutive year. SJPD points to three factors that are helping to maintain this milestone.

Tearful testimony from the victim of convicted child sex abuser Omar Torres moved Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Sevely to hand the former downtown San Jose council member an 18-year prison sentence on Friday. The cousin of 43-year-old Torres, identified only as John Doe, said he was far...

California cities, including San Jose, are enforcing stricter measures against people living in vehicles, targeting expired registrations and banning lived-in vehicles from streets.

Labor Day protests across the Bay Area drew thousands of participants Monday, aiming to push back against a “war on working people.”. From San Francisco to Oakland to San Jose, more than 20 demonstrations took place across the Bay Area as part of a nationwide day of protest called Workers Over Billionaires set to...

A coordinated team of armed law enforcement officers in camouflage uniforms sparked community concern in South Berkeley on Tuesday morning. The Alameda County sheriff's office told The Scanner the unit was helping with a civil eviction, which previously had not gone to plan. The sheriff's office said its Civil Unit...

Oakland, California, Mayor Barbara Lee on Aug. 26 announced the formation of the city’s Office of Homelessness Solutions to coordinate the delivery of services from government agencies and nonprofits. Oakland’s chief housing policy officer, Sasha Hauswald, will lead the new initiative. Measure W, a half-cent Alameda...

Fire officials told the Chronicle that the injured person was transported to Highland Hospital at about 9 p.m. Sunday.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Wyatt Clark lives in a former yellow school bus, and says the shooting attacks that started in July have continued on his bus and vehicles of other homeless people living in vehicles along Hollis Street in Oakland. "It's happened almost every other day since you guys left,"...

"The strike notice includes caregivers at Northern California Kaiser Permanente facilities from Sacramento to Fresno, and across the Bay Area," says the nurses union. photo credit: Shutterstock If Kaiser is your health plan, heads up if you have an appointment next Monday. Healthcare workers across 20 Kaiser...