DA Files Murder Charge In San Ramon DUI Case
Martinez, California – The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office has charged a Pleasanton man with murder in a DUI-related crash in San Ramon. Badal Devendra Dholaria, 27, will be arraigned on December 4th at 1:30 pm in Martinez on a five-count felony complaint. In addition to the murder charge [PC 187(a)] that led...
Family Health Plan helps locals keep Medi-Cal coverage
In recognition of the urgency of upcoming policy changes, Santa Clara Family Health Plan (SCFHP) is partnering with community-based organizations in Santa Clara County to encourage residents to enroll in Medi-Cal, keep their coverage by completing annual renewals and use their benefits before new regulations take...
Santa Clara County Fire Department responds to apartment fire near HHS
The Santa Clara County Fire Department responded to a local call about a small fire on the south side of Village Green Apartments on Nov. 9. Within minutes, SCCFD sent its first dispatch at 1:44 p.m. along with additional county support, quickly extinguishing the fire and keeping damage to a minimum, Gerald Myers,...
Drunk 90-Year-Old Obliterates A Coffee Shop, Caught On Surveillance Footage
Thanksgiving ended in disaster in Northern California after a 90-year-old driver blasted through the coffee shop at the end of University Avenue in Los Gatos outside San Jose.
San Jose’s revised preservation rules clear way for park project
San Jose officials have amended the city’s historic preservation policy in order to advance a long-delayed project that would bring millions of dollars of new amenities, including a music pavilion, to St. James Park. The measure — which does not specifically name the park project — sparked widespread pushback from...
West San Jose development represents the first project in the city be approved under...
Nearly one year after enacting a policy aimed at speeding up approvals for large-scale infill housing developments, San José has approved its first project under the new rules, cutting the permitting time by more than half. The city has greenlit Holland Partner Group’s proposal to build a 540-unit mixed-use...
Former executive ditched corporate life to run one of the Bay’s best Italian spots...
For George Noblie, the path to owning one of Silicon Valley’s most beloved Italian restaurants didn’t begin in a kitchen or behind a bar — it began decades earlier, in the quiet corners of a teenage dream. Growing up full-blooded Italian, he always imagined one day opening a place of his own. Life, however, took him...
Details on San Jose quinceañera event planner scandal revealed
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — A San Jose event planner is accused of stealing money from local families who hired him to plan their daughters’ quinceañera parties. Juan Martin Gaspar, aka Juan Martin Barcenas, returned to court on Tuesday to face charges. He did not enter a...
San Francisco and Santa Clara County Take Legal Action to Protect Local Homelessness Funding
On December 3, 2025, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu and Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti announced that both jurisdictions have joined a national lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The lawsuit challenges recent changes to HUD’s Continuum of Care (CoC) Program,...
VIDEO: San Jose couple opens home to dozens of fleeing shoppers after Black Friday...
After the Black Friday shooting at Valley Fair Mall, dozens of panicked shoppers ended up about a block away at the home of Martin and Irene Garcia, who rushed them inside. Some stayed until midnight, ordered pizza, prayed together, and listened to Christmas music.
