San Jose housing commissioners against mobile home rent increase
The San Jose Housing and Community Development Commission is recommending not to raise rents for residents living in the city’s 58 mobile home parks. A majority of commissioners on Thursday didn’t support a proposed 10% increase to space rents once a mobile home is sold. The city Housing Department proposed the...
New Santa Clara County Dashboard Lets Residents Track Wage Theft Judgments Against Local Employers
Santa Clara County has launched a digital Wage Theft Judgment Dashboard to increase transparency about wage law violations. The County Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE) introduced the dashboard in October 2025. It compiles wage theft judgments from the California Labor Commissioner’s Office. The public can...
California confiscates $56.5M in black market cannabis
(The Center Square) – California officials announced this week that state law enforcement seized $56.5 million of illegally-grown marijuana plants in November, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office. State agencies conducted three raids in November on illegal cannabis farms. That resulted in the confiscation of...
Suspect arrested after stealing American Ambulance vehicle in Fresno, CHP says
A suspect has been arrested after leading police on a chase with a stolen American Ambulance vehicle.
San Jose mortuary accused of mistakenly giving parent his son’s brain in bag
(KRON) — A South Bay mortuary business and funeral services director are accused of giving a grieving father a bag with his son’s brain erroneously placed in it, according to a newly filed lawsuit. The family is suing Lima Family Erickson Memorial Chapel in San Jose, Lima Family Santa Clara Mortuary, and a licensed...
San Jose Police Move on Gang Members, Arrest Five Men, Four Juveniles
The San José Police Department Gang Investigations Unit has arrested five San Jose men and four juvenile males as part of a large-scale operation into various gang-motivated vandalism and firearm-related crimes that occurred September through November. Detectives obtained arrest and search warrants for seven males...
A grinch visited Ace Hardware on Los Gatos Boulevard and stole Christmas decorations and...
A traffic hazard was reported at 12:38am on East Main Street and Pleasant Street. A red Ford truck was blocking the roadway and appeared to have a flat tire. At 4:42pm, a $50 package was stolen from a residence on Pollard Road. Monday, Dec. 1. Two incidents of grand theft...
San Jose Viet Museum’s future unclear
Patience is wearing thin amid a battle for control of a museum honoring San Jose’s Vietnamese community — and both sides of the fight could end up losing. History San Jose, a nonprofit which cares for History Park and its historic buildings and resources on Phelan Avenue, has kept the Viet Museum closed since last...
Bay Area Secures $272 Million for Affordable Housing and Transit Upgrades Benefiting Local Communities
The California Strategic Growth Council has allocated more than $272 million to the Bay Area for affordable housing and transportation projects. The announcement was made on November 25, 2025. The funding comes from the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program. It will support six new...
Email Threat to ‘Shoot’ Staff and Students Shakes Rolling Hills Middle School
An email threatening to shoot staff and students at Rolling Hills Middle School in the Campbell area was logged by police last Saturday, with the incident labeled a threatened crime with intent to terrorize and noting that specific staff members and students were targeted. The terse police-log entry, first noted...
