3 Calif. deputies indicted in 2021 in-custody jail death
ALAMEDA COUNTY, Calif. — An Alameda County criminal grand jury indicted three current and former Alameda County sheriff’s deputies in the 2021 jail cell death of Maurice Monk, marking an unusual twist in prosecutions that began more than a year ago. The grand jury’s findings — delivered on...
Criminal trial for Los Gatos mom accused of underaged parties underway
After more than four years in custody awaiting trial, Los Gatos mother Shannon O’Connor is having her day in court. She’s accused of hosting alcohol-filled parties for underaged teens during the COVID-19 shutdown and was arrested in June 2021. O’Connor’s criminal trial has been underway since mid-November. It...
Pineapple Express forecast to drench Bay Area before Christmas
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — On the heels of a weeks-long winter dry spell, a series of rainstorms is forecast to soak the San Francisco Bay Area between Sunday and Christmas Eve. The chilly dry spell, which began on November 21, ended with light rain drizzling over the North Bay Wednesday. An atmospheric river flowing...
Driver dies after Tesla veers off Hwy 17, catches fire
(KRON) — A driver was killed early Friday when their Tesla veered off Highway 17 in Los Gatos and collided with a tree down the embankment, sparking a fire that fully engulfed the car, according to the California Highway Patrol. The fiery crash, which occurred around 12:30 a.m. south of Lark Avenue, shut down the […]
The next Bay Area storm is on the way. This timeline shows when heaviest...
The final weekend before Christmas could be the Bay Area’s wettest weekend since November of last year, with San Francisco in line to receive between 1 and 3 inches of rain by Sunday night.
Funeral Home Accused of Giving a Father His Son’s Brain in a Bag
A Santa Clara County family is suing two South Bay mortuaries and a licensed funeral director after an alleged mistake—a horrifying, disgusting mistake. According to the recently filed lawsuit, the family of Alexander Pinon claims that a funeral home employee gave Pinon’s father a red biohazard bag supposedly...
Teacherless, AI-powered private school expanding Bay Area footprint due to growing demand
Would you send your child to an AI-powered school? At Alpha School, there are no grades, no teachers and the students complete their focused learning in just two hours a day.
San Jose’s Grim Tombstone Yard Marks Drop In Homeless Deaths, Not End Of Crisis
Yesterday in San Jose, volunteers turned sheets of foam into hand-painted tombstones, each one standing in for an unhoused neighbor who died on Santa Clara County streets this year. The makeshift markers are meant to put names and faces to lives that often vanish into statistics, and organizers plan to set up the...
Multiple cars set on fire in San Jose’s Willow Glen neighborhood
The San Jose Fire Department and police are investigating the incidents as possible arson and are seeking public tips.
San Jose program helps women start child day care centers
An East San Jose nonprofit is providing economic mobility for residents, as well as affordable child care for the community. A child care program started by Grail Family Services has enabled 81% of participating women to earn their child care licenses to combat a dearth of facilities in East San Jose. A total of 80...
