San Jose kidnapping suspect makes first court appearance
Marlo Porter, 51, appeared in superior court Friday using a cane to walk into the courtroom. He is charged with kidnapping and sexual assault of a minor.
San Jose police arrest man suspected in auto burglary spree involving 114 vehicles
A man suspected in a crime spree involving more than 100 auto break-ins at four housing complexes in San Jose has been arrested, police said Friday.
2 great rock acts are teaming up for a scary good concert tour
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson are once again hitting the road together. The two shock rock legends have announced a co-headlining tour across North America in 2026. It kicks off Aug. 20 in West Palm Beach, Florida and concludes with a big Bay Area date.
Huge San Jose site once planned as tech campus lands Bay Area buyer
SAN JOSE — A huge San Jose site once deemed to be a prime candidate for a high-profile tech campus has been bought by a veteran real estate firm with extensive experience in the Bay Area real estate market. The 24-acre property in North San Jose was bought for...
Google’s Once Grand Vision for Downtown West in San José Still on Hold (Apparently)
Nearly a decade has passed since San José agreed to sell more than $110 million worth of land to Google, to support the tech giant’s plans to transform a flagging industrial area of downtown into a vibrant village filled with gleaming new offices, apartments, hotels, shops and parks.
Santa Clara County purchases medical office it had planned to lease as it battles...
As Santa Clara County seeks ways to trim its seven-figure budget amid the loss of critical federal revenues, county officials have approved the purchase of a new health clinic in San Jose that they say will save them money in the long run. The county originally had planned to lease...
San Francisco South Bay area shaken by 3.1 magnitude earthquake
Residents in the South Bay may have been rattled this morning after a 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Ohlone Regional Wilderness east of Alum Rock. The United States Geological Survey captured the earthquake at about 7 a.m. about 20 miles from San Jose, according to USGS data . Local officials have not...
3.1 quake jolts South Bay residents awake in sudden shake
A minor earthquake in the middle of the night is often more about adrenaline than structural damage, and that was the case when a 3.1 m jolt shook the San Francisco South Bay, startling residents out of sleep and sending a quick wave of anxiety through neighborhoods from the valley floor to the foothills. The […]
Hospitals in Bay Area are filling up. See the respiratory illness report.
We all know the Emergency Room is the last place you want to be. Especially now. Yesterday, I saw an ambulance parked down the street at the Millers'. Later, I found out Bob had the flu, but complications set in. He waited 9 hours just to see a doctor because the waiting room was packed wall-to-wall.
‘Not what my patients deserve’: Medicaid cuts, layoffs plunge East Bay hospital system into...
Doctors and nurses said layoffs of 4% of Alameda Health System’s workforce due to major Medicaid cuts are already causing delayed care and unsafe conditions at the county’s safety-net hospitals.

















