San Jose CA

(KRON) — One person is dead after a car plunged off the Santa Cruz Wharf and into the Pacific Ocean at 9:44 a.m. Sunday, according to the Santa Cruz Fire Department. Rescue divers found the victim unconscious in the sunken car with the windows still intact, SCFD Battalion Chief Josh Coleman said. The car was...

$25 million in grants for 88 apprenticeship programs will train 22,208 California workers in the skilled trades, primarily in the construction industry. The funding, approved through the state’s Employment Training Panel (ETP), will support apprenticeships for women, veterans, justice-involved individuals, and people...

Aedes aegypti carries diseases such as yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika.

A “dangerous” and aggressive invasive mosquito is spreading around a major Northern California city. The blood-sucking insects, which can carry life-threatening diseases, have been detected in a new area of San José, a city that is home to nearly one million residents and much of the state’s tech industry. The...

In what has become a familiar ruse, a pair of thieves earlier this month stole a necklace from an elderly woman by distracting her with costume jewelry, according to Palo Alto police. The victim, a woman in her 80s, on Thursday alerted the police about a theft that occurred 10...

Many families in the Bay Area are very worried about their friends and loved ones living in Jamaica as a monster hurricane moves closer to the island nation by the minute.

Throngs of these black-and-white striped mozzies are swarming around the Bay Area, spreading diseases.

(KRON) — A man who picked up his pregnant girlfriend during an argument at her mother’s Menlo Park home and slammed her to the ground, fracturing her spine and ribs, was sentenced to eight years in state prison, the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office announced. Michael Anthony Calkins, 34, of Fair Oaks, was...

DISCOUNT retailer Marshalls is set to close two of its major California stores, marking another blow to the high street as big-name chains continue to struggle. The bargain-hunting favourite confirmed it will shut down its Hollywood and San Jose branches early next year, with more than 120 jobs set to be axed.

According to the CDFW website, ranchers and CDFW officials spent "18,000 hours" trying wolf deterrent methods, but apparently failed to implement what is widely known as the most effective wolf deterrent, the presence of Pyrenees dogs and llamas to guard the herd, combined with the old cowboy technique of "riding the...