San Jose CA

Backyard fire pits used to be a simple weekend upgrade, but they now sit at the intersection of wildfire risk, neighborhood tension, insurance anxiety and fast‑evolving local codes. Across the country, cities, homeowners associations and even state regulators are tightening rules on open flames faster than many...

From historic department stores to essential neighborhood pharmacies, here are the five major retail chains shrinking their California footprint as we head into February. As part of its "First Wave" of 2026 closures, Macy's has confirmed that two prominent California locations are in their final weeks of operation....

From the streets of San Francisco, there were calls of solidarity with Minneapolis, where a 37-year-old man was fatally shot by a federal agent Saturday. Protestors from across the Bay Area and beyond gathered within hours of the shooting of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital.

NewPark Mall opened on August 6, 1980, at Mowry Avenue beside the Nimitz Freeway. The first crowds moved in from the parking lots in steady lines. As they entered, visitors felt cool air and bright light, and saw a full regional mall all in one place. Inside, the design used...

Police Light | iStock - Chalabala Over 30 gunshots were fired in multiple locations as the suspect robbed stores and stole cars. The post ‘Endangered Hundreds of People’ Stolen Corvette Rampage Erupts in 30 Gunshots Injuring California Police Sergeant appeared first on MotorBiscuit .

More than $10 million in state and federal funding is heading to salmon and steelhead habitat restoration projects across California, including multiple efforts in Trinity, Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte counties, according to an announcement from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The funding...

The museum has “temporarily paused” its popular program, which waived general admission fee for Bay Area residents for one evening per month.

The centerpiece of a popular shrine at Pinto Lake County Park—an oak tree with growth patterns that many believe resembled Our Lady of Guadalupe—has long since died and been removed. Our Lady of Guadalupe is a title for the Virgin Mary and is tied to Catholic tradition in...

A Gilroy woman, employed as an administrative assistant, has been sentenced to a year in jail after pleading no contest to elder fraud stemming from an embezzlement case in which she siphoned over $100,000 from the family-owned Guglielmo Winery. According to the Santa Clara District Attorney's Office, Stacey...

San Jose has landed in the global spotlight for a distinction no city really wants. A new international ranking has crowned it the least affordable housing market on the planet, finding that even a dual-income couple earning the local average salary could only afford a bit more than half of a typical home here.