Silicon Valley grocers expect sales hit from food assistance cuts
Grocery stores are bracing for how federal cuts to food stamps will affect their businesses. Grocers who accept food assistance payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for the majority of their sales are going to take the greatest hit with the federal passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill.”...
Crews knock down San Jose house fire that extended to another home
SJFD says the blaze from the one-story building on the 3300 block of Gavota Ave. has extended to an adjacent house. As of 4:18 p.m., both fires at the two homes have been knocked out.
With home prices falling ever so slightly, California Realtors anticipate ‘bounce-back’
Home sales fell in San Diego County in June, while rising statewide after three straight months of decline, the California Association of Realtors announced. Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California totaled a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 264,260 last month. June home sales...
San Jose restaurant known for 5-pound ‘Burritozilla’ to close after 32 years
(KRON) — A San Jose restaurant famous for its massive five-pound burritos is closing up shop after 32 years. Iguanas Home Of The Burritozilla is having its final day of service on Sunday, July 27, the business announced in a social media post. The downtown San Jose shop closing is the one on 300 S 3rd […]
CHP nabs truck driver for an ‘astonishing’ 95 m.p.h. speed violation on I-5
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) recently called out a truck driver for an excessive speed violation on I-5. On July 18, 2025, CHP’s Yreka Division issued a statement on catching a semi truck traveling at 40 m.p.h. over the speed limit for trucks near the Oregon border earlier this month. “The risks associated...
California AG Issues Alert Reminding Residents That It Is Against The Law For Landlords...
July 22, 2025 - OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a consumer alert reminding Californians that it is against the law for landlords to. discriminate against tenants, retaliate against tenants, or influence tenants to move out by threatening to disclose a tenant’s immigration status to...
Bay Area duo create custom wigs for alopecia, cancer patients
Two East Bay women are bringing comfort and confidence to women who've lost hair due to cancer treatment and alopecia.
San Jose Dealer Charged with Opioid Overdose Death of Second Child
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has charged a San Jose man with the murder of Baby Phoenix – who overdosed two years ago on the opioids the dealer provided to the baby’s father. Philip Ortega is already facing a murder charge for killing Baby Winter,...
SJ community group responds to rising youth gang violence with month of events
"I used to destroy but now I build," said Pastor Danny Sanchez, founder of The City Peace Project, who is responding to San Jose youth gang violence by working to keep teens out of trouble.
Alameda County charts plan for hundreds of millions in housing and homelessness money
After hours of debate and public comment, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday decided, in broad brush terms, how to divvy up hundreds of millions of dollars that are suddenly available for housing, homeless services, and other uses. Voters narrowly passed Measure W in 2020, implementing a 10-year,...
