San Jose CA

(KRON) — A Bay Area man responsible for selling a counterfeit OxyContin pill laced with fentanyl, which killed a 17-year-old in October of 2022, was sentenced to 21 years in state prison on Sept. 16. The convicted drug dealer, 29-year-old Malcolm Shephard of Pittsburg, pled guilty to charges of involuntary...

With Hispanic Heritage Month underway, there was an expectation of a variety of celebrations; however, recent ICE activity has left people worried and cancelling events. Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15, highlighting the great impact of historical Latinos and Latinas who...

Starbucks is shuttering hundreds of stores across the U.S. and Canada as part of a restructuring push the company calls "Back to Starbucks." The reductions amount to roughly a 1% net decrease in North American locations by the end of the current fiscal year, with CEO Brian Niccol saying the company is focusing on...

Habeas corpus petitions have been successfully used across the country to free asylum-seekers arrested at their court house hearings.

(KRON) — State officials published a new report exposing flaws in Alameda County’s child protective services and foster systems. Between 2019-2024, Alameda County Department of Children and Family Services received nearly 57,000 reports of alleged child abuse and neglect. The East Bay county is home to about 330,000...

Dennis Ojeda, 34, of Alviso, was charged with several counts of indecent exposure after allegedly exposing himself to women—including a minor—on VTA buses. Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Rosilind Nguyen, who had been tracking Ojeda for months, spotted him off-duty near Santa Clara University and made the arrest.

(KRON) — San Jose police said a motorcyclist has died after a collision with a vehicle Thursday night that also hospitalized a juvenile. The incident happened at 8:05 p.m. in the area of Branham Lane and Jarvis Avenue. Police said the motorcyclist suffered major injuries in the crash and was later pronounced dead at...

OAKLAND, Calif. - KTVU received several calls, as well as photo and video submissions, of a mysterious light streaking across the sky that resembled a meteor on Thursday evening. The calls have been coming from throughout the Bay Area. Officials with Lick Observatory of Mount Hamilton told us one of...

SAN JOSE — Dutch Bros Coffee is eyeing an empty restaurant site at 2624 South Bascom Ave. for its first San Jose store, according to a proposal the company submitted to the city. The company had previously proposed a location in Gilroy at the corner of Alexander and East...

(KRON) — A doctor in Milpitas was arrested on Wednesday for inappropriately touching a female patient, according to the Milpitas Police Department. Dr. Sanjay Agarwal, a pulmonologist, is accused of touching the patient during a consultation. The reporting party informed Milpitas police about the incident on Sept....