San Jose CA

Nearly one year after enacting a policy aimed at speeding up approvals for large-scale infill housing developments, San José has approved its first project under the new rules, cutting the permitting time by more than half. The city has greenlit Holland Partner Group’s proposal to build a 540-unit mixed-use...

For George Noblie, the path to owning one of Silicon Valley’s most beloved Italian restaurants didn’t begin in a kitchen or behind a bar — it began decades earlier, in the quiet corners of a teenage dream. Growing up full-blooded Italian, he always imagined one day opening a place of his own. Life, however, took him...

Workers with Santa Clara County's vector control say their funding is drying up and cuts are on the way.

An East San Jose charter school serving immigrant families is at risk of closure. Escuela Popular, a bilingual and bicultural school, could close its doors after serving the community for almost 40 years due to a state law that requires all charter school teachers to be fully credentialed. The school, part of the...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — A San Jose event planner is accused of stealing money from local families who hired him to plan their daughters’ quinceañera parties. Juan Martin Gaspar, aka Juan Martin Barcenas, returned to court on Tuesday to face charges. He did not enter a...

As Bay Area residents mourned the death of Claude the albino alligator this week, the California Academy of Sciences received the results of a necropsy.

Rosenberg will spend 30 days in jail and 60 days in a jail alternative - like a halfway hour or home confinement.

On December 3, 2025, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu and Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti announced that both jurisdictions have joined a national lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The lawsuit challenges recent changes to HUD’s Continuum of Care (CoC) Program,...

After the Black Friday shooting at Valley Fair Mall, dozens of panicked shoppers ended up about a block away at the home of Martin and Irene Garcia, who rushed them inside. Some stayed until midnight, ordered pizza, prayed together, and listened to Christmas music.

The City Council has delayed a vote on a controversial policy to crack down on Oakland’s homelessness encampments after state officials warned it could jeopardize $45 million in homelessness funding.