San Jose CA

While San Francisco hogs headlines on homelessness and crime, its southern neighbor, San Jose, has been quietly making bold moves — and seeing substantial results. Frustrated by years of progressive policies, voters elected Mayor Matt Mahan, who campaigned on a platform of reform. Since taking office, he has...

Santa Cruz County, CA – In the early morning of Saturday, May 24, 2025, a single-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 1 claimed the lives of two people, according to KSBW. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) reports that the incident occurred around 4:00 AM on southbound Highway 1, just north of Swanton Road.

San Jose’s Homeless Encampment Clearings Raise a Dangerous Question: Where Are People Supposed to Go?. In San Jose, a homeless man named Robert Emmons woke up not to outreach workers or shelter referrals—but to the sound of staple guns. The signs being posted made it clear: He and dozens of others living along the...

San Jose Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services continues to wrestle with budget cuts and backlogs, and the upcoming year isn’t going to be easy. The city is facing a projected 2025-26 budget deficit of $35.6 million — and the parks department won’t go unscathed. The budget is expected to decrease park funding...

(KRON) — The City of Morgan Hill recently activated a new battery power storage and microgrid system at Centennial Recreation Center. The battery storage system will work in conjunction with the facility’s existing solar system, and provide backup power to the facility during outages. Chris Ghione, public services...

San Jose is awash in history, but none of its neighborhoods has a richer and more diverse past than Japantown. The world premiere of Japantown Returnings seeks to capture that energy and commemorate 135 years of the neighborhood. Written by Mark Teagle and directed by Tasi Alabastro, with musical direction by Wayne...

(KRON) — An RV fire in San Jose Tuesday morning left one person dead, according to the San Jose Fire Department. Firefighters responded to the fire on the 400 block of Kiely Boulevard around 10:32 a.m. The fire, according to SJFD, spread to nearby trees and threatened a commercial structure. Firefighters were able to...

Despite San Jose spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to explore ways to assist domestic violence survivors without involving law enforcement, the group who conducted the study came back empty-handed with no solutions. The city released its “Community-Led Solutions to Domestic Violence” study May 20, conducted...

Two men from Salinas, identified as members of the Acosta Plaza Norteño street gang, have pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges in a San Jose federal courtroom, federal prosecutors announced.

The Bay Area-Silicon Valley Summit kicked off on Tuesday in San Francisco. It featured some of the top leaders in the region, state, and country.