Hundreds show up for sideshows across Bay Area cities on Cinco de Mayo

Sideshows cropped up throughout the Bay Area – in Oakland, San Jose and Santa Rosa – on Cinco de Mayo, as crowds whipped out their cell phones to watch cars doing donuts and driving recklessly on city streets. 

Man with knife at elementary school surrenders to SJPD

A tense, hours-long standoff between San Jose police officers and a man armed with a knife unfolded at an elementary school on Wednesday.

Man armed with knife at San Jose elementary school in custody: police

A man described as despondent and armed with a knife showed up at a San Jose elementary school, police said, prompting a shelter-in-place.

San Jose police race to 2 shootings minutes apart; homicide in Berkeley

San Jose police raced to two shootings within minutes of each other where a total of three people were hurt and in the East Bay, Berkeley police began investigating a homicide.

San Jose's Norm Mineta, 1st Asian-American Cabinet secretary, dies at age 90

Norman Y. Mineta, who was born in San Jose, Calif., to Japanese immigrant parents, held in an internment camp during WWII and held high national government posts, has died at age 90, officials said Tuesday. 

San Jose police chief 'disappointed' with criminal behavior of officers

San Jose's police chief revealed that one officer died of a fentanyl overdose, another was drunk during a kidnap search and a third is on leave during a sexual misconduct investigation.

San Jose police: Woman dies after being struck by 2 cars

A pedestrian in San Jose died Saturday evening, according to police. They said two different cars hit the victim, and she died at the scene.

Strict rules at San Jose flea market drive out vendors

San Jose Flea market vendors are anxious about their future as the city council voted to allow flea market operators move forward with developing and selling the land.

2 San Jose kidnapping suspects arraigned while 1 man is released

The Santa Clara County District Attorney on Thursday declined to charge one of three suspects arrested for allegedly kidnapping a baby boy while charging the other two on kidnap and burglary charges. 

San Jose kidnap suspect who met grandma at church was 'obsessed with baby'

One of the San Jose kidnap suspects had met the 3-month-old boy's grandmother at church, relatives told two Bay Area Spanish language television stations, and became "obsessed with the baby."

San Jose police say woman helped hatch plan to kidnap baby

Authorities described a woman arrested in the kidnapping of a 3-month-old baby from a San Jose home as a friend of the family.

San Jose police ID baby kidnap suspects

San Jose police on Wednesday identified the suspects who they say kidnapped a 3-month-old baby from an apartment as his grandmother unloaded groceries.

Woman who reported van in San Jose baby kidnapping is called a 'hero'

KTVU has learned that the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office is expected to decide Wednesday on the charges the three San Jose baby kidnap suspects will face and that they could be arraigned in the afternoon.

Kidnapped baby found in San Jose, 3 suspects in custody: police

A three-month-old baby who was kidnapped from San Jose was found on Tuesday and three suspects were taken into custody.

Kidnapped San Jose baby safe, but confusion surrounds getaway van

San Jose police announced the good news that a kidnaped three-month-old baby had been found safe. But confusion and a bit of mystery surrounded a 2011 Silver Nissan Quest, which appeared to have led authorities to the discovery of baby Brandon Cuellar.

California's 'big city' mayors push for homeless funding

A coalition of mayors from California's 13 biggest cities say they need more state funding to combat homelessness