San Jose

A stand-off with a suspect holding a hostage that stretched from Monday night to Tuesday afternoon is finally over.

A beloved holiday tradition in the South Bay is not immune to the labor shortage. Christmas in the Park is in desperate need of more Santas. Many of the regulars have expressed concerns about COVID.

San Jose homicide investigators have identified a suspect in a fatal shooting that claimed the life of a 33-year-old man in June.

Police arrested Francis Dagayray, 45, Eutropio Dagayray, 47, and Gilbert Meriales, 45, and booked them into Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of homicide, assault with a deadly weapon and gang enhancements.

When Nya was born, she had immediate health issues. Doctors soon realized she had underdeveloped kidneys smaller than normal. Six months later, she was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease which is a lifelong condition, in need of a kidney transplant.

Fox soccer analyst Stu Holden took some video showing someone in the stands jumping on the field and throwing a punch at a member of the San Jose Earthquakes. Other players tried to pull him away.

San Jose State University president Mary Papazian announced her intention to resign at the end of the fall semester in a letter to the campus Thursday.

A San Jose sports bar known as a hot spot for illegal activity has been ordered closed by city officials.

The city of San Jose is taking some dramatic steps to reduce water use during California's historic drought. On Wednesday, Mayor Sam Liccardo, joined by state leaders, said he will be introducing a measure to restrict residents from watering outdoors to twice a week. 

The San Jose Police Department will be getting new neighbors. On Tuesday, city leaders voted unanimously to move forward on a project to house the homeless in an overflow parking lot for police officers.

The Santa Clara University president of student government said there have been more than two-dozen cases of sexual assault from September 19-22. But the University says the actual number of reports is three.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture announced Tuesday that a portion of South San Jose is under quarantine for the oriental fruit fly, with residents in the area urged to consume or process homegrown fruit and vegetables on site or to take extra care in disposing of them.

Out of roughly 7,000 city employees, more than 300 applied and were given an exemption. The majority are religious. Nearly one-third of those exemptions are in the police department.

A pedestrian was struck and injured by a vehicle in a hit-and-run collision in San Jose Monday night. 

Academic and child welfare counselors, intervention specialists, student services coaches, among others in the largest San Jose school district, will be "on call" several times a month for substitute teaching duties--a decision that will hurt students who need mental health support, said members of the San Jose Unified Equity Coalition.

Thursday was the deadline for city employees to be vaccinated, but Mayor Sam Liccardo said workers will be given a one-week grace period to get their first shot before being placed on a one-week unpaid suspension.

Seventeen-year-old Nishi Dahria unpacked months of patience Thursday outside Presentation High School in San Jose.

Police union members who don’t get vaccinated and who do not submit to twice weekly testing are subject to a 40-hour suspension without pay. And they also could face termination.