Bay Area leaders push to mobilize for abortion rights

In Mountain View on Friday more than a dozen political and community leaders united in sounding a clarion call to action.

Garlic festival heading to Stockton, organizer vows

The official organizers of the Gilroy Garlic Festival reaffirmed that their popular event is canceled, but a promoter is adamant about bringing a similar festival to Stockton.

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. 

83-year-old man loses life in Mountain View apartment fire

Dozens of displaced Mountain View residents returned home Thursday night, following a fatal apartment fire.

Mountain View firefighters mourn loss of elderly man in blaze; 50 residents displaced

Mountain View's fire chief wrote a personal note to the community mourning the loss of a 83-year-old man who died in a blaze this week in an apartment building, where 50 others were displaced and a pet dog was killed. 

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.

Santa Clara County sees rise in out-of-state patients seeking abortions

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is considering the approval of $3 million for Planned Parenthood as a growing number of out-of-state patients have been coming to Northern California for abortions.

Gilroy Garlic Festival in Stockton? Promoter says no

A surprise announcement that the Gilroy Garlic Festival could be saved has sparked an open conflict between the festival's founders and the would-be saviors.

Earthquake near San Jose registers 2.5

An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 2.5 was recorded near San Jose on Monday afternoon.

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.

As she nears 90, beloved South Bay high school Coach Sugi retires

Friday at Campbell’s Westmont High School, it’s Seniors Night. And no senior is more deserving of honor than long-time coach Taka "Sugi" Sugimoto.