San Jose business owner enforces face-covering ordinance on non-compliant customers

A San Jose business owner said a group of customers walked into his café on Sunday afternoon and refused to follow the state’s mask mandate and social distancing guidelines.

Police K-9 helps nab Cupertino standoff suspect

A suspect in a standoff allegedly stole from a Cupertino Staples store before brandishing a knife and making a run for a nearby doughnut shop. A Sheriff's department K9 helped with the man's eventual arrest.

Former 49er Dana Stubblefield convicted of rape

Former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield was convicted of rape, Santa Clara County District Attorney's office announced on Monday. 

Gilroy police appeal for details in hit-and-run that killed 60-year-old pedestrian

The major injury collision was reported at 11:40 p.m. in West 10th and Eigleberry streets, where police, fire, and paramedics found the 60-year-old male victim, who had been struck by a pickup truck heading west on West 10th Street.

San Jose among a dozen cities on federal coronavirus watch list

While city and county officials aren't sure what factors got them on the list, they still see it as a call to action. 

Suspect held in San Jose car-vandalism spree

​​​​​​​A suspect was arrested early Thursday in connection with a vandalism spree in a San Jose neighborhood inwhich car windows were smashed with a baseball bat, police said.

Santa Clara County defers Caltrain tax measure, transit agency at risk of temporary shut down

A new plan unveiled Tuesday would direct revenue from the proposed tax measure into an escrow account controlled by the three-county Joint Powers Board that manages the Peninsula rail system.

Steve Wozniak among 18 to file lawsuit against YouTube
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and his wife Janet joined his attorneys Joseph Cotchett and Brian Danitz at the law offices of Cotchett, Pitre and McCarthy in Burlingame for an 11 a.m. press conference Thursday, July 23, 2020 to provide initial details about the lawsuit and answer questions from news reporters.

Santa Clara Co. lawmakers propose 'regressive' sales tax hike for COVID-19 costs

On Tuesday, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved a referral from Board President Cindy Chavez to explore placing a general five-eighths of one cent retail sales tax increase for the November ballot. The tax would last 60 months under the assumption that the economy will recover by then, according to county documents.

Pandemic puts Mountain View’s Red Rock Coffee on the brink of closure

Another Bay Area favorite is in danger of succumbing to the pandemic. The general manager of a popular cafe in Mountain View said the Red Rock Coffee is on the brink of closing its doors.

Man contests fireworks violation notice he says was wrongly sent in San Jose

A San Jose resident said he’s been wrongly accused of setting off illegal fireworks on July 4. He’s now contesting a warning notice he received in the mail.