Mountain View Fire Department gets new tool to battle electric vehicle fires

The Mountain View Fire Department has a new tool to help them put out electric vehicle battery fires, which can be notoriously difficult to extinguish. The cutting-edge device helps firefighters cool the inside of a battery, and firefighters say it could help them avert a real disaster as more EVs hit the road.

Family tragedy compounds after 3 relatives die in Pleasanton when tire blows out

A 62-year-old Sacramento woman and her two granddaughters died en route to San Jose, where they were trying to say goodbye to the family matriarch, who was in hospice and hours away from death herself, relatives told KTVU. 

Apple plans to halt sales of newest watches in US over a patent dispute

If two of the latest Apple Watches are on your holiday shopping list, don’t dawdle for much longer because the devices won’t be available to buy in the U.S. later this week if the White House doesn’t intervene in an international patent dispute.

Santa Clara County supe wants child services overhaul after baby's fentanyl death

Santa Clara County supervisors plan to discuss overhauling the Department of Family and Children's Services early next year after a baby died of a drug overdose. 

Teens suffer 'major injuries' in Mountain View crash

Two teenagers suffered "major injuries" and a third was hospitalized after a sedan crashed into a tree in Mountain View on Tuesday, police said. 

Death of San Jose infant was a homicide, coroner determines

The death of a 2-month-old baby in April was a homicide, the San Jose police department announced Tuesday.

More than 600 fake checks found at Sunnyvale home; police say suspect stole more than $1M

More than 600 fake checks were found during a search last week at the home of a Sunnyvale man suspected of stealing more $1 million through identity theft and check fraud, San Jose police said Monday.

Hundreds of flights delayed at SFO

More than 300 flights were delayed at San Francisco's airport on Monday, plus dozens more at the airports in San Jose and Oakland. 

5 people nabbed during police operation at Great Mall in Milpitas

Five people were arrested during an anti-theft operation conducted by the Milpitas Police Department at the Great Mall late last week, authorities said.

Person in custody after fires snarl traffic on San Jose freeways

A person is in custody over their possible role in vegetation fires that created a traffic headache along freeways in San Jose on Thursday.

Some unhoused residents in San Jose fearful safe sleeping site will destroy their families

San Jose plans to create safe sleeping sites where unhoused residents will find tents, food and security as the city tries to reduce the number of encampments around the city.