A widespread global tech outage did not spare the Bay Area, causing havoc Friday morning at major airports, regional health care facilities and court systems. The outage — caused by a faulty update from a widely used cybersecurity firm — hit the region’s airports especially hard. Over 100 Friday morning flights were canceled at San Francisco … Read more
If you’re picking up your bags at Terminal B at San Jose Mineta International Airport, it’s not your imagination: There really is a huge inflatable baby chick in the terminal. It’s there to celebrate the airport’s 75th anniversary, and, of course there’s a story behind that. The first flight to land at the newly dedicated … Read more
Norm Mineta towered more in character than physical stature, but even the bronze statue standing high atop a granite pedestal unveiled Thursday at San Jose Mineta International Airport could never be big enough for everything he was. “He was always a San Jose guy, the pride of San Jose,” U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who was … Read more
Q: We picked up our son at San Jose Mineta Airport at 10 p.m. two days before Thanksgiving. We waited in the cellphone lot until our son texted that he was ready for us to pick him up at Terminal B. The turnoff for Terminal B was closed off and all cars were being routed … Read more
SAN JOSE — One of the busiest travel weeks in years experienced some turbulence on Thanksgiving night as a small fire erupted at San Jose International Airport, according to fire officials. In a post to social media Thursday night, the San Jose Fire Department said crews responded to a “small conveyor belt fire” but no … Read more
This year’s Thanksgiving travel season is predicted to be the busiest in the past two decades, with 7.5 million Californians expected to travel over the next 10 days, according to estimates from AAA. “Pack your patience,” said Christie Hudson, a spokeswoman for travel company Expedia. Airlines for America, an airline industry group, forecasts that a … Read more