Santa Clara County officials will spray an East San Jose neighborhood with a bacterial spray next week in their latest attempt to eradicate an invasive species of mosquito found last month. Since early April, county officials have discovered 12 female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a residential area near Machado Lane, off Story Road. These mosquitoes … Read more
SAN JOSE — On a warm spring night in 2018, Emilio Salazar, Jennifer Josie Martinez and a friend got in a car and drove up Sierra Road to take in the breathtaking Silicon Valley view and throw themselves a little party. They parked on the roadside, got some music playing, and consumed an alcoholic beverage … Read more
SAN JOSE — A judge has upheld child abuse charges in the notorious exorcism death of a 3-year-old girl at a small San Jose church in 2021, paving the way for the victim’s mother and two other close relatives to stand trial, court records show. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Hanley Chew issued a … Read more
SAN JOSE — Home Depot will pay $1.3 million after an investigation found that a bevy of fire code violations, including non-functioning sprinklers, helped a 2022 arson fire completely destroy a South San Jose store and pollute the air for several days in surrounding neighborhoods, authorities said. That dollar amount encompasses $850,000 in civil fines … Read more
Bay Area residents, do you really know what belongs in your recycling carts? If you said “yes,” you may very well be right — unless you live in San Jose. Recycling contamination has become a growing problem in the Bay Area’s largest city. A city survey in 2022 found that 57% of waste deposited in … Read more
SAN JOSE — A longtime Leigh High School teacher has been arrested and jailed after a former student came forward to authorities to accuse him of raping her in the early 2000s, according to the San Jose Police Department. Shawn Renee Thomas, 56, of Los Gatos, was arrested and booked Friday into the Elmwood men’s … Read more
SAN JOSE — A Santa Clara County judge is upholding the century-plus prison terms of a serial rapist and jail escapee from the 1970s and 1980s after the man got an unusual chance for resentencing through an anomalous series of state actions and court rulings. Eric Patrick Martin, 68, has been in California prison custody … Read more
SAN JOSE — Paul Joseph, currently the second-in-command at the San Jose Police Department, will become interim chief when Chief Anthony Mata leaves at the end of the month, according to multiple department sources. San Jose Police Department Assistant Chief Paul Joseph appears in an August 2023 photo at police headquarters. Joseph has been appointed … Read more
SAN JOSE — Three people facing charges of killing a 3-year-old girl during an alleged exorcism at a San Jose church had believed she was “possessed by a demon,” so they engaged in a ritual to “liberate” the child, a police lieutenant testified Monday. One reason the girl could have been possessed, the lead police … Read more
SAN JOSE — A push to create an additional community-based response team for mental-health emergencies in San Jose has gotten a co-sign from three city councilmembers ahead of the council’s major budget hearing Tuesday. The Trusted Response Urgent Support Team, or TRUST, fields three-person teams consisting of a medic, behavioral-health professional and a peer-support advocate … Read more