Bay Area/ San Jose/ Community & Society
Published on May 12, 2020
Top San Jose news: Man killed in Hwy 237 crash ID'd; HS students help businesses make websites; morePhoto: the_tahoe_guy/Flickr

Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in San Jose.

San Jose Police make several weapons, drug arrests

San Jose police report having made several arrests for weapons- and narcotics-related offenses over a six-day period from May 3 through May 6.

Read the full story on NBC Bay Area.

Authorities identify San Jose man killed in Highway 237 crash

A man killed in a motorcycle crash on Highway 237 in Mountain View last week has been identified as 56-year-old San Jose resident Dwight Ford, according to the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office.

Read the full story on Mercury News.

Judge: San Jose must pay county to recount signatures for labor-backed ballot initiative

In a decision that could cost San Jose an estimated $1 million, a judge has ordered the city to pay for the recount of nearly 100,000 signatures collected for a controversial labor-backed ballot measure aimed at shifting the city’s mayoral race to presidential election years when voter turnout is higher.

Read the full story on Mercury News.

Congress pressures San Jose-based Quantum to return $10M in Paycheck Protection Program funding

Congress is singling out a Bay Area corporation for taking $10 million of funding from the Paycheck Protection Program, the emergency lending program intended to help small businesses stay alive during the pandemic.

Read the full story on ABC Bay Area, KGO.

High school students in San Jose help local businesses create online presence

A group of high school students in the South Bay are assisting local small businesses who don't have websites stay afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic by helping them create their own website.

Read the full story on KRON 4 News.


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