San Jose - Crime & Emergencies

Two high-profile crimes in San Jose appear to have a couple of things in common. A tiny, charismatic church inside a home in the O’Brien Tract neighborhood has been connected to both investigations, and both crimes involved very young children.

The man accused of setting a massive fire in the lumber section of the South San Jose Home Depot store was publicly identified Tuesday as San Jose resident Dyllin Jaycruz Gogue.

Investigators are still looking for the cause of a huge fire that destroyed a Home Depot store off Blossom Hill Road in South San Jose over the weekend, and concerns have been raised about alarms and sprinklers that never went off.

Police in Los Gatos have warned hikers to take safety precautions after two reports of a man with a knife threatening people hiking in the popular Saint Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve.

Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith now faces formal corruption charges from a civil grand jury which could eventually lead to her removal.

San Jose police arrested 15 suspects and shut down three businesses after finding cash, weapons, and more than 1,000 catalytic converters, the police department said Monday. 

The Los Gatos mother who is making national headlines for allegedly hosting parties for teenagers complete with sex and booze will be staying in jail for now after bail was denied.

The San Jose City Council took action this week in hopes of making one of the city’s deadliest intersections safer for people crossing the street.

San Francisco-based Airbnb is now suing the guest who apparently threw a massive and deadly party at a home they booked in Sunnyvale on August 7th.

The safety of Airbnb rentals is once again being questioned after a deadly shooting inside a rented party house in Sunnyvale around 10 p.m. Saturday night.

A new mask mandate went back into effect Tuesday encompassing almost the entire Bay Area, but there are of course some rebel-minded retail shoppers in the South Bay who are armed with their smartphone cameras and are blatantly breaking the rules.

Officials in San Jose say crimes like prostitution and drug use are an everyday occurrence at Agave Sports Bar and Grill on Alma Street, and now they’ve taken an aggressive step to shut down the establishment.

Santa Clara is the latest Bay Area city to join other cities and counties across the state to declare a local emergency because of worsening drought conditions.

Last month, the city of San Jose became a pioneer of gun reform. Now San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is taking his push for tougher gun laws to the White House, at a meeting with President Joe Biden and city officials from around the country.

Residents of San Jose's Villages retirement community say that coyotes have been attacking and killing their dogs and cats.

As the Bay Area heads into Fourth of July weekend, communities faces a "perfect storm" of extreme-drought conditions, wildfire danger, pent-up, post-COVID demand for partying, and now, both legal and illegal fireworks being sold in some South Bay municipalities.

A snorkeler who was bitten by a shark off the San Mateo County coast has shared his story.

Santa Clara County law enforcement officers appear to have a lower COVID-19 vaccination rate than the general public, with around 64 percent so far confirming they're fully vaccinated.

On Friday, a suspected drunk driver ran into an outdoor dining area outside a San Jose bar, killing one person and injuring two others. 

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority had investigated or disciplined mass shooter Samuel Cassidy four times before he opened fire on coworkers in May.

A mother from San Jose has been arrested on a charge of murder after her 7-year-old son was found dead in Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced Tuesday.

A mass shooting on Wednesday morning at the Valley Transit Authority (VTA) light rail yard (101 W. Younger Ave.) in downtown San Jose has claimed the lives of at least eight people, likely all VTA workers, and the shooter also reportedly took his own life at the scene.

Their ducks may have come home to roost for three Santa Clara residents accused of stealing a neighborhood icon: a duck statue named Rubberta that normally resides in the front yard of a private home in Mountain View.

A mountain lion scaled a six-foot-high fence in Woodside Wednesday evening and attacked a dog, whose owner drove onto the lawn to scare off the big cat.

The San Jose Police Department says it has arrested 13 alleged gang members in connection with a wave of violent robberies particularly targeting gardeners and landscapers.