Robert “Bob” Wenzlau, 67, will be sentenced Jan. 8 after pleading no contest in a child‑exploitation case that began with an undercover probe. The plea carries sex‑offender registration and a tentative prison term under the agreement.

Police in Los Gatos-Monte Sereno arrested two suspects for stealing over $5,000 of liquor from Safeway stores and booked them for organized retail theft.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office identified and confronted an individual responsible for illegal dumping in Gilroy, underscoring their commitment to environmental stewardship.

A former Stanford research coordinator was sentenced to four years of probation after a jury found she altered patient records in a Genentech‑sponsored breast cancer trial.

One person was killed and three were hospitalized after an early-morning shooting on the 800 block of South First Street in San Jose.

Shooting at a San José business left one man dead and three others injured; the suspect(s) remain at large. Police are investigating the city's 26th homicide of the year.

Surveillance footage from Peter’s Bakery shows a man wrecking equipment and tackling a customer; the bakery says about $2,000 in damage was done and the suspect remains at large.

An elderly man and a woman were killed when their car struck the center median and overturned on I‑280 near SR‑85 in Sunnyvale on Christmas Eve. CHP investigators are probing the cause.

Fire crews pulled a resident and their dog from a second‑floor apartment near San Jose’s Japantown on Christmas morning; the person was hospitalized and the pet was taken to city animal services.

Two men crabbing were rescued by firefighters after their boat was stranded on a jetty at Pillar Point Harbor during high winds, with CAL FIRE reminding of water hazards.

Bay Area Grubhub users reported phishing emails that urged recipients to send bitcoin and even promised to multiply funds; screenshots show a Grubhub-like sender address.

A man impersonating an Uber Eats driver tried to enter a home in Sunnyvale, was arrested for burglary and assault after pointing a gun at the resident.

San Jose officials are asking the council to approve an $8 million settlement in the federal suit over the 2022 La Victoria shooting after racist texts by the officer surfaced. The vote is set for Jan. 13.