AI‑era fortunes from the Bay Area are driving all‑cash purchases of second homes across Napa, Monterey and the Central Coast.

A Silver Alert is active after 56-year-old Quan Phan was last seen Thursday morning near Checkers and Schulte drives in San Jose.

Sultan's Kebab is opening a fourth Bay Area location at 278 E. Campbell Ave in downtown Campbell; signage is up and a liquor‑license application is pending.

Supermicro has begun converting the iconic Fry’s store in north San Jose into a 333,000‑sq‑ft manufacturing and warehouse building — the first phase of a planned 3 million‑sq‑ft campus.

Michael Doty has returned as Santa Clara County undersheriff, rejoining Sheriff Robert Jonsen with a focus on training, custody care and staff support.

Laughing Monk Brewing has signed a lease to take over the former Rock Bottom space at The Pruneyard in Campbell; Regency Centers confirmed the deal but an opening date is still TBD.

Local verifiers say images of ICE agents circulating online were AI-generated; volunteers found no agents after canvassing the Santee Drive area.

Mountain View's Nob Hill Foods will close by late May as The Raley's Companies decides not to renew the lease, affecting local customers and the store's 50 employees.

Nine vehicles were damaged in a wave of early-morning car fires in downtown San José, prompting an arson probe and a city tip line for tips.

Apple has quietly moved employees into Orchard Parkway offices in North San Jose and is preparing to occupy an adjacent building, adding nearly 500,000 sq ft of lab and office space.

Longtime Los Altos trustee Vladimir Ivanovic will step down in March, saying the board’s plan to place Bullis Charter School on the 10th site privileges the charter and risks bond support.

PSAI paid $193M for the five‑building Mountain View Corporate Center at 331 East Evelyn. The 289,000‑sq‑ft campus is leased to Databricks, Atlassian and HeartFlow.

A long-running South Bay grief program closed after a funding loss. Its founders are launching Footsteps Forward to restore counseling, crisis response and training.