San Jose police have arrested two men, both of San Jose, and charged them with felony grand theft in connection with a massive six-month shoplifting spree that yielded over $75,000 in stolen goods from various local retail stores. From July 2023 to January 2024, San José Police Department Financial Crimes Unit Detectives began investigating over 70 retail thefts that occurred in the city of San José. During this investigation, Detectives discovered that the suspects committed theft in various retail stores, including Target, NIKE, REI, Best Buy, and Dicks Sporting Goods.

The defendants, most from Los Angeles, agreed to pay more than $8.3 million in restitution, the largest lump sum restitution recovery for victims in a Santa Clara County insurance fraud case.

Yosimar Reyes was named Santa Clara County's eighth poet laureate, and will serve for two years, through 2025.

The images and videos seized by the FBI showed depictions that Included prepubescent minors and minors engaged in sadistic or masochistic conduct.

Santa Clara police found Liren Chen, 27, spattered with blood, in his home, with his wife’s body nearby.

Sukhdeep Gill had told investigators that he miraculously escaped injury when a bullet fired from a passing car struck his body camera while he was standing near his patrol car.

The four San Jose City Council candidates invited are:Pamela Campos, Joe Lopez, Lalbabu “Babu” Prasad, Vanessa Sandoval.

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation in partnership with other Bay Area transit agencies, today announced 50% discounted fares for lower-income Bay Area residents. The “Clipper START” pilot program administered by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission aims to make public transportation more affordable. To participate in the “Clipper START” program, individuals must meet the following criteria:

Be a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area.

The first place winner was Caitlynn Sue, a student from Leland High School in San Jose, whose app “Oakli” helps people live more environmentally friendly by providing motivation, education, and resources. 

In December, San Jose Special Operations METRO Unit Officers learned that a commercial property in the 2400 block of Autumnvale Drive housed an illegal gambling establishment that also offered illegal drugs and prostitution.

Henry Flynn, 57, owner and CEO of Kubo, was sentenced to six months in the Santa Clara County Jail. He pleaded guilty to grand theft in November 2022.

U. S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey reported a recent increase in the theft of postal keys, break-ins of postal vehicles, assaults on letter carriers, and various other criminal acts involving interference with delivery of the mail.

The DA task force had been focusing on disarming people ordered by the court to not have guns, but this was the first seizure of a weapons arsenal.

Avian influenza does not pose a significant risk to human health.

A former Palo Alto police officer pleaded guilty this week for assaulting a man he was arresting in 2018. Wayne Benitez, 66, who was a sergeant at the time and has since retired, slammed the face of a handcuffed arrestee against the windshield of the arrestee’s car, according to court documents. The officer also admitted to filing a false police report.

San Jose State trainer Scott Shaw was sentenced Tuesday to serve 24 months in federal prison for unlawfully touching female student athletes under the guise of providing medical treatment.