Witnesses on the scene of the fire alerted arriving police officers to a person suspected of starting the fire., and he was arrested and charged with arson while firefighters fought to control the blaze.

The separate killings were the city's ninth and 10th homicides of the year.

The two suspects in custody were charged with the additional kidnapping counts at a May 12 bail hearing.

The victim's uncle, Rene Aaron Hernandez-Santos,19, and grandfather Rene Trigueros Hernandez, 59, were arrested Wednesday by the San José Police Department's Special Operations Division, MERGE Unit, and charged with felony child abuse in the 2021 death of Arely Naomi Proctor.

San Jose police and the IRS discover that Amanda Riley faked cancer to defraud victims out of more than $105,000.

The investigation linked Matthew Freudenblum, 24, of Sunnyvale to two different storage facilities as likely warehousing locations for stolen goods.

Jose Portillo and Yesenia Ramirez were charged with kidnapping in Santa Clara County Superior Court today and are being held without bail. A third suspect arrested on April 26, Baldomeo Sandoval, was released from custody and will not be charged, police said.

At a press conference late this morning, San Jose police said the three suspects in custody have some connection to the family of kidnapped 3-month-old Brandon Cuellar, taken from his home Monday afternoon.

The long-term multiunit investigation identified and arrested six men who allegedly worked in concert between October 2021 and January 2022 to commit smash-and-grab thefts in San Jose.

San Jose police responded Thursday at 6:26pm to the area of Ocala Avenue and Oakton Court to a report that a red pickup truck traveling west on Ocala Avenue had struck two women in a crosswalk.

Police also learned of other possible victims of Jared Washington when he was coach of the Stingray Volleyball Club.

Andrew Deanda, 43, of San Jose, was arrested Monday at a home on Houndshaven Way in San Jose and was booked into Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of 44 counts of burglary.

The ID program is meant to deter would-be thieves because it makes it more difficult to recycle stolen catalytic converters.

This past weekend a custom trailer was stolen from The Hot Rod Shop near downtown San Jose, police report. San Jose detectives said the trailer contained a valuable custom car.

San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata said 32-year-old Robert Carter died in a gunfight with officers after a crime spree that ended when four officers opened fire on him.

In a series of tweets that began at 7:28pm Wednesday, San Jose police reported that officers shot a carjacking suspect near West Hedding Street and Park Avenue, at the city's western boundary with Santa Clara.