January 11, 2021 Weekend Homicides Mark San Jose’s First Two of New Year By Bay City News There are no suspects identified yet in either shooting, police said, asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit. Read More 0
December 7, 2020 San Jose: 18-Year-Old Arrested After Fatal Hit-and-Run By Jana Kadah, Bay City News Jose Martinez was found and taken into custody later Sunday on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, driving a stolen vehicle and hit-and-run. Read More 2
November 24, 2020 Stabbing Victims Described as Selfless, Passionate About Helping the Less Fortunate By Jennifer Wadsworth Survivors of the Grace Baptist Church attack say that despite what happened, they remain committed to serving the homeless. Read More 6
November 20, 2020 Santa Clara County Reports Alarming Rise in Fentanyl Deaths By Silicon Valley Newsroom Fatal fentanyl overdoses are on track to double this year in the South Bay compared to 2019, officials announced Friday. Read More 3
November 2, 2020 Fatal Shooting Sunday Marks SJ’s 37th Homicide of the Year By Bay City News A man with at least one gunshot wound was declared dead at the scene early Sunday, according to the San Jose Police Department. Read More 0
October 28, 2020 Coroner ID’s Man Who Died in Crash Off Highway 17 Cliff By Bay City News The crash was reported around 8am Friday on northbound state Highway 17 just north of Hebard Road in the Lexington Hills community. Read More 0
September 21, 2020 Fatal Stabbing Marks San Jose’s 29th Homicide This Year By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose police say the attack happened just minutes after 5am at Sixth and Santa Clara streets by Vintage Towers and City Hall. Read More 5
April 29, 2020 Autopsy Reveals Horrific Injuries Caused by San Jose Council Candidate’s Fatal Car Crash By Jennifer Wadsworth Assistant Medical Examiner Medhi Koolaee, the forensic pathologist who signed off on the report, deemed the manner of death an accident. Read More 28
April 27, 2020 Revelations About Excess Deaths in Santa Clara County Spark Calls for Greater Transparency By Grace Hase The latest death stats signal that Covid-19 was likely spreading through Silicon Valley much earlier than originally thought. Read More 9
December 18, 2019 SJ Council Candidate Involved in Car Crash That Killed Pedestrian By Grace Hase District 10 contender Jenny Higgins Bradanini expressed her heartfelt condolences for the man’s surviving loved ones. Read More 15
June 5, 2019 Santa Clara County Inmate Dies in Custody at Valley Medical Center By Silicon Valley Newsroom Sheriff’s officials will investigate the death with the DA and Medical Examiner-Coroner, which reported no signs of foul play. Read More 3
September 19, 2018 Opioid Use and Abuse in Santa Clara County: By the Numbers By Silicon Valley Newsroom Santa Clara County has started to ramp up its public education campaign to combat opioid use and abuse and curb fatal overdoses. Read More 3