Eighth grader Heriberto Reyes passed away Monday afternoon after a brutal attack by a group of violent youths in San Jose's Roosevelt Park left him in critical condition Friday night. The park, which is both a popular hangout and known gang territory was reportedly packed with witnesses when the massive altercation broke out Friday evening, but police have yet to name any suspects in the homicide. more ›

Egads. A transient man set fire to his wife on Monday, killing her. The fiery fatality occurred on the 100 block of South Second Street in San Jose. Barton Williams, 49, was arrested accused of murdering his wife, Patricia Storey, 64. According to Mercury News: "[Police Sgt. Jason] Dwyer said it's not clear what led to the violence, but because the victim and suspect were married, investigators are looking into whether it was the result of a domestic dispute. He wasn't sure if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the killing." more ›

Three postal workers in San Jose fell ill after encountering a mysterious white powder at the downtown postoffice a little before opening time. "San Jose Fire Capt. Mary Gutierrez said a male and female employee of the Saint James Park Post Office said they weren't feeling well after one spotted a package of white powder about 8 a.m.," reports San Jose Mercury News. "A third person, a man, was also in the area at the time, and Gutierrez said he and the other two have already been decontaminated by a hazardous materials unit outside the 105 N. First Street post office." more ›

Good news for carless South Bay residents: the Feds pulled through and approved $900 million in funds to finally show BART the way to San Jose. With the funds now guaranteed from the Federal Transit Administration the first leg of the project from Fremont to the northeast side of San Jose will break ground in April and is scheduled to be completed in 2016. more ›

Palo Alto Police officers servicing the very important stolen iPad beat accidentally stumbled upon one of the biggest meth busts ever made in the U.S. this weekend. What's even more baffling than the unlikely clues that led to the seizure of some $35 million worth of the drug, is how the meth dealers-turned-iPad thieves let the cops stroll right in to their apartment where they were keeping the 780-pound stash. more ›

Created by San Jose State University students Kimberly Knoll and Yunghan Chang, animated short No Robots tells a tale about a future in which robots are banned. And more. (Thanks, Laughing Squid!) more ›

We first heard about a woman who allegedly tossed her boyfriend's jack russell terrier out of a third-story window in the Mission during an argument. Now, sadly, we must to tell you about four men in San Jose who stomped to death a 4-pound mini-yorkie trying to protect its owner. The pup's owner said he was walking his best friend, Shadow, near Winchester Boulevard and Colonial Way around 2 p.m. on Saturday when three useless human beings approached him to ask if he was a gang member. more ›

At least four women were groped last night inside a dorm at San Jose State University "by a man who was roaming the building looking for unlocked doors." Though a keycard is needed to get entry, the suspect (described only as a Hispanic man in his 20s) somehow got in and wandered the halls checking doors until he found unlocked rooms. Ugh, what a pig. more ›

Police issued an Amber Alert this morning for a missing 11-year-old San Jose girl. Her name is Taylor Vo (Asian, 5'3") and she was taken at around 1:15 a.m. Friday. Police describe the suspect as Tri Le, 42 y/o, Asian male, 5'6". He has black hair and brown eyes and "was last seen wearing a black cap, black jacket and blue jeans. more ›

Police have closed all lanes in both directions on Highway 85 while they investigate reports of a possible bomb inside of a wrecked vehicle near the junction with Highway 87. The two men driving the vehicle reportedly robbed a bank on Snell Ave, but crashed their getaway car on Highway 85 while making their escape. Both men were arrested when they tried to run, but San Jose Police sent in a pair of bomb robots to check out reports of explosives inside the vehicle. more ›

Is it just us or has San Jose been getting more violent lately? Today brings news of a late-night bar brawl that ended around 1:45 a.m. this morning with two men stabbed and one man shot. This all happened at the Creekside Bar & Grill in the typically quiet Willow Glen neighborhood. more ›

There are now some more details in that awful case we mentioned earlier this week, in which 40-year-old Santa Clara nurse Sagal Sadiq allegedly murdered 65-year-old Yvonne Marie Kirk last Friday with a machete inside a home in San Jose. Sadiq claims that the injuries to Kirk and herself were the work of an intruder, but investigators quickly charged Sadiq with the murder. Kirk, it turns out, was the mother of Sadiq's same-sex partner, who was out of town at the time. more ›

Four suspects were arrested today in a bust of a potential South Bay child pornography ring, NBC Bay Area reports. The four suspects, all booked for allegedly possessing child pornography, were brought down today by the Department of Justice's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force after weeks of tracking two suspects: Mark Kreifels, 48, and Joseph Pizzalla, 29. more ›

Police were called to a home in the 1900 block of Johnston Avenue in San Jose Friday night to find two injured women, one of them fatally injured with a "machete-type weapon." The dead woman has been identified as 65-year-old Yvonne Marie Kirk, and the second woman, who was later arrested in the killing, has been identified as Sagal Mohamod Sadiq. more ›

The San Jose Police Department has decided that they aren't going to respond to burglar alarms anymore unless someone can confirm that an actual crime is taking place, or has taken place. There are too damn many alarms, you see, and 98% of them are false alarms. more ›

Down in San Jose on Christmas morning, a mother dropped her young son out of a second-floor apartment window. Why? Well, according to reports, police had been called to her abode that morning after she locked herself in the bathroom with her kids. Police "forced their way into the room and discovered the child had already been thrown," notes AP. "[T]he child's 24-year-old mother saw police come toward her then jumped herself." more ›

In San Jose, a suburban psychologist who bought a used Chrysler minivan for $14,000 in cash ended up driving around for 15 months with half a million dollars in Colombian marching powder unknowingly stashed in the panels of the vehicle. Dr. Charles Preston first noticed something fishy when he discovered the driver's side window wouldn't go down all the way, but as he told the San Jose Mercury News, "he figured he could live with it since the Town and Country van had an excellent air-conditioning system." more ›

Miguel and Erik Cerda, two brother who took the law into their own hands on a brutal child molester, decided on a trial rather than a plea deal yesterday. The budding heroes (?) face charges that they tortured convicted San Jose child molester Avelino Rodriguez. "The man was attacked after duct-taping the mouth of an 8-year-girl so she couldn't scream as he sexually molested her last Thanksgiving," reports NY Daily News. "Molester Avelino Rodriguez was whipped, punched and burned with a cigarette in retaliation for the incident." more ›

Unlike in San Francisco where taco trucks need to create some sort of Asian fusion to stand out from the crowd, taco cart owners down in San jose are deadly serious about their business. So serious, in fact, that one Jose Gilberto Ortiz of San Jose was apparently running a lucrative gun-running business alongside his reasonably priced $1.50 tamales and $1.75 tacos. According to KTVU, Ortiz was indicted yesterday, along with an accomplice from LA, for selling 17 firearms to undercover cops. more ›

Cindy Nguyen, 60, a Vietnamese-language radio host on AM 1290 KAZA in San Jose, was carjacked Saturday night after having some reported "car trouble" and pulling into a Target shopping center. She called her assistant shortly after, but was never heard from again. The suspect in the case is a career criminal by the name of Paul Ray Castillo. Nguyen's body was found Saturday morning at a home to which Castillo had ties. more ›

Mission / Robbery: Here's a sketchy-sounding tale: A 30-year-old man was lured Monday night up to a hotel room near 16th and Mission (!) by a 25-year-old woman, who proceeded to summon her boyfriend to come and help rob the poor dude of all his cash. He ran out, got some cops, and the inevitably cracky duo was arrested. So, what do we think he went up there for, sex or drugs? [BCN/Appeal] more ›

It goes to show you: Everybody smokes weed! A truck loaded with bags of kind bud crashed near the Oakridge Mall yesterday in South San Jose, and, not wanting to get nabbed by cops showing up at the scene, the driver fled. Meanwhile, bags of weed were spilling out of the truck and into the street near Blossom Hill Road and Playa Del Rey, and passing motorists quickly pulled over and snatched most of them up before the cops arrived. more ›

Not only is Vallejo having a problem with prostitution lately, San Jose's up to their ears in hookers too! Police blame budget cuts and the related cuts in enforcement, and they say that pimps are coming from far and wide (Fresno! Oakland!) to ply their trade in the wilds of San Jose. The Mercury-News even published an op-ed titled "San Jose Is Becoming Sin City"! But part of the draw appears to be the weather and the relative peace of San Jose, where prostitutes have it a little easier. more ›

According to the Associated Press, a San Jose Panda Express is in a world of trouble after allegedly discriminating against Latino employees. "Federal officials are suing a San Jose Panda Express, accusing the restaurant of making Latino workers clean toilets and perform other menial work while Asian employees stood around and watched." The suit also claims that the manager "disciplined Latino employees more harshly and more frequently than their Asian counterparts." more ›

Angry housewives have come unglued in the South Bay as San Jose continues to allow nearly-nude coffee shops to operate in full glory. Shameless! One particular coffee joint, Café Quyen, boasts "scantily clad women" serving lattes, dancing, and so much more. more ›

Three people were shot and killed last night at around 8:30 p.m. in the 10th Street parking garage at San Jose State University, including the alleged shooter. A weapon was recovered at the scene, and police are investigating the crime as a double murder-suicide. They believe the victims were all known to each other, and that the incident was not gang-related. The identities of the victims have not yet been released, and police are still determining whether any of the victims were students. more ›

Start painting those protest signs and reserving your ZipCars now: a tipster has let us know that the forthcoming 40-acre retail village called @First appears to be the home to the first Bay Area location of the jesus-loving Chik-Fil-A chain of chicken eateries. You'll remember we're specifically protesting Chik-Fil-A because of their opinions on marriage not because there's anything inherently wrong with their delicious waffle fries or lightly breaded chicken nuggets (and certainly not because of their polynesian sauce). We also take offense to the use of an @ symbol in public signage of any sort, but that's another issue. more ›

Further Confusion, billed at the world's largest anthropomorphic (or "furry") convention, is currently spreading lint and color audacity in San Jose now through the 17th. Guests of honor include Blotch and Paul Kidd. more ›

As a 41-year-old San Jose woman went from her home to her car on Monday night, two pitbulls attacked her. She sustained "major," but not life-threatening, injuries. A neighbor who witnessed the canine assault reportedly "threw stones at the dogs to try to prevent the attack." The dogs have not been captured. (That said, a friendly reminder: your "nice" dog always stands the chance of attacking a child or another person, provoked or not. Yes, they do. Yes. They do. Now, that doesn't mean your pooch is bad; that means he or she is a dog. Please keep that in mind next time you're walking your precious sidewalk pooping machine. You're welcome.) more ›