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Covidiot Files: San Jose Nightclub Called Out for Patio Parties, Lack of Distancing

A nightclub in San Jose has managed to fly a bit below the radar and reopen as a restaurant with outdoor "dining," however flyers posted on social media and video from patrons suggest that the place is throwing business-as-usual parties without much or any social distancing in place.

Home Invasion Suspects Take Hostages In Standoff With San Jose Police

Two home invasion suspects were in an early morning standoff with police in San Jose, and they have now been taken into custody.

Highly Suspicious COVID-19 Antibody Testing Site Raises Scam Concerns in San Jose

A company called TestMe2 is charging $150 a pop for coronavirus antibody tests that have been rejected by the FDA, and not returning results for a month or longer, among many other red flags.

Protest In Oakland Turns Violent, 22 Arrested, Looters Detained, Officers Injured, Federal Officer Killed

The scenes of protest followed by some scenes of destruction and confrontations with law enforcement were echoed across the country Friday night. But scenes like this are fairly familiar in Oakland, and not all the vandalism and looting was necessarily done by "protesters," per se.

Day Around the Bay: Goats Run Amok Through San Jose Neighborhood

The FBI says Chinese hackers are trying to steal coronavirus research from the U.S., Uber is requiring face masks for everyone starting Monday, and a herd of 200 goats got loose last night and ran around a San Jose subdivision.

Video: Cops and EMTs Line Up to Cheer and Thank Healthcare Workers Outside San Jose Hospital

Early Wednesday morning, as the shift change was happening at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, rows of police cruisers, fire engines, and ambulances lined up outside the hospital with lights flashing as area first responders applauded arriving nurses and doctors.

Furries at FurCon Intervene To Stop Assault On Woman In San Jose

A tiger, a dinosaur, and a woman in a pink cowboy hat all joined in restraining a man on Friday who was allegedly punching a female driver inside a vehicle, just outside the venue where FurCon 2020 was taking place in San Jose.

Scenes From The 2020 Women's Marches Across The Bay Area

Thousands of protesters, dawning pink headwear and wielding frank signage, marched San Francisco's City Hall yesterday afternoon, chanting "together we rise" in glorious unison. Similar demonstrations — of equal candor and conviction — were seen throughout the Bay Area, as well.

Two-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At San Jose Strip Mall

Early this morning, a two-alarm blaze broke out inside a San Jose laundromat, incinerating the establishment and charring two neighboring storefronts.

Dead Baby Found at San Jose Garbage-Sorting Facility

A deceased infant was found on a conveyor belt amid trash and recyclables Friday morning at a waste-sorting facility in San Jose.

Missing Utah CEO and Tech Entrepreneur Found Dead Inside Her Rental Car

When Utah tech entrepreneur and “force for good” Erin Valenti went missing in San Jose Monday, friends and family hoped for the best, but yesterday their worst fears came true: A body inside the back of a parked vehicle near San Jose’s Bose Lane was identified as hers.

Man Dies In Fire He Allegedly Set In Adult Novelty Store In San Jose

One man is dead, four firefighters are injured, and two businesses are seriously damaged after a three-alarm arson fire in downtown San Jose on Sunday.

One Dead and Multiple Sickened After 'Chemical Suicide' At Fairmont San Jose

The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose was the center of all manner of chaos yesterday morning: A woman took her own life in a “chemical suicide” with an unknown substance, sickening at least nine others in the process.

Day Around the Bay: San Jose Neighborhood Terrorized By Cows

DeMarcus Cousins has been charged with domestic violence threats, a Mountain View landlady who staged a home invasion to scare her tenants appears in court, and one more victim has been found in the Gilroy shooting.

BART Board President Says Milpitas and Berryessa Stations Will Open by December 31st

After much hoopla and delay, the president of the BART board has promised that two new South Bay BART stations are almost definitely going to open by December 31st.

Quadruple Murder-Suicide In San Jose Apparently Motivated By Visa Dispute

A San Jose man shot and killed four relatives, and himself, allegedly because he was jealous that his wife’s family got visas and his didn’t.

BART's Milpitas And Berryessa Stations On Track For December Openings

This week marks a landmark moment in the very long history of BART's San Jose extension project, as the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) hands off management of the project to BART to begin testing of its trains at two new, already constructed stations.

Video: Easter Sunday Fistfight On Highway 101 Near San Jose

Two men got into a knock-down brawl in the middle of Highway 101 on Sunday evening, and at least one person in a passing car recorded it.

Naked Peeper Nabbed In San Jose, And He's Apparently Done This Before

San Jose Police have arrested a 60-year-old man in a creepy case of a naked lurker who seemed to be peering into windows in a San Jose neighborhood on multiple nighttime occasions in the last month.

San Jose Woman Kills Two Young Sons In Murder-Suicide

A San Jose mother of two was found dead in her apartment Wednesday afternoon along with her two young boys, aged 4 and 7, whom she apparently killed.

Arts & Entertainment

Watch The First Trailer For 'Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built'

Just in time for Halloween weekend, we have the first teaser trailer actually a pretty extended teaser at that for the Winchester Mystery House movie that you've been hearing about all year, now

Armageddon Yet? 4.4M Earthquake Strikes San Jose

As if this day couldn't get any more dramatic for the Bay Area, a modest but detectable in San Francisco tremor just rocked the South Bay, centered at Alum Rock, 12 miles east

San Jose Music Teacher Arrested For Allegedly Blackmailing 13-Year-Old Student Into Sexual Relationship

Police arrested a middle school music teacher in San Jose on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting a student at the school and blackmailing them into a three-year sexual relationship. KRON 4 said that

Did You Feel It?: 3.3M Earthquake Rattles San Jose Area

A small earthquake shook part of the South and East Bays this morning at 10:32 a.m., and the USGS is saying it had a magnitude of 3.3 and was centered

Oakland, San Jose Both Want To Be In The Running For New Amazon HQ

Cities across the country are hoping to win the local economic lottery windfall that will come from a new 50,000-person Amazon headquarters after the rapidly growing company announced Thursday that it intends