SF News Local Billionaire Donates $5 Million to Flood Relief Effort In San Jose Billionaire donates $5M to aid San Jose flood victims https://t.co/CQFZNXkuYD pic.twitter.com/NTkb8bYDtj— SFGate (@SFGate) March 2, 2017 Though the South Bay is not short on billionaires who could
SF News San Jose Flooding Blamed On Santa Clara Valley Water District Officials' Miscalculation The first "hard evidence" has emerged via NBC Bay Area that officials from the Santa Clara Valley Water District made a grave miscalculation last week about how much water they could safely release
Arts & Entertainment Video: Anderson Reservoir Spillway Makes For Pretty Waterfall Though there really isn't a bright side to a whole section of San Jose being flooded by the overflow of Coyote Creek, causing major damage to homes and businesses, the source of all
SF News 28 Horses Stranded, Left Behind In Contaminated Floodwaters In San Jose Over two dozen horses were left stranded in paddocks in San Jose after rising floodwaters forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people there earlier this week, without their pets and animals.
SF News Major Flooding In San Jose Leads To Boat Rescues, Mandatory Evacuations @SJFD handling major flooding avoid the area Senter and Phelan pic.twitter.com/5nREMAUBZZ— San Jose Fire Dept. (@SJFD) February 21, 2017 The ongoing major flooding caused by the overfull Anderson Reservoir and
SF News San Jose Homeless Encampment Residents Stranded By Flooding, Rescued By Fire Department As many as 20 people stranded by rising water, including two inside tent on 3rd hole tee box. @nbcbayarea pic.twitter.com/IZxqLcbKSR— Bob Redell (@BobNBC) February 21, 2017 As weeks of accumulated
SF News Citing Convenience, Apple Moves Popular App Developers Conference From SF To San Jose Reportedly chafing at inconveniences at San Francisco's Moscone Center, Apple has moved its popular World Wide Developers Conference to San Jose for this year's event. According to the invitation sent to participants and
SF News Google Bus Driver Hits And Kills Pedestrian In Saratoga The driver of a Google bus struck and killed a pedestrian Tuesday evening as she crossed a street in Saratoga near West Valley College. KRON 4 reports that the bus is owned by
SF News San Jose Teacher Tells Student Who Sat Through National Anthem He Could Be Deported Under Trump A PE teacher at Oak Grove High School in San Jose is currently on leave and could face disciplinary action after she allegedly made a deeply ignorant and offensive remark to a student
SF News San Jose Bans Recreational Pot Sales Ahead Of State Vote On Legalization San Jose is getting out in front of California Proposition 64, which, if passed, would legalize recreational marijuana in the Golden State. Recalling the headache of medical marijuana legalization two decades ago — "At
Arts & Entertainment Winchester Mystery House Pries Into Creepy Attic Room Boarded Up Since 1922 The story goes that the mansion of Sarah Winchester, heir to the rifle family's fortune, was constantly under construction in order to create more space for her to quite literally outrun her demons.
Arts & Entertainment GaymerX Conference To Power Queer Gamers Into Multiplayer Mode Add to the list of the too many things to do this week the groundbreaking annual queer gamer conference GaymerX in San Jose (Sept. 30 - Oct. 2). The world’s first LGBT
SF News Apple Employee Sues Westfield Valley Fair Mall After Security Guard Pulls Gun An Apple employee is suing a mall and two of its security guards after a frightening incident caught on film. CBS 5 reports that the man was exiting the Westfield Valley Fair Mall
SF News Tech Exec Ponders Office Stripper Party, Says Female Employees 'Undesirable' Because They Might Get Pregnant That the tech industry is rife with sexism is not a shocker in 2016. That someone would openly admit to discriminating against women while simultaneously pondering the merits of having an in-office stripper
SF News Day Around The Bay: San Jose Declares Crime A State Of Emergency Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Crime in San Jose is so bad, they’ve
SF News Report: San Jose, Not San Francisco, Has Highest Median Home Price In Country Our neighbor to the south is on its way to becoming just a little more memorable with the news that San Jose now has the highest median home prices of any metro area
Arts & Entertainment New Plot Details Suggest Winchester Mystery House Movie Is A Horror Flick We were excited to learn this past May that a forthcoming movie about the storied Winchester Mystery House would star Helen Mirren in the title role. Now, thanks to a CBS Films press
SF News San Jose Police Face Legal Battle Over Gay Cruising Bathroom Sting Harkening back to the 1950s, the San Jose Police Department conducted a sting operation between 2014 and 2015 in which an undercover decoy officer was used to lure unsuspecting gay men into a
SF News Trump Supporters Suing San Jose Following Violent Rally Supporters of Donald Trump are suing both the city of San Jose and its police force claiming officers failed to protect them from protestors at a Trump rally last month. The Associated Press
SF News In Wake Of Dallas Attack, Bay Area Police Patrolling In Pairs Following a sniper attack in Dallas Thursday night that left five police officers dead, police in the Bay Area are reportedly taking precautions to prevent any copycat shootings. The Dallas shootings, which began
SF News In Rush For Uber, Woman Leaves $32,000 Ring On Bay Area Airport Bathroom Counter Air travel can be a discombobulating thing! Add to that the urgency we all feel when our Uber driver lets us know that he or she awaits, and you've got a recipe for
SF News Facebook 'Spam King' Sentenced To Two Years In Prison By San Jose Judge A prolific Facebook spammer was sentenced yesterday to two-and-a-half years in prison by a federal judge in San Jose and ordered to pay $310,000 in restitution. The Associated Press reports that the
SF News Trump Rally In San Jose Quickly Turns Violent; Trump Supporters Get Egged, Assaulted Protesters outside a Trump rally in San Jose Thursday evening got out of control shortly after a rally for Trump supporters let out around 8 p.m. As the Washington Post and multiple
Arts & Entertainment Helen Mirren To Play Sarah Winchester, Heiress Who Built Mystery House, In New Film The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose just rang in Friday the 13th with a special spooky party last night, and meanwhile we're getting news out of Cannes that the great Helen Mirren
Arts & Entertainment Watch A Stray Cat Slip And Slide On The Ice Before Sharks Game In San Jose You know we have a local hockey team, right? Yes, the San Jose Sharks, and evidently a stray black cat snuck his way into their arena, the SAP Center, and made his way
