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‘I was able to give back’: Landmark firefighting law sparks new hope for former inmates

SAN JOSE, Calif. — When Benjamin Fowler was serving a second 10-year prison term, he didn’t see a clear path forward to a new life after his time was up. He was in his mid-30s, with a young son, a teenage daughter and a 2023 release date. He figured he…

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2023

Dieter Kurtenbach: Oakland, the East Bay deserve better than John Fisher’s bush-league A’s

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Around these parts, those who can do.

Tribune News Service · Apr 21, 2023

Harmonic’s Cloud Set to Reign on Video Services

Harmonic’s broadband segment is on quite a roll, with the San Jose, California-based software company’s sticky network virtualization products currently all the rage among larger cable operators including Comcast and Charter Communications.

TV Tech · Apr 18, 2023

This swordfighting school promises your own personal ‘Game of Thrones’

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It’s 1 p.m. on a recent Thursday in San Jose, and Steaphen Fick is intently watching two grown men swing unsharpened steel swords at each other.

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2023

New records show how police found 8-year-old Sophia Mason — but it was already too late

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Newly obtained documents in the killing of Sophia Mason show that Hayward police — after getting a missing person’s report about the 8-year-old in March 2022 — swiftly determined what Alameda County social workers had failed to see for more than a year: The girl was…

Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2023

MLS Investigating Alleged Racist Remark Used During New York vs. San Jose Match

The match was paused for 18 minutes in the second half after the alleged incident.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 9, 2023

California touts gun seizures from prohibited persons, but will it slow rate of violence?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — California officials announced in a news release that they had seized guns from people who had become legally prohibited from owning weapons they had once purchased legally.

Tribune News Service · Apr 9, 2023

San Jose police union director fired over attempted opioid import charges

Joanne Segovia, 64, dismissed following internal investigation into charges filed against her

The Guardian - US · Apr 9, 2023

Judge names 17 Bay Area cops who allegedly sent racist text messages, memes

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a move that deepened the scandals engulfing the Antioch Police Department, a Contra Costa County judge on Friday released the names of 17 city police officers accused of using racist slurs, jokes and memes in text messages over a period of more than two years.

Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2023

Nathan MacKinnon’s 100th point, an overtime goal, gives Avalanche Central Division lead in San Jose

Bo Byram stopped himself. Marveling at Nathan MacKinnon’s season, he didn’t want to go so far as to jinx anything.

The Denver Post · Apr 5, 2023