The Latest Breaking News from San Jose

Q&A: Former usher now runs 3 major theaters in San Francisco

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Rainier Koeners left home at the age of 17 and ended up in London to pursue his passion for theater.

Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2022

$100,000 in stolen goods in San Jose homeless bunker

LOS ANGELES — The San Jose Police Department said it discovered a bunker in a homeless encampment filled with $100,000 in stolen goods, including firearms and construction equipment.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 14, 2022

VTA bus driver allegedly threatened ‘some shooting’ over vaccine mandate, police report says

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A newly obtained sheriff’s report indicates that a South Bay bus driver promised last month that there would be “some shooting” if he was fired for not meeting the Valley Transportation Authority’s vaccine mandate.

Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022

Sharks make historic GM hire in Grier, but now the hard part begins

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Mike Grier was officially hired as the Sharks’ general manager Tuesday, ending the organization’s nearly three-month search to find their next top hockey executive.

Tribune News Service · Jul 5, 2022

Sharks make Mike Grier NHL’s first Black GM

Grier was the pick after a lengthy search that included dozens of candidates and lasted nearly three months.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 5, 2022

Mike Grier to Join Sharks, Become NHL’s First Black GM

San Jose is expected to make the hire official on Tuesday.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 5, 2022

Supreme Court ruling triggers new gun laws, legal challenges

They wasted no time. Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York restrictions on carrying guns in public, gun rights supporters cited the high court’s decision in lawsuits over California’s assault weapons ban and a San Jose law requiring firearm owners to buy insurance, among others.

Tribune News Service · Jul 4, 2022

Cesar Chavez’s former San Jose home is on the market for $2 million

SAN JOSE — Famed civil rights activist and labor leader Cesar Chavez’s family home, where he lived from 1951 to 1953, is on the market, and a local nonprofit is looking to purchase it.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2022

Google Maps users baffled after spotting 'six-legged dog' walking down street

A Google Maps camera appears to have captured a 'six-legged' dog walking down the streets of San Jose with its owners - but it's just another unfortunate Street View glitch

Daily Mirror · Jun 30, 2022

3 dead, 4 injured after Amtrak train hits car in Bay Area

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Three people died and at least four others were injured when an Amtrak train slammed into a car Sunday afternoon near Brentwood, sending it careening off a long dirt driveway and into another vehicle, a California Highway Patrol officer on scene said.

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2022