The Latest Breaking News from San Jose

Doug Wilson stepping down as Sharks general manager after extended medical leave

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Doug Wilson is stepping down as the general manager of the San Jose Sharks, the team announced Thursday morning.

Tribune News Service · Apr 7, 2022

These inmates build furniture for people coming out of homelessness

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- After seven years of homelessness and an arrest that landed him behind bars, 50-year-old Raymond Abels never dreamed he’d be in a position to help others struggling to overcome life on the streets.

Tribune News Service · Apr 7, 2022

Is it time to test embryos for common diseases?

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A Silicon Valley company has designed a technique to decipher the genetic code of a tiny embryo and calculate its future risk of cancer, diabetes and 10 other common diseases – presaging a day when parents could select children with a greater chance of living a…

Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2022

Sharks’ late rally not enough to overcome dismal first period in loss to Stars

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Goalie Kaapo Kahkonen got an opportunity to start his first career game at home on Saturday as a member of the San Jose Sharks, a chance to pick up his victory in teal after a mostly solid outing two days earlier.

Tribune News Service · Apr 3, 2022

California drought: Sierra snowpack falls to one of lowest levels in 70 years

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Stressed by high temperatures and a record run of dry weather over the last three months, the Sierra Nevada snowpack, the source of 30% of the state’s water supply, has hit one of its lowest levels for the end of winter in generations.

Tribune News Service · Apr 1, 2022

Combative economist and former president face off in Costa Rica election

Costa Ricans vote on Sunday for a new president in what looks primed to be a close contest between a former leader promising continuity and a pugnacious economist who could pull the country down an anti-establishment path.

Reuters · Mar 31, 2022

Mexico, USA Clinch World Cup Berths

The United States and Mexico booked their tickets to the World Cup finals in Qatar on Wednesday after securing the results needed to claim the last two automatic qualifying places from the CONCACAF region. The USA were beaten 2-0 by Costa Rica in San Jose to finish third in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 31, 2022

He Disarmed a Gun-Wielding Menace in a San Jose Taqueria. Then the Cops Shot Him.

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Reason · Mar 30, 2022

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s alleged stalker agrees to give up guns, stay away for three years

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A woman accused by Apple of stalking CEO Tim Cook for more than a year — emailing him photos of a loaded pistol and traveling across the U.S. to trespass at his home — agreed Tuesday in court to stay away from the tech chief, Apple…

Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2022

San Jose police shoot person a block from fatal shooting minutes earlier

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose police shot a person wielding a gun at a downtown restaurant early Sunday morning, about a block from where another person was killed in another shooting.

Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2022