Woman run over, killed in San Jose; person of interest surrenders
SAN JOSE – A woman was run over and killed Sunday morning in San Jose, according to authorities. Officers were called to the 400 block of North 33rd Street around …
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Gov. Newsom signs 10 anti-theft bills into law in San Jose
SAN JOSE — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a package of bills on Friday intended to crack down on retail, property and auto thefts, penning his name on legislation …
Animal tranquilizer mixed with illicit drugs has Bay Area county health officials concerned
SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County public health officials are warning that a dangerous sedative is being detected in illegal opioids with alarming frequency. Xylazine, a powerful pain relief treatment …
South Bay woman hit, killed by suspected drunken driver
SAN JOSE – The family of an 18-year-old Morgan Hill woman is reeling after she was hit and killed by a suspected drunken driver over the weekend in South San …
Santa Cruz mother facing murder charge in baby’s possible drug poisoning
SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office has added murder to a series of charges filed against a woman whose child died of a potential drug poisoning …
Change of venue not granted for East Bay man accused of killing his Capitola girlfriend
SANTA CRUZ — Judges ruled Friday that a case against an El Cerrito man charged with killing his Capitola girlfriend should not be thrown out, nor tried in a different …
Officials investigating Santa Cruz Mountains fires as potential arson
Santa Cruz Mountains residents say they are unsettled by the news that local officials are looking into arson as the potential cause of four recent fires in the area — …
San Jose FBI agent who launched agency’s “high-tech crime squad” dies
These days, thieves hit Apple stores and scamper out with every iPhone they can grab. In Silicon Valley’s early years, criminals — sometimes with guns — went after the technology …
Santa Cruz drug busts taken over as federal fentanyl trafficking cases
SANTA CRUZ — Prosecutors have charged three men with federal crimes related to drug possession and distribution amid what the county sheriff is calling a local fentanyl health crisis. The …
Alleged crime ring shipped high-end bikes stolen in Silicon Valley to Mexico, sold them on Facebook
Lennart van den Ende, an avid cyclist and product leader for San Jose technology giant Cisco, was excited to learn that a man who tracks stolen bicycles found the two …