San Jose Local News

By 10 a.m. Friday, Ocean Street was backed up to the freeway with cars pouring into town for the holiday weekend Clogged roadways, crowded beaches and clusters of tourists ambling along Pacific Avenue sipping smoothies -- all the components of a typical summer weekend in Santa Cruz. More

Travelers to the Westside and Bay Area should schedule extra time for the drive, Caltrans announced Friday Beginning Monday, westbound Highway 152 will be repaved and Caltrans will alternately close both lanes for the repair. More

Amtrak officials are investigating two separate fatal accidents involving the same Capitol Corridor train Friday in the East Bay. More

Family members of a 63-year-old Campbell man with dementia who has been missing since Tuesday are continuing to travel around the South Bay posting flyers and talking to people to see if anyone has seen him. More

Amtrak officials are investigating two separate fatal accidents involving the same Capitol Corridor train Friday in the East Bay. More

For four years, a family-run towing company allegedly used Santa Clara County's small-claims court system to gouge fees from victims with phony lawsuits that now form the basis of a hulking, 169-count fraud indictment. More

Two pedestrians died in separate incidents involving the same Amtrak train Friday, one in Berkeley and another about two hours later in Oakland. More

After months of delay, the trial for a Gilroy man facing murder and robbery charges could begin as early as next month. More

I am proud to say that the seventh annual Sacramento bus trip co-sponsored by my office and the Silicon Valley Education Foundation was a success. More

With 82% of Morocco's Imams lacking formal training, a new qualification programme aims to provide better religious guidance to the Moroccan people and to counter extremism. More