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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A disturbingly large, invasive, and destructive rodent, double the weight of a cat, is causing widespread concern as the animal’s population spreads in the Bay Area, threatening infrastructure, the state’s water supply and posing a health risk to humans, pets, and livestock. Save on iPhone...

(KRON) — The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner Office is investigating the death of a 14-year-old homeless boy in San Jose. Officials have not determined the boy’s cause of death, but investigators said they have ruled out hot weather as a factor. Temperatures in San Jose rose to over 100 degrees during the first week […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mountain View’s cold weather homeless shelter has for years provided a warm place to sleep at night during the winter months. Now the city and county are working to expand its operations to six months out of the year, providing more services to the unhoused.

The Mountain View Whisman School District said on Monday, Oct. 7, that Superintendent Ayindé Rudolph is taking a short-term leave of absence. While Rudolph is away, Chief Human Relations Officer Tara Vikjord told everyone in an email that Chief Academic Officer Cathy Baur would be taking over. The message...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

South Bay social workers are speaking out as they are concerned about the staffing shortage and working conditions. They added they are understaffed that they are operating in crisis mode and are not able to properly investigate suspected cases of child abuse. Employee after employee with the Santa Clara County...

Following a preliminary hearing, San Mateo County District Attorney John Caisiano Thompson, age 56, is being held to answer on all charges related to the alleged murder of a woman in his residence despite the victim’s body remaining unfound. According to an official X account from the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office, Thompson was apprehended after a collaborative investigation by the DA's Office and the East Palo Alto Police Department, which initially began as a search for a missing person.

Sunnyvale residents are worried about a school board candidate who sent an email to a neighborhood association suggesting that LGBTQ people engage in public indecency. Residents of North Sunnyvale have voiced concerns about Frances Renteria who is running for the Fremont Union High School District Trustee Area 2 seat.  The residents pointed to Renteria’s signed... The post ‘Appalled’: Backlash over Sunnyvale school board candidate’s anti-LGBTQ views appeared first on San José Spotlight.

After each having a week off, the Fort Morgan Mustangs and the Mountain View Mountain Lions will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fort Morgan will head into Friday's contest out to bounce back: they came back down to earth last...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ludwigs is getting a Bavarian makeover. The German beer garden is now under new ownership, and while much of Ludwigs will remain the same, new owner Gisela Qasim plans to infuse the downtown Mountain View mainstay with a bit of her heritage. “I grew...

A Bay Area man and his mother are in custody following the shooting death of a custodian at a Daly City gym last week. According to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office, the victim was targeted after he asked the alleged shooter to adhere to the gym’s locker room rules.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Santa Clara County is investigating six deaths that may be related to the recent heat wave. The county medical examiner-coroner said that six people who died during the October heat wave might have succumbed to heat-related causes, though the investigations are ongoing and could take up to 60 days to confirm.

CUPERTINO, Calif. (Diya TV) — A rash of burglaries has shaken Indian American residents in the Rancho Rinconada neighborhood of Cupertino, California, as the houses of several families were broken into this summer. Victims said the burglars appear to operate when the homeowners are away, helping themselves to thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, much of which are considered treasured family heirlooms.

This report covers a selection of incidents from Oct. 1 to Oct. 7, as recorded in the Stanford University Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) bulletin. Learn more about the Clery Act and how The Daily approaches reporting on crime and safety here. Tuesday, Oct. 1. Battery of a spouse, date...

(KRON) — The San Jose Police Department (SJPD) is investigating a collision that killed a female pedestrian on Tuesday. According to SJPD, the crash occurred at 6:31 p.m. at South Fifth and East Fernando streets. A male driver of a 2018 silver Nissan Sentra struck the woman while she was in the crosswalk. The driver […]

By Tim Didion and Dan Ashley Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO, California (KGO) — The Bay Area’s fog-shrouded coast seems tailor-made for hiding ghosts from the past. But now, a research team has pulled back the curtain on a mystery that’s endured for nearly 80 years: the location of a U.S. The post Wreck of WWII ‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ discovered off Bay Area coast appeared first on KION546.

State officials weigh ‘extraordinary audit’ of Mountain View Whisman’s finances. State officials are considering whether to conduct an “extraordinary audit” of the Mountain View Whisman School District, a type of external review that’s meant to investigate possible fraud, misappropriation of funds or other illegal fiscal practices.

Caltrans reached its next steps to remove one of the worst freeways in the country and make right what Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee once called a “scourge on the East Bay.”. The government agency is asking Bay Area residents to answer a survey about Interstate 980 and its impact on the community as part of its Vision 980 Study. The freeway is highly criticized for ostracizing residents in the predominantly Black neighborhood of West Oakland. For years, community organizations have called for its demolition.

Last year I saw a single black skimmer, close to the shore, at Crab Cove and got so excited that I tripped in the sand and nearly did a head-dive—but I saved the camera and lens! Just needed to brush off the sand and get my focus aligned.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Republican Vice President candidate Sen. JD Vance will be in Woodside on Wednesday, Oct. 9, attending a fundraiser sponsored by the Peninsula Conservative Socials, Moms for America and others. A rally is scheduled at the Pioneer Saloon parking lot from 3:30-7 p.m. to welcome Vance to town.