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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...

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.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mountain View Whisman School District Superintendent Ayindé Rudolph is on a short-term leave of absence, the district announced on Monday, Oct. 7. Chief Academic Officer Cathy Baur will be filling in for Rudolph while he is out, Chief Human Relations Officer Tara Vikjord...

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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...

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.

(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 […]

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.

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...

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.

Sky gazers in the Bay Area may get another chance to see rare colors of the Northern Lights, the beautiful result of a phenomenon known as a solar storm or the aurora borealis. The peak potential would likely be during Thursday and Friday. This week's possible event has been issued...

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office's Retail Theft Task Force arrested 10 individuals at a San José Target store. As reported on the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, the arrests occurred last week at the Target on N. Capitol Avenue. The suspects were caught stealing many items,...

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...

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.

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...

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.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The former executive director for a Northern California police union pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to charges she illegally imported synthetic opioid pills from India and other countries. Joanne Marian Segovia, who was executive director of the San Jose Police Officers’ Association, was charged last year with unlawfully importing thousands of […]

The San Jose Police Department (SJPD) is looking into a crash on Tuesday that killed a woman walking alone. SJPD says the accident happened at 6:31 p.m. on South Fifth and East Fernando streets. A man in a silver 2018 Nissan Sentra hit the woman while she was crossing the street. The driver stayed at the scene of the accident and helped the police.

Yesterday morning, San Mateo residents woke to a scene of shattered glass and splintered car parts as a man was caught in the act of vandalizing vehicles along South Fremont Street. According to the San Mateo Police Department, multiple witnesses called in at around 7:24 a.m., providing detailed descriptions that led to the prompt detainment of the suspect, later identified as Carlos Utan. Witnesses told officers who arrived swiftly on the scene that Utan effectively turned a paint roller into a weapon against parked cars.

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