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A suspect is still at large after stabbing a man to death in San Jose late Wednesday night.
The Police Officers Association announced Friday that its members would accept a one-time 10 percent cut in pay and benefits for the coming year. Union leaders cast the move as a generous proposal that would save jobs. Mayor Chuck Reed immediately called the offer inadequate, and warned that it came dangerously late in the game.
A faulty breathalyzer used in almost 1,000 DUI cases in the last year by San Jose Police has led to a review by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office that could result in hundreds of case rulings being overturned.
In addition to the research, interviews, blogs and video content, I’ll be writing about my experiences for Live Feed. I can’t wait. I’ve written about the environmental consequences of what we eat many times before but it’s been as an office-bound observer from afar. Now I can go out into the farms, ranches, restaurants and fishing boats and see for myself what’s wrong and what’s right with the way we eat.
To close a $115 million deficit, City Manager Debra Figone released a proposed budget late Monday evening that would eliminate 588 positions and make cuts in police and firefighter positions as well as scale back library and community center hours.
If you are a Mexican-food purist, Aqui Cal-Mex will feel sacrilegious. Tofu ranchero? Hummus and chips? Carnitas vindaloo? But the inclusion of “Cal” into the restaurant’s name gives it creative license to cross several culinary borders and take more than a few liberties. So relax.
Two male teenagers have been arrested after a spree of vandalism took place at high schools throughout Santa Clara County.
The California Department of Transportation is scheduled to close the eastbound Tully Road on-ramp to southbound U.S. Highway 101 in San Jose starting today, Caltrans officials said.
Former San Jose State student Michael Powell, now a 70-year-old retiree living in Boulder Creek, was recently honored by none other than Oprah Winfrey for the courage he showed in his youth.
