San Jose’s vast surveillance network is watching you. Be afraid. The city's license plate cameras are collecting revealing data that police elsewhere are searching — all without warrants.
Exec for San Jose police nonprofit investigated for embezzlement allegations By Robert Salonga September 23, 2025 at 4:43 p.m. A longtime staffer for the Keith Kelley Club -- founded to help injured officers --...
Latest organized mass robbery, assault on owner prompt San Jose city, DA response By Caelyn Pender September 18, 2025 at 4:34 a.m. Officials seek to expand surveillance-video use and place concrete barriers in front of some stores;...
Opinion: Five years after Floyd, civilian police oversight is dying on the vine By Hansel Alejandro Aguilar September 6, 2025 at 3:45 a.m. Coast to coast, and across every level of government, independent auditors are losing key battles...
A closer look: What’s behind San Jose’s extraordinarily high homicide clearance rate? By Robert Salonga September 2, 2025 at 7:44 a.m. For three straight years, and possibly four, the San Jose Police Department has reported a...
Editorial: SJPD’s independent auditor needs better access to provide real oversight By Mercury News Editorial August 22, 2025 at 3:29 p.m. San Jose's external police watchdog can't do his job if he lacks access to critical...
Ex-San Jose cop pleads to on-duty indecent exposure, sexual battery, road rage By Robert Salonga August 20, 2025 at 4:36 a.m. Matthew Dominguez gained notoriety in 2022 after he was caught masturbating while on a family...
San Jose dismounts from revival of horse-mounted officers By Robert Salonga August 19, 2025 at 10:11 a.m. A city council committee quietly shelved the proposal touted as a boon for community engagement,...
San Jose cop calls out police department after overturned firing and scathing arbitration ruling By Robert Salonga August 15, 2025 at 12:37 p.m. Michael Richmond asserted altered paperwork and administrative overreach after a mediator ruled police violated his...
San Jose man charged with murder in alleged weekend killing By Caelyn Pender August 13, 2025 at 1:45 p.m. Jerry Cao, a 42-year-old resident of San Jose, is accused of killing Randy Russel Munson.
San Jose police find 70 pounds of illegal cannabis, 40 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms at four smoke shops By Caelyn Pender August 12, 2025 at 4:25 a.m. The investigation resulted in the arrests of five men, authorities said.