Downtown San Jose

December 23, 2025 at 10:39 a.m.

Google has bought a Mountain View building near two of the tech titan's iconic office...

Plaza area of two housing towers with a total of 768 residential units, located within the Fountain Alley area at 35 South Second Street in downtown San Jose, image concept.

Downtown San Jose housing towers with 700-plus units land final city approval

December 19, 2025 at 11:41 a.m.

Eye-catching towers of 27 and 28 stories planned for downtown's Fountain Alley.

Caleb Eller participated in food distribution and youth counseling during his time on pretrial release, his attorney said. (Northern California District Court Records)

Bay Area man gets 17 months for Norteño gang plot to rip off Union City drug house

December 19, 2025 at 2:29 p.m.

He was starting to turn his life around during pretrial release, then got arrested in...

Amber Levine-Mickel, 31, of Campbell, gets into one of the vans operated by Life Services Alternatives after volunteering at Animal Assisted Happiness in Sunnyvale, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Mickel is one of the individuals who is thankful for the transportation provided through a small fleet of Life Services Alternatives accessible vans, which is an essential lifeline for the 73 LSA adults who live in their 16 care facilities in Santa Clara County. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

For this South Bay nonprofit helping adults with disabilities, getting a new set of wheels is a big deal

By Stephanie Lam

December 18, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Life Services Alternatives wants to raise $38,900 to purchase a new van

The singer, songwriter and guitarist Molly Tuttle at one of the Frank Lloyd Wright houses in Los Angeles, Feb. 2, 2022. (Michael Tyrone Delaney/The New York Times)

New Year’s Eve 2025: The 11 coolest concerts to see on Dec. 31 in Bay Area

December 16, 2025 at 4:37 a.m.

Molly Tuttle, Primus, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Fantastic Negrito, High On Fire among New Year's...

Federal prosecutors say thousands of pills were hidden in secret pacakages purported to contain “sweet cookies, chocolates, snacks, corn flakes, tea, and herbal toothpaste." (Northern California District Court Records)

Sunnyvale man sentenced to prison for involvement in same drug network as San Jose police union director

December 15, 2025 at 12:11 p.m.

Rajiv Agnihotri's crimes were similar to those of the San Jose Police Officers Association's former...

Two housing towers with a total of 768 residential units, located within the Fountain Alley area at 35 South Second Street in downtown San Jose, as seen from Second Street, image concept.

Vision emerges for San Jose housing towers planned for parking lot

December 15, 2025 at 4:44 p.m.

A veteran real estate firm has disclosed its vision to build well over 700 residential...

Edra Soto's "por la señal (25-8)" is among the works in "From Their Hands to Ours," a collaboration between Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga and MACLA in downtown San Jose. The exhibit showcases the generational knowledge and stories of Latino artists. (Courtesy photo)

MACLA, Montalvo come together for Latino artists’ exhibit

December 14, 2025 at 6:58 a.m.

San Jose, Saratoga arts centers collaborate on ‘From Their Hands to Ours.’

Dave Koz, the Sausalito-Beverly Hills-based smooth jazz saxophonist at his home in Beverly Hills, CA, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Music star talks beloved Christmas tradition and why he might step away

December 12, 2025 at 4:55 p.m.

"If I were to walk away from it, I wouldn’t walk away from it lightly,"...

Customers enjoy their dinner during the last day of the Walnut Creek Yacht Club restaurant in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Almost 30 years since the Walnut Creek Yacht Club opened, chef-owner Kevin Weinberg and co-owner Ellen McCarty say it's just time to close and want to enjoy retirement. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

12 long-lived Bay Area restaurants we said goodbye to in 2025

December 12, 2025 at 5:06 a.m.

The establishments we pay tribute to here had been landmarks for years, even generations.

Former Greyhound bus terminal at 60 and 70 South Almaden Boulevard in downtown San Jose, seen in Nov. 2024.

Blighted San Jose bus station site lands financing after owner buys it

December 9, 2025 at 10:42 a.m.

A group that bought a key San Jose site has landed tens of millions in...

A partial structure is a remnant of a demolished building that was located at 39, 45, and 49 North First Street in downtown San Jose, seen on Dec. 8, 2025.

VTA hopes to fight downtown San Jose blight by bulldozing building

By David John Chávez, Correspondent

December 9, 2025 at 10:32 a.m.

A regional transit agency seeks to assist the fight against blight in downtown San Jose...

Alysa Reinhardt as Queen of Snow in New Ballet’s 2022 production of “The San Jose Nutcracker.” The ninth annual production of the South Bay-centric version of the holiday ballet is set for Dec. 13-23 at the California Theatre in downtown San Jose. (Photo by Chris Hardy)

San Jose dance companies stay on point with ‘Nutcracker’ productions

December 8, 2025 at 9:19 a.m.

New Ballet, San Jose Dance Theatre mount holiday ballet.

Empty retail and commercial building at 98 East San Salvador Street in downtown San Jose,

Owner of blighted San Jose building faces fines if repairs don’t occur

December 8, 2025 at 4:10 a.m.

A real estate firm that's active in San Jose faces rising fines on one of...

Guitar Wars store at 447 S. First St. in downtown San Jose. Store co-owners Carlos Gascon (L), Josiah Kverno (C), and Brandon Gascon (R) are seen in the retail establishment and music shop on Dec. 2, 2025.

Guitar Wars opens new shop that brings rare retail to downtown San Jose

December 10, 2025 at 9:20 a.m.

Guitar Wars has opened a new store in a lively downtown San Jose district, planning...

Spartan Village on the Paseo, a new student housing tower for San Jose State University students, as seen in August 2024.

San Jose State University now officially owns student housing tower

December 5, 2025 at 5:28 p.m.

An affordable student housing tower that was converted from a hotel is now owned by...

The Cool Yule concert will start at 7:30 p.m. today, Dec. 2, at the Hammer Theatre. (Photo Jacqueline Ramseyer/Bay Area
News Group archives)

Cool Yule concert pairs SJSU jazz orchestra, San Jose Jazz all-stars

December 2, 2025 at 11:38 a.m.

Tonight at downtown San Jose's Hammer Theatre

At Poppy & Claro, a new restaurant in downtown San Jose, one of the wow design factors is the communal table carved in the shape of California. (Photo by Michelle Pattee for Poppy & Claro)

San Jose’s Poppy & Claro offers chef-driven food and location, location, location

December 3, 2025 at 6:26 p.m.

First Look at the new restaurant in the 50 West building downtown

After lunch, Mercy Wong, left, a member of the Friends of Grace nonprofit group, hugs Josue Covarrubias, a parks, recreation and facilities supervisor for the city of San Jose, at the Northside Community Center. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

Wish Book: Feeding souls, forging connections in the South Bay

December 3, 2025 at 2:13 p.m.

Funds for Friends of Grace will help keep the hot, healthy meals coming in 2026

ALAMEDA, CA - MARCH 23: A member of the U.S. Coast Guard provides security as cocaine and marijuana are off loaded from the Coast Guard Cutter Munro at Coast Guard Island on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, in Alameda, Calif. The U.S. Coast Guard’s counter-narcotics operations seized over 17,000 pounds of cocaine and 13,000 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $330 million from interdictions off the coasts of Mexico, Central and South America. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

Busted in plot to import cocaine to San Jose, grandpa blames left-wing guerrilla fighters

November 26, 2025 at 4:28 p.m.

Guerrilla fighters contacted him with a $100,000 extortion demand, so he got caught up in...

Mark Purdy, right, and Dan Orloff show off the historic Grateful Dead plaque that will be unveiled next week at San Jose City Hall on Thursday, December 4, 2025, the 60th anniversary of the band's first-ever concert. The show was held inside a Fifth Street residence that was later relocated to make way for the city‘s new city hall complex. (Karl Mondon for the Bay Area News Group)

San Jose stakes claim as home of 1st official Grateful Dead concert

November 24, 2025 at 3:43 p.m.

Sixty years later, San Jose officials will unveil a plaque celebrating the connection with the...

Dancers from New Ballet will perform “Arabian Dance” from “The Nutcracker” along with Symphony San Jose during the “Holiday Spectacular” on Dec. 6-7 at the California Theatre in downtown San Jose. The concert also features the Symphony San Jose Chorale and the Cantabíle Youth Singers. (Photo by Fontejon Photography)

It’s the most wonderful time of year for fun and fundraisers in South Bay

November 23, 2025 at 7:16 a.m.

Symphony San Jose stages ‘Holiday Spectacular,’ nonprofit hosts Christmas Tree Elegance.

A framed single of "Psychotic Reaction" by San Jose band Count V is among the items on display at "South Bay Flashback: Riffs, Rhythms, and Revolution," which opens Nov. 22, 2025 and runs through Dec. 21, 2026, at the Pasetta House at History Park in San Jose. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)

‘South Bay Flashback’ celebrates San Jose’s role in rock history

November 23, 2025 at 9:55 a.m.

The yearlong exhibit at History Park in San Jose is filled with handbills, posters, photos...

A multicolored sign for New Museum Los Gatos' 60th anniversary celebration sits on a table at the entrance of La Rinconada in Los Gatos on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)

Los Gatos’ New Museum has a groovy 60th anniversary celebration

November 20, 2025 at 3:08 p.m.

Museum supporters channeled their inner "flower child" with tie-dyed shirts and paisley prints at the...

Downtown San Jose skyline as seen on Sept. 25, 2024.

Downtown San Jose group picks leader at key time for city economy

November 22, 2025 at 3:45 p.m.

The San Jose Downtown Association has picked a new leader as the city seeks a...

MANA lead singer Fher Olvera performs in concert during their México Lindo y Querido US tour at the Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, March. 18, 2023. A portion of the show will be donated to Community Bridges to support Pajaro Valley flood victims, the band announced earlier this week. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Mana brings concert tour to SAP Center in San Jose for 2 big nights

November 19, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

Here's how to get tickets to see Mana in concert at SAP Center in San...

PG&E Substation A near the Diridon train station and SAP Center, as seen on Oct. 22, 2025.

PG&E says data center projects may appear in San Jose area by 2026

November 20, 2025 at 11:38 a.m.

The first power projects in PG&E’s pipeline to serve data centers could appear on the...

Brandon Lake performs in his “King of Hearts Tour” at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

Review: Christian music star is doing something no one else has done

November 17, 2025 at 8:11 p.m.

"Tonight is not about me," said Brandon Lake. "But it is about one man --...

The Fay, a 23-story housing tower with 336 apartments at 10 East Reed Street in downtown San Jose.

Construction firm files to force San Jose tower owner into bankruptcy

By David John Chávez, Correspondent

November 17, 2025 at 4:09 p.m.

A construction firm has filed papers that seek to shove the owner of a San...

Emily Michiko Jensen stars as Cio-Cio-San in Puccini’s "Madama Butterfly," presented by Opera San José through Nov. 30 at the California Theatre in downtown San Jose. Jensen, an Opera San Jose artist in residence who sang the role of Fiordiligi in Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” in September, said being cast in these two roles made her feel “like I was being cast as a complete person who is very proud of my ethnicity, heritage and my background.” (Photo by David Allen)

Opera San Jose’s ‘Butterfly’ sings her director’s praises

November 17, 2025 at 10:45 a.m.

Two women navigate cultural appropriation issues in Puccini’s work.

Ringo Starr performs at the Grand Ole Opry, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Beatles legend announces plans for a concert in the Bay Area

November 13, 2025 at 4:01 p.m.

Here's how to get tickets to see Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band at...

374 South First Street, a commercial building in the SoFA district of downtown San Jose, seen in Oct. 2024.

New restaurant and rooftop deck are eyed for empty downtown San Jose building

November 13, 2025 at 11:07 a.m.

The building over the years has housed Eulipia Restaurant & Bar, Cafe Stritch jazz club...

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - Oct. 6 - Amy Lee performs with Evanescence on the Jack Daniel's stage during the Aftershock Music Festival in Sacramento on Thursday. (Chris Riley/Times-Herald)

Huge holiday rock concert gets canceled in the Bay Area

November 13, 2025 at 4:47 a.m.

Live 105 Not So Silent Night concert 2025, featuring Sublime, Evanescence, Wet Leg and more,...

Lorenzo Galvan, left, Marine veteran from San Jose, shakes hands with Grand Marshal and Sunnyvale native U.S. Marine combat veteran A.J. Pasciuti, right, during San Jose's 107th annual Veterans Day parade in downtown San Jose in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

Photos: San Jose Veterans Day Parade

By Shae Hammond

November 12, 2025 at 4:18 a.m.

Thousands lined the street to honor our veterans

The Rotary Club of San Jose is joining local philanthropist Diane Brandenburg to bring the Mario Chiodo-designed Seeds of Peace Monument to Arena Green West, adjacent to the SAP Center. The San Jose City Council unanimously approved the artwork on Oct. 7. (Courtesy rendering)

San Jose Rotary helping to bring peace monument to Arena Green

November 9, 2025 at 7:03 a.m.

Club formed community partnership with philanthropist Diane Brandenburg for project.

Felipe Bravo and Wendy Bravo are co-owners of Fox Tale Fermentation Project, one of two downtown San Jose breweries that have joined a nationwide collaboration of beer makers that aims to raise awareness and funds for immigrant rights. Fox Tale and Clandestine Brewing are donating a portion of sales of particular beers to support Freedom for Immigrants, a nonprofit organization working to abolish immigration detention. (Photo by Steve Pipe)

San Jose breweries join nationwide collaboration for immigrant rights

By Steve Pipe

November 9, 2025 at 6:41 a.m.

Clandestine, Fox Tale donating proceeds from beer sales to nonprofit.

The quick-witted Gauri B will make her Bay Area stand-up comedy debut this weekend in San Francisco and San Jose. (Photo courtesy of Gauri B)

Global comedy sensation Gauri B heading to Bay Area stages

November 7, 2025 at 10:26 a.m.

Stand-up talent has made her way from India to Europe -- and now the U.S.

Some of the colorful alebrijes figures by artist Fernando Escartiz that were installed outside the San Jose Jazz Break Room in downtown San Jose were stolen on Oct. 31, 2025. (Courtesy San Jose Jazz)

Hey, jerks! Stop stealing artwork from downtown San Jose

November 5, 2025 at 4:35 a.m.

Following the theft of a bronze statue in September, alebrijes sculptures were swiped from San...

Echo, an eight-story housing development with about 300 residential units, located near the corner of North Fourth Street and East St. John Street in downtown San Jose, concept.

Shift surfaces for San Jose housing project with 600-plus homes

November 4, 2025 at 11:36 a.m.

A housing development that is being eyed at a high-profile San Jose location could produce...

Skaters glide around the Kristi Yamaguchi Holiday Ice Rink at City Center Bishop Ranch in December 2023. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

There’ll be glad glidings this holiday season at skating rinks around the Bay

By Jason Mastrodonato

November 12, 2025 at 11:47 a.m.

The Kristi Yamaguchi Holiday Ice Rink is among those open to the public this winter.

Erik Hayden founder of Urban Catalyst at the Paseo project building on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in San Jose, Calif. The downtown property consists of roughly 75,000 square feet of office and 25,000 square feet of retail space. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

Bay Area developer on what downtown San Jose needs to get “it” factor

October 31, 2025 at 4:40 p.m.

Erik Hayden, who is one of downtown San Jose's busiest developers, talks about the city's...

Gateway Tower, a 220-unit, 15-story affordable housing development at 470 South Market Street in downtown San Jose, concept.

Builder preps downtown San Jose affordable homes tower for early 2026 launch

October 31, 2025 at 11:38 a.m.

An affordable housing tower that would produce hundreds of units in San Jose is set...

SAP Center's new Shark Taiyaki sundaes, with Cookies 'n' Teal ice cream, raspberry coulis and a freshly made, shark-shaped waffle, are introduced at the 'Taste of the Tank' event Oct. 28 in San Jose.(Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

For San Jose Sharks fans, a rink full of new food choices at SAP Center

November 5, 2025 at 4:45 p.m.

'Super Saturdays' will feature Habana Cuba, Sixth Street Burger, Hobee's restaurants

277-unit, eight-story apartment building at 313 Gifford Avenue in downtown San Jose, concept.

Developer switches gears on 200-plus unit downtown San Jose housing project

October 29, 2025 at 2:51 p.m.

A busy developer has switched gears on a proposed residential development with hundreds of units...

Larry Ames, who led the fight to save a 98-year-old railroad bridge over Los Gatos Creek, poses with his book about the issue, "The Willow Glen Trestle (1922-2020)" at a book release party in San Jose on Oct. 18, 2025. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)

New book documents the fight to save the ill-fated Willow Glen trestle

October 29, 2025 at 4:43 a.m.

Larry Ames, who led the seven-year effort to preserve the trestle, has saved it for...

Commercial building at 27 South First Street in downtown San Jose, seen on Oct. 27, 2025.

Lender seizes former San Jose store site, housing project property

October 29, 2025 at 1:08 p.m.

The downtown San Jose site where a housing tower was once proposed but never built...

CHP officers in Gilroy seized these bags of painkillers containing fentanyl during a traffic stop of a San Jose man in 2023. (Northern California District Court Records)

San Jose man gets 14 months for 15,000 fentanyl pills

October 27, 2025 at 4:43 a.m.

Kasra Saadiyeh's lawyer argued that despite the large fentanyl bust, Saadiyeh needs to stay out...

NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen, author of the memoir “Boat Baby,” will be the guest speaker Nov. 15 at the San José Public Library Foundation’s Signature Author Event. Before joining NBC News in New York, Nguyen spent 12 years reporting and anchoring for NBC Bay Area.

‘Boat Baby’ author to speak at benefit for San Jose libraries

October 26, 2025 at 7:12 a.m.

NBC News anchor’s memoir traces family’s emigration from Vietnam.

PG&E San Jose Substation A, located near the corner of South Montgomery Street and Otterson Street in downtown San Jose, seen on June 17, 2025.

PG&E sees major growth potential in San Jose as electricity demand rises

October 27, 2025 at 7:07 a.m.

PG&E is focusing its power system expansions in the San Jose area to meet a...

Hyatt Place Newark/Silicon Valley, a 112-room Newark hotel at 5600 John Muir Drive, as seen on June 11, 2025.

Another Bay Area hotel is foreclosed in sign of region’s ailing lodging market

October 24, 2025 at 4:49 p.m.

An East Bay hotel has been seized by its lender through the foreclosure of a...

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2011, file photo, concertina wire and a guard tower are seen at Pelican Bay State Prison near Crescent City, Calif. Federal prosecutors say leaders of a notorious white supremacist gang have been charged with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California's most secure prisons. The charges unsealed Thursday, June 6, 2019, detail five slayings and accuse an attorney of helping smuggle drugs and cell phones. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Aryan Brotherhood member killed in California prison

October 24, 2025 at 11:30 a.m.

The three suspects all have alleged ties to organized crime, according to court records.

‘Rotting’ San Jose bus depot has new owner that eyes housing project

December 9, 2025 at 8:29 a.m.

A long-abandoned bus terminal in San Jose is now owned by the property's lender following...

Geddy Lee, lead singer for Rush, performs at Six Flags Darien Lake Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004, in Darien, N.Y. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, Harry Scull Jr.)

Classic rock act Rush adds second big Bay Area concert to reunion tour

October 23, 2025 at 5:09 a.m.

Here's how to get tickets to see Rush on its reunion concert tour at SAP...

The Mexico Danza group performs during the 30th annual Día de los Muertos community celebration at the Oakland Museum of California on Oct. 27, 2024. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

9 ways to celebrate Día de los Muertos around the Bay

By Lisa Hix

October 22, 2025 at 10:18 a.m.

From Martinez to Gilroy, these events feature altars, Aztec dancing, live music and face painting.

A person, visible through a window in the left center of the image, works near a crane that is operating on the second floor of the historic Lawrence Hotel building at 69 through 87 East San Fernando Street in downtown San Jose, as seen on Oct. 15, 2025.

Owners launch cleanup, revamp of blighted San Jose historic property

October 21, 2025 at 5:02 a.m.

The owners of a blighted building in downtown San Jose have launched a cleanup of...

Yes, Bay Area Rush fans, you are getting what you wanted

October 22, 2025 at 12:02 p.m.

Here's how to get concert tour tickets to see Rush, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Anika...

San Jose housing tower faces auction and foreclosure over failed loan

November 17, 2025 at 7:40 a.m.

A lender is preparing to seize ownership of a high-profile San Jose housing tower whose...

Two housing towers at 188 West St. James Street in downtown San Jose.

Grocer, ‘high-end’ restaurant sought for downtown San Jose housing towers

October 15, 2025 at 4:23 a.m.

A grocery store and a restaurant are among the potential options for the ground floor...

Downtown San Jose, as seen from Guadalupe River Park, 2021.

Report: South Bay office market healthier than struggling East Bay, San Francisco

October 10, 2025 at 3:43 p.m.

Big tech deals are helping to keep the South Bay office vacancy rate from rising.

Nighttime view of 70 South Almaden Avenue, an abandoned Greyhound bus terminal in downtown San Jose, seen on Feb. 13, 2025.

Development of former Greyhound station in San Jose may not happen for years

October 9, 2025 at 6:38 a.m.

A San Jose housing project remains a year or more from breaking ground even as...

Poppy & Claro will be situated at the base of the 70 West building in downtown San Jose, near the Circle of Palms and the Museum of Art. (George Avalos/Bay Area News Group)

San Jose high-rise anchor restaurant Poppy & Claro sets opening date

October 11, 2025 at 12:20 p.m.

Breakfast hours will start at 7:30 a.m., followed by an all-day menu

204-room hotel complex at 2560 Fontaine Road in east San Jose that includes a Super 8 by Wyndham and a Motel 6, as seen in June 2025.

San Jose hotel complex faces foreclosure as lodging market remains frail

October 7, 2025 at 6:48 a.m.

A hotel cluster in San Jose with hundreds of rooms faces a loan foreclosure as...

Accompanied by the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, pictured, sjDANCEco is looking to leave audiences “Spellbound” by its Oct. 10-11 performances at the California Theatre in downtown San Jose. The program features new works by company choreographers Maria Basile and Nhan Ho, along with guest choreographers Hsiang-Hsiu Lin, Fred Mathews and Colin Connor.

San Jose dance company presents spellbinding program

October 5, 2025 at 7:18 a.m.

San Jose Chamber Orchestra to accompany sjDANCEco’s Oct. 10-11 performances.

Emma and Mario Ramirez from San Jose took a nine-day National Parks tour. (Courtesy of Emma Ramirez)

Wish You Were Here: A 9-day National Parks tour with breathtaking views

By Jason Mastrodonato

October 5, 2025 at 5:47 a.m.

San Jose residents in awe of National Parks in Arizona, Utah and Colorado.

Children perform during the Dia San Jose Festival for Dia De Los Muertos at Plaza de Cesar Chavez in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Nischal Jasti/Mosaic)

Why San Jose’s Dia de los Muertos festivities may be quieter this year

October 4, 2025 at 4:26 p.m.

The huge Dia San Jose event has been canceled because of a lack of corporate...

Icon 20-story office tower (left) and Echo 26-story residential tower (right) on North Fourth Street between East Santa Clara Street and East St. John Street, looking towards the west, concept.

Two downtown San Jose development projects get new financing

October 2, 2025 at 11:43 a.m.

Two sites in downtown San Jose where housing developments are proposed have landed new loans.

The Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building complex in downtown Oakland, seen in January 2025.

Shutdown could affect thousands of Bay Area, California jobs

October 2, 2025 at 5:34 a.m.

California and the Bay Area have each seen federal jobs disappear in 2025. With a...

Elevated view of an apartment building at 51 Notre Dame Avenue in downtown San Jose, concept.

San Jose housing project site that’s up for sale avoids default

September 30, 2025 at 8:51 a.m.

The owner of a downtown San Jose housing development site has avoided a foreclosure on...

Lion dancers roam through the large crowd gathered for the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival at the Children's Discovery Museum in downtown San Jose on Sept. 27, 2025. (Lauren Uppal/Mosaic)

Cultures converge at Mid-Autumn Moon Festival in San Jose

By Lauren Uppal

September 29, 2025 at 5:52 p.m.

The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival held last weekend at the Children's Discovery Museum in San Jose...

Lender plans to develop homes on San Jose former Greyhound bus terminal site that faces foreclosure

September 30, 2025 at 5:16 a.m.

A lender says it's ready to develop housing on a San Jose site if can...

Award-winning pianist Jon Nakamatsu performs at a Rotary Club of San Jose meeting on Sept. 4, 2024. Nakamatsu is the featured soloist in the season opening program for Symphony San Jose on Oct. 4-5.

Symphony San Jose opens season with Masquerade Fantastique

September 28, 2025 at 7:34 a.m.

San Jose native Jon Nakamatsu is piano soloist for Oct. 4-5 concerts.

Sean and Caroline Sorenson, of Oakland, visited Caroline's sister, Margaret Thompson (formerly of Oakland) who lives in Pirna, Germany. (Photo courtesy of Caroline Sorenson)

Wish You Were Here: Steam trains in Germany, classical music in Prague

By Jason Mastrodonato

September 28, 2025 at 5:44 a.m.

Oakland, San Jose residents share what they learned about traveling to Europe.

Mixed-use restaurant and office building at 74-90 South First Street in downtown San Jose, seen in Oct. 2024.

Housing might replace office spaces inside San Jose mixed-use building

September 26, 2025 at 2:46 p.m.

Office spaces within a mixed-use building in downtown San Jose could be converted into housing...

Crowds enjoy food, beer and music at the Oktoberfest celebration held at the brewery in San Jose's Japantown on Sept. 28, 2024. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)

Raise a stein for another Oktoberfest celebration at Gordon Biersch

September 26, 2025 at 4:25 a.m.

Saturday's fest at the San Jose brewery includes music, food, a stein-holding contest and lots...

Paidakia / Lamb Chops served at the Opa! restaurant group. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group archives)

Opa! restaurant group files for bankruptcy as company shuts its South Bay sites

September 23, 2025 at 4:48 p.m.

Restaurants in Campbell, Morgan Hill, Santa Clara the last to close

Hispanic Heritage Month kicked off on Sunday, Sept. 14, at Children’s Discovery Museum with a performance by Dulce Tricolor Venezolano, a traditional Venezuelan dance group. The museum has cultural events scheduled through Oct. 12. (Courtesy photo)

Children’s Discovery Museum celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

September 21, 2025 at 7:13 a.m.

San Jose attraction has cultural events scheduled through Oct. 12.

Front of Sigma Nu Fraternity house in downtown San Jose at 155 S. 11th St.

Buyer emerges for San Jose frat house once slated for affordable housing

September 19, 2025 at 7:49 a.m.

A Bay Area group has bought a former fraternity house in downtown San Jose.

The Neo on First, an apartment complex at 975 South First Street south of downtown San Jose, seen on Sept. 16, 2025.

San Jose apartment complex delinquent on loan, faces foreclosure

September 17, 2025 at 11:58 a.m.

An apartment building near downtown San Jose is in default on its loan and could...

Paulina Goff Stovall poses with her Rockin’ Spider at the 2024 National Pumpkin Weigh Off at Bishop's Pumpkin Farm in Wheatland, CA. The San Jose resident, a professional pumpkin carver who prefers to work in front of a live audience, is appearing on season 15 of Food Network’s “Halloween Wars,” which premieres on Sept. 21. (Photo by Kelly Gryn)

San Jose pumpkin sculptor carves out a place on Food Network

By Laura Ness, Correspondent

October 6, 2025 at 1:43 p.m.

Paulina Goff Stovall is competing on ‘Halloween Wars.’

Visitors enjoy the Rotary PlayGarden in San Jose's Guadalupe River Park, which celebrated its 10th anniversary on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)

San Jose’s Rotary PlayGarden turns 10, and its age is showing

September 17, 2025 at 4:42 a.m.

More than 1 million visitors and a decade of play has meant a lot of...

Sonesta Select San Jose Airport, a 151-room hotel at 1727 Technology Drive in San Jose.

San Jose hotel sells for less than prior value in weak lodging market

September 17, 2025 at 4:46 a.m.

A San Jose hotel has been bought for far less than the property's prior value.

Members of the media get a look at the new Apple products, including the new MacBook Pro, with the new Touch Bar feature, at a press event held at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group)

‘One-man crime spree’ hacker sentenced for multimillion-dollar Apple cyberattack

September 17, 2025 at 5:16 a.m.

Keith Latteri, 26, is also accused of extorting naked pictures from teen girls, posting racist...

Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda performs during their From Zero World Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

Review: Acclaimed rock act defies expectations and makes big comeback

September 17, 2025 at 6:31 a.m.

Linkin Park was at the top of its game during concert at SAP Center in...

Chefs from Eos & Nyx in downtown San Jose served beef tartare gochujang cones to attendees at the Art of Food & Wine on Sept. 7 at Saratoga’s Montalvo Arts Center. The event showcased bites and pours from a diverse array of Bay Area restaurants. (Photo by Laura Ness)

Montalvo hosts 20th annual food and wine fundraiser at Saratoga villa

By Laura Ness, Correspondent

September 21, 2025 at 11:41 a.m.

Club on Post is downtown San Jose's hot new brunch spot.

Bird's-eye view of an apartment building at 51 Notre Dame Avenue in downtown San Jose, concept. A rooftop terrace is visible in the upper part of the image, and the pool area is visible in the lower section.

San Jose housing tower project site once home to popular pet shop faces foreclosure

September 15, 2025 at 1:52 p.m.

A housing development site in downtown San Jose is in default on its real estate...

Opera San Jose General Director Shawna Lucey addresses attendees during the company’s ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the opening of its 42nd season at the California Theater in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Opera San Jose looking to shake things up for its 42nd season

September 14, 2025 at 11:29 a.m.

Audiences will get to vote on the ending of Mozart's "Così Fan Tutte," which debuts...

Meeting and work areas at 1010 The Alameda in San Jose, an office building that is a renovated former gay bathhouse.

Former men’s bathhouse property in San Jose lands new owner from Arizona

September 12, 2025 at 3:50 p.m.

A one-time San Jose gay bathhouse that was forced out of business due to coronavirus-linked...

Jeremiah Matthew Davis was announced as the new executive director of the San Jose Museum of Art on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Photo by Ann Sherman/Courtesy San Jose Museum of Art)

San Jose Museum of Art’s new executive director wants to take institution to another level

September 11, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

"Art and culture and civic engagement should go hand-in-hand," says Jeremiah Matthew Davis, who arrives...

Signia by Hilton San Jose hotel at 170 South Market Street in downtown San Jose, as seen in June 2024.

Efforts underway to fill empty merchant spaces at Signia hotel in San Jose

September 11, 2025 at 5:13 a.m.

Wide-ranging efforts are underway to find merchants to fill empty spaces at a San Jose...

A commercial space at 100 South Second Street in downtown San Jose.

Former Safeway site in downtown San Jose lands local buyer

September 10, 2025 at 8:24 a.m.

A Bay Area investor has bought the empty downtown San Jose space where a Safeway...

Lion Building at 97 South Second Street in downtown San Jose, seen in 2023.

Historic downtown San Jose building is bought for more than $3 million

September 10, 2025 at 12:35 a.m.

A downtown San Jose building that was constructed more than a century ago has been...

Burlingame’s John Alves (18) makes a finger tip catch while warming up before their game at Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. Burlingame defeated Palo Alto 35-14. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

High school football in pictures: Our staff’s best photos of Week 2, 2025

By Nhat V. Meyer

September 16, 2025 at 6:12 a.m.

Lincoln-San Jose 48, San Jose 24 See a photo you like? Click here to see...

Jtown Pizza Co. in San Jose's historic Japantown neighborhood abruptly closed Sept. 3, 2025 after six years in business. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)

The perfect storm that upended Japantown business owners’ dreams

September 8, 2025 at 5:34 a.m.

After the abrupt closing of JTown Pizza in San Jose, the community has rallied to...

Lincoln High School celebrates after winning against San Jose High School during the annual Big Bone game at San Jose City College in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

Big Bone game: Kyan Phillips has night to remember as Lincoln routs San Jose

By Joseph Dycus

September 5, 2025 at 11:07 p.m.

Kyan Phillips scored touchdowns three different ways as Lincoln ran its Big Bone Game winning...

Participants ride down Story Road past McLaughlin Avenue at Viva CalleSJ’s “Downtown and Eastbound” in San Jose, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Thien-An Truong for Bay Area News Group)

Viva CalleSJ will close nearly 10 miles of streets this weekend as it wraps up its 10th year

September 6, 2025 at 9:19 a.m.

"Las Calles" will close nearly 10 miles of San Jose streets to vehicle traffic Sunday...

"Coyote," by artist Efrain Fuentes, stands outside the San Jose Museum of Art in the Circle of Palms on Aug. 6, 2025. It is one of eight "Alebrijes," 20-foot-tall statues of magical animals, installed in downtown San Jose for San Jose Jazz's Summer Fest on Aug. 8-10, 2025. The statues will remain downtown through the end of Sept.. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area

Alebrijes celebrations continue in downtown San Jose this weekend

September 3, 2025 at 4:27 a.m.

The "Ritmos y Colores" festival at Plaza de Cesar Chavez will feature a community procession,...

New housing plans emerge for abandoned downtown San Jose Greyhound station

September 29, 2025 at 10:08 a.m.

A new quest to revive a housing project at an empty downtown San Jose bus...

The framed jersey of deceased Acalanes student athlete Amin Noroozi is displayed on the field at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, CA on Friday, Aug. 28, 2025. Acalanes defeated Mitty 33-12 for the season opener. (Don Feria for Bay Area News Group)

Acalanes beats Mitty, dedicates high school football season to late teammate: ‘This is for Amin’

By Joseph Dycus

August 30, 2025 at 3:29 p.m.

Acalanes defeats Archbishop Mitty in first game since passing of 17-year-old lineman Amin Noroozi in...

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San Jose: Intoxicated driver crashes into downtown building, police say

By Caelyn Pender

August 30, 2025 at 3:41 p.m.

Police said there is not evidence the collision was done on purpose.

Finishing touches are put on a colorful mural on Post Street in San Jose's LGBTQ-centered Qmunity District. The mural will officially be unveiled at an event Aug. 29, 2025. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)

Street mural unveiling kicks off SV Pride weekend in downtown San Jose