San Jose’s colorful annual Obon Festival drew hundreds of people to Japantown this weekend. The festival is the largest of its kind in the United States and is sponsored by the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin.

I remember in the Instructional League in Port St. Lucie in 2001, when Guy Conti, who was running the minor league system at that time, said to us, “Do you guys know that you guys are gonna lock down the left side of the infield for a long time in New York?”

Two fatal crashes along Highway 87 in San Jose over the weekend are under investigation, the California Highway Patrol said Monday. The first crash happened about 2:15 a.m. Saturday

A pedestrian was critically injured after being hit by a vehicle in San Jose early Sunday morning. The San Jose Police Department said in a social media post that the person was struck at about 4:30 a.m. at Senter Road and East Capitol Expressway in South San Jose.

Being in the lower rungs of the NHL – and on the lowest rung for the last two years – has had some silver linings for the San Jose Sharks. They were in position to draft Will Smith at No. 4 pick in 2023, then Macklin Celebrini at No. 1 in 2024 then Michael Misa at No. 2 last month.

MILFORD — For more than five years, the family of Christine Holloway has been waiting for the chance to confront Jose Morales directly about his killing of the 43-year-old woman and the disappearance of their 14-month-old daughter, Vanessa.

Office vacancy levels improved in the San Jose area but worsened in both Oakland and San Francisco in the second quarter of 2025, new real estate reports show. The upswing in the South Bay office market arrives on the heels of big office leases in the region that have gobbled up some of the empty office space.