The San Jose City Council decided to increase the fines for property owners who refuse to clean up their lots. The new ordinance allows a maximum fine of $10,000 per day with a maximum of $500,000 a year — the highest fine amount in the state.

SAN JOSE — A student housing complex could sprout on the site of the former Vung Tau restaurant after a developer paid just under $3 million for the East Santa Clara Street property, according to documents filed on Aug. 25 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office.

Whether you've come for business or not, you'll find a lot to do in your spare time. San Jose hosts a bunch of attractions that don't take too long to enjoy: Burn an hour or two downtown at the San Jose Museum of Art and the award-winning

It was another milestone birthday for a former San Jose Fire Department captain. Sam Seibert celebrated his 106th birthday on Tuesday, SJFD posted on social media. Seibert — born Aug. 26, 1919 — served in the Navy during World War II and later joined SJFD in 1946.

A Ramsey Show caller inherited $10 million from his father, while his two estranged sisters received nothing. Should he give them a cut?

Two separate traffic collisions on Highway 17 resulted in fatalities over the weekend — the deaths of a passenger riding in a vehicle driving the wrong way, and the driver of a motorcycle that left the roadway, according to press releases from the California Highway Patrol.

Officials in Merced County say one person was killed when a small private plane crashed south of Los Banos on Tuesday. The aircraft took off from an airport near San Jose.