Alum Rock News

As a 12-year-old boy lay gravely wounded from a shooting on Halloween night, his neighbors plan to press public officials for answers and a strong response at a public meeting Monday night in East San Jose.

San Jose Police Chief Rob Davis speaks as city council member Nora Campos, left, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, right, and community leaders look on during a press conference at the Alum Rock Youth Center in San Jose Thursday Nov.

The carnival-like atmosphere of San Jose's Alum Rock Park is gone, but visitors can still experience the mineral springs that caused such a commotion in the early 1900s.

The Santa Clara County Open Space Authority is suddenly $30 million richer. That's because only 25 percent of Santa Clara County property owners eligible to receive a $130 refund applied in time to get their money back.

After a series of gang-related violence in San Jose, the last being the Halloween tragedy at Story Road and Hopkins St., there is now a clamor from all sectors of the community, to end violence in the neighborhoods.

City officials are keeping two San Jose community centers open until 11 p.m. tonight, hoping to give local teens a safe place to socialize in a city still reeling from a gang-related attack on two young trick-or-treaters on Halloween.

In San Jose, surveillance video has surfaced showing one of the young trick-or-treaters attacked by a gang on Halloween night, looking for help.

On the heels of a violent gang-related attack last weekend that left a 12-year-old boy in grave condition, San Jose City Councilwoman Nora Campos has called an emergency meeting today in an effort to raise community awareness and prevent retaliatory attacks from happening.

A 58-year-old man who police say slammed his Mercedes into a Saturn stopped at a red light Friday night faces charges of vehicular manslaughter, drunken driving and speeding.

Westboro Drive, 7 a.m. Wednesday One person was arrested and two vehicles, cash and narcotics were seized during a warrant search of a residence.

The U.S. Geological Survey and seismologists at three California universities are working on an early-warning system that would limit the damage of high-magnitude temblors, such as the 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989.

Jackson and Alum Rock avenues, 12:20 a.m. Saturday A pedestrian was stabbed by one of several people who were unknown to him.

The Mineta San Jose International Airport assists home owners in their travels, and there are many exciting and educational opportunities right in San [...] Home owners enjoy outdoor recreational opportunities such as biking, hiking, horseback riding and picnicking.

SOMETIMES, in our business, headline writers get carried away. That could have been the case in the San Jose Mercury with its dominant front-page story about the rebuilding of the Calaveras Dam.

Three public schools in east San Jose are on the chopping block for the coming school year.

San Jose firefighters are searching for a man still not accounted for after an Alum Rock home went up in flames early Thursday morning.

One person is missing and may have been trapped inside a two-story home that was destroyed by a three-alarm blaze this morning in the Alum Rock area of San Jose, according to firefighters.

While voters statewide rejected tax hikes and bond measures, one San Jose school district persuaded voters to pay for a makeover.

The focus is going to be on the past as the date creeps closer to Oct. 17, the 20th anniversary of devastation caused by the Loma Prieta earthquake.

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