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The use of force by the San Jose Police Department is under intense review. Recent cell phone video captured the arrest of a San Jose State student which raised questions about excessive force by the officers -- and this isn't the first such case.

On Oct. 31, Orlando Ramos was in Richmond, comforting community members he met when he was principal of the high school there, the same campus that's now notorious for the Oct.

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Thousands of people lined up in San Jose for swine flu vaccine shots at a Santa Clara County health department clinic.

Starting budget talks early in an attempt to patch together a $96.4 million budget deficit for next year, San Jose City Council members hope to distribute the funding squeeze evenly between taxpayers, city workers and service cuts.

Employees of the low-rise Hawaiiana Hotel on Waikiki's Beach Walk are telling guests that the 54-year-old property is being shut down as a hotel in the wake of two of three property owners facing financial troubles.

A train hit and killed someone on the northbound Caltrain tracks in San Jose at about 3:40 p.m. today.

Copy of a two-year-old photo taken of Daniel Pham, 27, of San Jose who was shot and killed by San Jose police on May 10, 2009 at his home in San Jose.

Facing a budget shortfall that has widened to $96.4 million, the San Jose City Council voted Thursday to seek a third of the funds from the pockets of taxpayers, with an equal measure coming from city workers and hope that operational efficiencies and restructuring can cover the rest.

Santa Clara County prosecutors are filing adult charges against three juveniles accused of attacking two Halloween trick or treaters.

San Jose officials have ordered the release of 911 tapes in connection with the deadly shooting by officers of a mentally ill man in May, and San Jose's mayor is hopeful the release of the tapes will help build trust in the department.

Responding to Mercury News articles raising concerns about the use of force by San Jose police officers, Police Chief Rob Davis announced new layers of internal review to guard against officers' misusing their fists, batons, Tasers and guns to subdue suspects.

A night of Halloween fun turned into a fight for life for a 12-year-old San Jose boy who was shot in the head while he and his friend were trick-or-treating. The boy was shot and his 13-year-old friend was stabbed several times as they went house-to-house Saturday night.

San Jose police are investigating a Monday night shooting that seriously injured one person.

A funny thing has happened since the Obama administration recently declared it would stop cracking down on medical marijuana in states that allow it like California: While strait-laced, law-abiding San Jose is considering a pitch to attract more medical pot clubs, surf city Santa Cruz is signaling enough is enough.

Two American bulldog pitbull mix dogs are dead, an animal control officer is recovering from nine dog bites, and two men have been arrested after a vicious early morning attack in a San Jose homeowner's backyard.

A San Jose middle school is reeling with grief and shock after learning that two of its students, described by the principal as "nice, hard-working boys," were the victims of a violent attack on Halloween night.

San Jose police killed one large bulldog and wounded another in an attempt to rescue an animal control officer who was severely mauled by the dogs this morning, police and fire spokesmen said.

Mountain View police were seeking help Monday in locating a woman who walked out of El Camino Hospital and may be a danger to herself.

A 12-year-old boy was shot in the head and his 13-year-old friend was stabbed while they were trick or treating in East San Jose on Halloween night.