District attorney lays out prosecution's case in opening statement at 9 a.m.

On Aug. 12, a Boeing 767 commercial night flight from Hawaii was six miles out from Mineta San Jose International Airport when it was struck with a laser beam.

A former Santa Clara County correctional officer who was convicted of sexually abusing his young niece was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison and waived his right to appeal the decision.

It was part old-home week, part newfound-liberation day and part just an afternoon to rock out to music in the sun as thousands gathered Sunday at Discovery Park for the 35th annual San Jose Pride Festival.

SAN DIEGO -- The California Republican Party anticipates the sweet taste of victory in the fall '“ and is determined to do everything it can not to mess up its chances.

The downtown San Jose retail project had been expected to open this summer, but the new target is early next year.

Paul Garcia's defense lawyer plans to ask Friday that his murder trial be moved out of Santa Clara County because of pretrial publicity surrounding the killing of Los Gatos restaurateur Mark Achilli.

That little dollop of summer sizzle that we all thought was coming our way this week? Not coming. While it will warm-up by 5 to 7 degrees starting Monday, high temperatures will remain below San Jose's normal high of about 84 degrees for this time of the year.

It's nothing new to California politics that both candidates for governor are striving to appeal to the center in a state where most voters say they are 'moderates'' and one out of five people decline to state a political allegiance when registering to vote. Still, political analysts say, as Whitman and -- to a lesser extent her Democratic opponent, Jerry Brown -- woo voters in the middle, both risk alienating their bases.

In honor of the half-centennial, the Hi-Life is rolling back 2010 prices to a select menu of 1960 prices, which means lucky customers on Tuesday and Wednesday can dine on a Top Sirloin steak for $4.95.

Dozens of people in San Jose and the South Bay were victims in a nationwide Internet scam orchestrated by a Washington state man who told would-be investors that he needed money upfront to claim a large inheritance, according to federal prosecutors.

Medical-pot advocates warn against high rate

Leah Toeniskoetter's TurningWheels for Kids team completed the 129-mile Death Ride in the Sierra Nevada, raising enough money to provide hundreds of bicycles for needy children.

A San Jose man faces murder charges in the death of a 15-year-old girl. Prosecutors and police say the man fled a highway patrol officer and smashed his speeding Honda Civic into another car.