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New bill seeks to limit housing sprawl in fire- and flood-prone areas of California

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Over the past half-century, new housing has spread into ever more far-flung parts of California – from luxury estates perched on remote hillsides to tightly packed subdivisions stretched over rural flatlands.

Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2023

Crews demolish historic Monterey Bay pier, in danger of collapse after January storm damage

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In the final chapter for one of the most venerable landmarks along Monterey Bay, crews with excavators and other heavy equipment on Monday tore apart the 500-foot-long wooden pier at Seacliff State Beach in Aptos.

Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2023

How many Bay Area concrete buildings might fall like those in Turkey’s deadly earthquake?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The scenes of tilted, crumbled and collapsed concrete buildings after powerful earthquakes jolted Turkey and Syria last month are sobering. In Turkey alone, the shaking wrecked some 185,000 buildings, and the death toll in both countries has topped 48,000 people.

Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2023

Human rights court begins review of high-stakes El Salvador abortion case

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Wednesday began hearing the historic case of a Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion in 2013 despite doctors' calls to terminate her high-risk pregnancy.

Reuters · Mar 22, 2023

Showers linger into Wednesday following Bay Area’s 'bomb cyclone'

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Even experienced weather experts were stunned by the destructive, deadly and ultimately rare “bomb cyclone” that touched down in the region Tuesday afternoon.

Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023

HPE acquires IT operations management startup OpsRamp

HPE has struck an agreement to acquire AIOps-powered IT operations management (ITOM) startup OpsRamp. Headquartered in San Jose, California, OpsRamp’s SaaS platform provides discovery, monitoring, automation, and event resolution for hybrid and multi-cloud environments using AIOps. SEE MORE Everything you need to know about HPE SEE MORE HPE unveils new…

IT Pro · Mar 21, 2023

Couple sentenced to prison in notorious San Jose baby kidnapping

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A woman and her boyfriend were sentenced to prison Monday in the April kidnapping of a San Jose infant, drawing to a close a case that drew national notoriety because of its apparent motive — the woman’s desire to fool another extramarital lover into believing the…

Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2023

Wilder Ranch: World-class recreation, epic vistas in the Bay Area’s coastal playground

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Where Chinquapin Trail meets Eucalyptus Loop in Wilder Ranch State Park, gorgeous meadows roll down toward the Pacific Ocean and a skeleton grove of long-dead trees beloved by woodpeckers rises above one of California’s best picnic spots — complete with wooden tables.

Tribune News Service · Mar 20, 2023

Sharks’ James Reimer won’t wear Pride-themed warmup jersey, saying it runs counter to religious beliefs

SAN JOSE, Calif. — James Reimer will not participate in the San Jose Sharks’ pregame warmups Saturday, saying the Pride-themed jerseys team members are planning to wear to show support of the LGBTQIA+ community runs counter to his personal religious convictions.

Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2023

Vince Dunn extends club-record points streak to give Kraken win in OT

SAN JOSE, Calif. — It wasn’t lost on any of the supposed 11,000 or so fans still bothering to show up for games here that the home team hadn’t won in this building since the last time the Seattle Kraken visited.

Tribune News Service · Mar 17, 2023