Convicted murderer killed in California prison

A homicide investigation is underway after Jacob Kober of Livermore was found unresponsive in his cell at the Kern Valley State Prison on Sept. 19. His cellmate, Matthew Perez, was also injured, according to officials.

VTA bus operator shot and killed at Chaboya bus yard

An employee of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority was shot and killed on Friday night in the parking lot of the VTA's Chaboya Division bus yard in San Jose, according to a press release from VTA.   

DA charges Santa Clara man with 1987 power cord murder

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office on Friday announced that it has charged a Santa Clara man with the murder of a local machine and sheet metal worker with a power cord roughly 40 years ago.