Category: San Jose, CA

San Jose: Pedestrian hit by light-rail train off Bascom

The collision was reported about 10:45 a.m. after a pedestrian was reportedly seen crossing the tracks along Southwest Expressway, said Stacey Hendler Ross, spokeswoman for the Valley Transportation Authority. Hendler Ross said warning alarms and lights were activated and flashing, and traffic-crossing arms were down when the person was hit by a Winchester-Mountain View train.

San Jose flood: Rock Springs still ravaged two weeks later

Some areas are recovering faster than others, and the Rock Springs neighborhood that was first to flood will be last to return to normal Rob Souza’s backyard cottage, destroyed by a falling oak tree during the Coyote Creek floods, waits for demolition in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Marie Perry watches from her Rock Springs homeless camp as nearby residents, many now homeless themselves, salvage what they can from their flood-damaged homes in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, March 7, 2017.

San Jose: Volunteers help homeless brave the winter

Keith Saldivar, 55, right, hugs Emily after she receives blankets and water from the organization Sleeping Bags for the Homeless of Silicon Valley in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. Saldivar, who was formerly homeless, is helping the organization by distributing food, water, blankets and sleeping bags.

San Jose: Work begins on Midtown project with 800 housing units

This rendering shows what the mixed-use project that began construction last month at the corner of Auzerais Avenue and Sunol Street in San Jose will look like. After a decade-long planning process that weathered neighborhood resistance and the economic recession, local developers recently broke ground on the first phase of a large residential mixed-use project in Midtown San Jose.