A three-alarm fire destroyed the vacant former MACSA youth center in San Jose early Friday. At about 1 a.m., San Jose firefighters responded to a large fire at the vacant building at 600 Sinclair Drive in the city’s Mayfair district, officials said. Fire officials told NBC Bay Area the building was fully involved when they...
NBC Bay Area: Safety concerns about plans for deep BART tunnel in San Jose
BART officials warned the head of the Valley Transportation Authority in 2017 that the single-bore tunnel design planned for the San Jose extension posed “serious risks to safety.”
NBC Bay Area: CA banned ‘hidden’ fees, but we still found them in San Jose
The price you see is now supposed to be the price you pay for concert tickets, sporting events, and most other entertainment in California. But NBC Bay Area Responds put it to the test and found a number of violators in San Jose and beyond.
NBC Bay Area: DOJ investigating complaints of rideshares refusing service dogs
Advocates for the blind say the U.S. Department of Justice has requested data and complaints of Uber and Lyft drivers refusing to transport service dogs with their owners.
NBC Bay Area: Feds investigating Santa Clara County Office of Education’s use of Head Start funds
Investigators from the federal Head Start program visited the Santa Clara County Office of Education in person as part of an on-going process to determine if federal funds were used to pay salaries and other expenses for non-Head Start employees.
NBC Bay Area: Copacabana movie remake underway in San Jose
Lorena Cortez is producing and directing a short film adaptation of the 1940s movie Copacabana in San Jose, best remembered now from Barry Manilow’s hit song in 1978. Unlike the original movie, Cortez’s version will feature mostly women of color both in front of and behind the camera.
NBC Bay Area: Uber and Lyft drivers frequently refuse service dogs
A legally blind San Jose teacher keeps getting left at the curb when ride share drivers see her service dog and say they don’t allow “pets.”
NBC Bay Area: School crossing guards dodging driverless cars
As state leaders approve expanding the testing of driverless cars into San Mateo County and Sunnyvale, school crossing guards in San Francisco say they’ve had some close calls with autonomous vehicles during the past year.
NBC Bay Area: Homeless San Jose artist creates and wears elaborate suits of armor
Jared Clark displays his life-size creations, based on characters from a game called Warhammer 40K, atop a bridge on Curtner Avenue. Underneath that same bridge is where Jared has called home for the past three years. Garvin Thomas reports.
NBC Bay Area: Lawsuits claiming sexual assault by Uber drivers could take a decade to decide
Thousands of women are suing San Francisco-based Uber claiming their driver sexually assaulted them during a ride. Some are now being told due to the backlog of cases and legal motions, their cases may not be resolved until the next decade.