This Saturday’s event at William Street Park will include “Animal Rescue Row,” a section dedicated to rescue and adoption organizations.

San Jose’s Little Italy is getting a street renamed in its honor, but not everyone in the neighborhood is happy. The City Council will vote on renaming part of North Almaden Boulevard "Little Italy Way,

A man died and a woman was injured late Tuesday after an SUV struck a cement wall in San Jose, police said. Officers responded about 11:05 p.m. to the 100 block of Madrone Avenue, west of Dougherty Avenue. A westbound 1998 black Jeep Cherokee hit a wall at a creek crossing, according to the San Jose Police Department.

It does not happen this way often. But when Idaho, of the Football Championship Subdivision, steps up to face San Jose State University, from the Football Bowl Subdivision, Saturday Spartans coach Ken Niumatalolo warns his team that rather than meeting an inferior opponent,

Latinos in Santa Clara County suffer from higher rates of poverty, lower rates of high school graduation and more deaths from diabetes than other groups. Officials want to find ways to close that gap.

A contentious Chick-fil-A project is moving forward after hitting a road bump.

SAN JOSE — A Bay Area group has bought a former fraternity house in downtown San Jose where a developer had once eyed, but never built, affordable homes. The one-time fraternity house was bought for $3.25 million, according to documents filed on Sept. 4 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office.

SAN JOSE — Defenseman Mario Ferraro holds the distinction of being the San Jose Sharks’ longest tenured player as he enters his seventh season with the organization. The question now is whether there will be an eighth season in San Jose.