Tag Archives: San Jose

San Francisco’s NBC affiliate reports: A preliminary 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck near San Jose Tuesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake hit at 11:42 a.m. and was centered 9 miles east of Seven Trees, 9.1 miles east of Alum Rock, 9.9 miles east of Communications Hill and 12.1 miles east of San Jose, the USGS said. …

CNN reports: More than 22,000 rounds of ammunition, a dozen firearms, suspected Molotov cocktails and multiple cans of gasoline were found in the home of Sam Cassidy, the gunman who took nine lives at his workplace on Wednesday, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said Cassidy coordinated a fire at his home with the workplace attack. They …

San Francisco’s NBC News affiliate reports: NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned that the gunman who shot and killed nine VTA co-workers before taking his own life Wednesday was under investigation for allegedly making racist remarks to coworkers and was scheduled to attend a disciplinary hearing on the day of the attack. According to law enforcement sources, Samuel Cassidy, …

The Wall Street Journal reports: U.S. Customs officers previously detained the man who killed nine people in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday and found that he professed a hatred of his workplace where the shooting occurred, according to a Department of Homeland Security memo. The shooter, Samuel James Cassidy, possessed “books about terrorism and fear and manifestos…as well as a black …

The Associated Press reports: An employee who gunned down eight people at a California rail yard and then killed himself as law enforcement rushed in had talked about killing people at work more than a decade ago, his ex-wife said. “I never believed him, and it never happened. Until now,” a tearful Cecilia Nelms told The Associated Press on Wednesday …

NBC News reports: A public transit employee opened fire on co-workers at a Northern California rail yard Wednesday, killing more than a half-dozen people before taking his own life, authorities said. The shooter was identified as Samuel Cassidy, an employee of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), law enforcement sources said. He shot and killed himself at the scene, …

San Francisco’s NBC News affiliate reports: Eight people were killed and at least one person was injured Wednesday morning after a shooting at a Valley Transportation Authority yard north of downtown San Jose, according to authorities. The Department of Homeland Security told local law enforcement seven people died at the scene and one person was taken to a hospital, with …

The San Jose Mercury News reports: Multiple people are dead in a mass shooting early Wednesday morning near a VTA light rail yard and the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, according to sources. The shooter is also dead, sources said. The reported shooting occurred in the area of the 100 block of W. Younger Avenue and San Pedro Street, according …

NBC News reports: A California city that last year approved the opening of a Chick-fil-A at its local airport now wants to send a message of support to LGBTQ people as the opening date for the fast-food restaurant nears. The San Jose City Council voted 11-0 on Tuesday to hang rainbow flags in support of LGBTQ people and pink, blue …

The Washington Post calls it an “ugly, bloody scene.” Protests outside a Donald Trump rally in downtown San Jose spun out of control Thursday night when some demonstrators attacked the candidate’s supporters. Protesters jumped on cars, pelted Trump supporters with eggs and water balloons, snatched signs and stole “Make America Great” hats off supporters’ heads before burning the hats and …

They made the announcement last night that Netroots Nation 2013 will be held in San Jose, California. Ho hum. Something tells me the JMG meetup is gonna be in San Francisco anyway.

As the Prop 8 battle has turned into a tit-for-tat madness of thousands of stolen yards signs (on both sides), one San Jose lesbian couple is protesting their neighbors in unique fashion. For the past three days, Michele and Bob Sundstrom and their five children have been painfully aware of the SUV parked in front of their house with a …