San Jose's Joey Chestnut Downs 69 Franks To Beat Record, Win Hot Dog Eating Contest
Joey Chestnut has downed 69 franks and devoured his own record in the annual hot dog eating contest.
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Joey Chestnut has downed 69 franks and devoured his own record in the annual hot dog eating contest.
The family of 16-year-old Manuel Urzua is hoping to raise $5,000 by Friday, to hold a service for the slain teen.
Executives from SAP, the San Jose Sharks, and the City of San Jose will host a special unveiling ceremony next week for the new SAP Center, officially re-naming the sports and entertainment venue currently known as HP Pavilion.
About 9,500 PG&E customers are without power in the South Bay Tuesday afternoon in a series of outages caused mainly by the increased use of air conditioners in the summer heat, officials said.
Some songwriters choose to make up characters or take inspiration from other peoples' lives. P!nk and Lily Allen, however, aren't afraid to mine their own.
A 4-year-old boy was drowned in a community swimming pool at a San Jose mobile home park on Friday.
A non-profit organization has been formed in San Jose to promote investment from China. The group's goal is to stimulate the economy and increase jobs.
A Santa Clara County nonprofit aimed at stopping teen dating violence was formally unveiled Thursday.
Mayors from San Jose, Los Gatos, Campbell and Mill Valley on Thursday announced an agreement to add some all-electric, light-duty compact cars to their municipal fleets to reduce fuel costs and air pollution.
A former financial secretary for a San Jose public school Parent Teacher Association has been charged with embezzling $27,000 from a PTA fund, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.
A man who was hired to trim trees at a South San Jose home died when he was electrocuted late Wednesday morning, a California Division of Occupational Safety and Health spokesman said.
The Santa Clara County sheriff's bomb squad disposed of three World War II-era hand grenades found in a home near San Jose Thursday afternoon, a sheriff's spokesman said.
A bike-sharing pilot program is set to launch in the Bay Area starting in August with 700 bikes at docking stations in five cities.
A man has been arrested in the June 6 kidnapping, assault and robbery in East San Jose of a store clerk who was stabbed before the suspect fled with money and store items, San Jose police said Wednesday.
Los Angeles joined San Francisco and San Jose on Tuesday, as all three of the state's largest cities will now ban free plastic bags in grocery stores.
The improving economy in Silicon Valley is creating a demand for more housing in downtown San Jose.
A proposal by a San Jose city councilman to freeze firefighter hiring until the firefighter union accepts a reduced pension benefit has sent shock waves though the fire department and drawn the ire of its outgoing chief.
Retired outfielder Randy Winn is getting an informal taste of coaching in the San Francisco Giants' farm system to see if it's something he would like to pursue on a full-time basis.
Several male teens assaulted another male teen Sunday in a suspected gang-related robbery attempt in East San Jose during the first weekend of an anti-gang program by San Jose police, a spokesman said Monday.
San Jose police had forty extra officers on duty over the weekend to curb the recent spike of violent crime and they said they are bracing for the summer which historically is a time when violent crime rises along the season's temperatures.
A car crashed into a home in South San Jose late Friday night, severing a gas line and sparking a fire that destroyed one house and damaged another.
The San Jose Police Department Friday announced a new plan to deploy extra officers this summer to suppress gang violence that has claimed eight lives this year, including a teen boy on Thursday.
A teen boy who was beaten by a mob and shot in the head in San Jose on Wednesday evening died at the hospital on Thursday. Police said the death is gang-related and will increase patrols.
San Jose police Wednesday announced the arrests of three men and a juvenile in connection with the alleged gang-related fatal stabbing of a 44-year-old Donald Harvey during a street robbery in January.
San Jose's fire department announced the appointment of 27-year-veteran Ruben Torres as the acting fire chief after the departure of the former chief to Las Vegas.
