SAN JOSE IS BEING RECOGNIZED as the nation’s safest major city, but officials say there’s still work to be done. A report by financial tech company SmartAsset has ranked San Jose safest out of the 50 largest U.S. cities based on several factors, including violent crimes, traffic fatalities per 100,000 residents, median income and housing…
Apple has filed a lawsuit against a former employee, alleging that he stole trade secrets related to the Apple Watch and shared them with his new employer, Chinese smartphone maker Oppo, which was aware of these activities. The complaint, filed on Thursday in federal court in San Jose, California, claimed that Shi Chen, a former…
A former engineer at a Southern California defense contractor pleaded guilty to stealing highly sensitive trade secrets tied to American national security, including technologies designed to detect nuclear missile launches and track hypersonic threats, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Chenguang Gong, 59, a dual U.S.-China citizen from San Jose, admitted in a federal court…
A San Jose man arrested for stealing thousands of files containing sensitive missile technologies and trade secrets pled guilty Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced in a news release. San Jose resident Chenguang Gong, 59, a dual citizen of the U.S. and China, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of trade secrets. Gong…
SAN JOSE, Calif. – A new emergency notification system was launched in San Jose yesterday, just before the Ranch Place Fire sparked. That fast-moving brush fire in the East San Jose hills came very close to several homes on Tuesday, as it burned through 92 acres. “The fire started getting closer and closer, and then…
The Stanford Theatre is going back to the silent era for a week of films June 9-13 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the iconic movie palace on University Avenue in Palo Alto. Known as the “New Stanford” when it opened to differentiate it from a predecessor next door, the 1,400 seat theater was built…
When you get to be a certain age, every birthday is cause for a celebration, right? Well, the same holds true for organizations like the San Jose Woman’s Club, which will hold a free community celebration Thursday for its 130th anniversary at its historic downtown clubhouse. As the tale goes, the club was born in…