Apple Maps app sending drivers wrong-way directions on San Jose on-ramp
Q: There is a dangerous and incorrect instruction on the iPhone Maps app. I don’t know how to contact them. If one wishes to enter Highway 101 north from Bailey …
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Government’s proposed visa changes lauded, assailed
The federal government is proposing major changes to the H-1B visa program intended to allow U.S. companies to hire foreign citizens with specialized skills, including expanding the types of work …
Shock over off-duty Bay Area pilot accused of trying to shut off jet’s engines in flight
There was nothing about Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph David Emerson that suggested a simmering cauldron of rage or despair that might drive a seemingly successful and happy Pleasant Hill family …
Off-duty pilot tried to seize control of flight to SFO
(CNN) — An off-duty pilot riding as a passenger in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight tried to seize control of a plane headed from Seattle to San Francisco …
A migrant family’s 7,100 mile odyssey from Venezuela to San Jose
They walked and hitchhiked, rode buses and boats and sneaked onto a freight train. They passed through nine countries in nine months — a perilous, exhausting journey that began in …
Quito Road traffic jams warrant stoplight check from San Jose: Roadshow
Q: Quito Road, the continuation of Lawrence Expressway, is a major commuting axis for west San Jose. The Quito-Bucknall intersection’s badly-timed traffic light creates major traffic jams at commute times, …
Man charged in abduction, stabbing, beating of domestic partner in Fremont
FREMONT — A convicted kidnapper, suspected of abducting his estranged relationship partner in August, then stabbing and beating her while holding her hostage for a week, has been charged with …
Bay Area home prices increase amid high mortgage rates
When Joseph Atkinson and his wife Cecilia began shopping for a home this year, they realized that anything they could afford would be smaller than the home they were renting. …