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  • Santa Clara County, San Jose propose ‘ICE-free zones’ amid Trump’s immigration crackdown

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    As President Donald Trump’s renews his threats to send the National Guard to the Bay Area, Santa Clara County and San Jose are proposing “ICE-free zones” that would prohibit immigration enforcement activity to take place on county or city-owned property.

    It’s the latest act of resistance against the Trump administration from a county where more than 40% of residents are foreign-born and one in five immigrants are undocumented, according to county estimates.

    Since Trump took office in January, the county — and its largest city — have pledged to protect its immigrant communities, filing lawsuits against the federal government over its attempts to restrict funding to ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions and spending on programs like “know your rights” trainings and immigration legal services. San Jose last month also instituted a policy that requires federal agents to remove face coverings while conducting immigration enforcement operations within the city.

    The latest initiative, which stems from the “ICE-free zones” instituted earlier this month in Chicago, is being led by Supervisor Sylvia Arenas from the county and Councilmembers Peter Ortiz, Domingo Candelas and Rosemary Kamei  from the city. Both the county and the city have long held non-cooperation policies that prevent officers from aiding federal agents in immigration enforcement efforts.

    “This is really in the spirit of standing with our community and letting our community know that we want to make sure that we are not somehow inadvertently responsible in helping carry out some of the immigration enforcement activities,” Arenas said at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday afternoon.

    The supervisor, whose district includes parts of San Jose, Morgan Hill and Gilroy, is asking officials to identify a list of county-owned or controlled properties that could “potentially be used for immigration enforcement staging, processing or surveillance.” The proposal, which was unanimously approved by the board, also wants signage posted on those properties that notifies the public that immigration enforcement activities are barred on the site.

    The San Jose City Council’s rules committee is expected to vote on whether to move its own proposal forward on Wednesday afternoon.

    Ortiz, who represents East San Jose on the City Council, said at a press conference on Tuesday that the effort started with a “simple but powerful idea: that city property, property built and maintained by the people, should only be used for city or county purposes.”

    “When immigrant families see federal agents parked outside of our community centers, it doesn’t just create fear, it creates barriers to education, to healthcare, to housing assistance, to the very services that help families survive in this Valley,” he said. “That’s not who we are as a city, and that’s not what our public spaces have been created for.”

    Similarly, the city proposal authored by Ortiz, Candelas and Kamei asks city officials to compile its own list of owned and operated properties “that are open space with publicly accessible parking lots that could be misused for non-city purposes.”

    The proposals have already garnered support from immigrant rights advocates who maintain that the initiative will help protect the county’s diverse communities.

    Jeremy Barousse, the director of policy at the nonprofit Amigos de Guadalupe, urged the board during the meeting “to pass a strong policy that excludes federal immigration enforcement from using county property to execute their harmful family separation agenda.”

    “This is our community and we must not let malicious federal agents use local government property to violate the constitutional rights and safety of our people,” he said. “Our county is a beautiful place that thrives due to the vibrant contributions of our immigrant communities and we must protect this diversity and our community with a powerful unifying partnership across the county that asserts ‘hands off’ our communities.”

    In the meantime, Santa Clara County is continuing its work to ensure it protects its immigrant communities in the event Trump sends the National Guard to the Bay Area like he recently did in Los Angeles. Deputy County Executive David Campos assured the board that “no one is more prepared” than Santa Clara County.

    “As scary as it is, and we feel a lot of anxiety, we’re actually ahead of the curve in terms of where other Bay Area governments are, and as a region the Bay Area is certainly looking to be more prepared than LA County was,” Campos said. “My objective and the objective of the administration is to make sure we are as prepared as we can be.”

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  • South Bay tech company, East Bay oil titan prep fresh job cutbacks

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    South Bay tech company Bill.com and East Bay energy giant Chevron have revealed plans for new rounds of job cuts that are poised to displace well over 100 workers in the Bay Area, filings with the state government show.

    The layoffs are a reminder that job cuts in the tech industry have yet to run their course, as a wide range of tech companies continue to reveal their plans to trim staffing levels in the region.

    Bill.com logo on the tech company’s office building at 6220 America Center Drive in north San Jose. (Google Maps)

    Chevron, which has moved its headquarters from San Ramon to Houston in another example of the corporate exodus from California to Texas, revealed prior layoffs that erased 600 jobs in the Bay Area.

    According to WARN notices the companies sent to the state Employment Development Department, the layoffs include:

    — Bill is cutting 84 jobs in North San Jose at the company’s headquarters complex. These layoffs are expected to take effect on Dec. 15, the WARN letter to the EDD shows.

    — Chevron is eliminating 100 jobs in San Ramon, an East Bay city where the energy giant had once based its headquarters, according to the WARN letter. These most recent cutbacks are due to occur on Oct. 23. Chevron is also cutting 75 jobs in the Kern County city of Bakersfield.

    Bill and Chevron both stated that the layoffs would be permanent.

    “We are providing severance pay, medical continuation coverage, access to education and training resources, and outplacement assistance,” Henry Perea, Chevron’s manager of state government affairs, wrote in the WARN letter to the EDD.

     

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  • Warsofsky shoulders responsibility as Sharks seek first win: ‘It’s on me’

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    SAN JOSE – Macklin Celebrini stood inside the San Jose Sharks dressing room and seemed to be in disbelief that he and his teammates were going through this again. Outside the room, coach Ryan Warsofsky, who has now been through four straight agonizingly slow starts with the team, facetiously said he’d give up one of his two young children for a win right now.

    “Trust me, it sucks,” Warsofsky said Saturday night. “I keep telling myself, there’s a reason why this keeps happening.”

    A Sharks season that was hoped to be a little bit better than the previous few has so far turned out to be anything but, as San Jose enters a challenging four-game road trip this week as the NHL’s last remaining winless team.

    The Sharks fell to 0-3-2 with a 3-0 loss to Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night at SAP Center. Responding after poor performances against the Carolina Hurricanes and Utah Mammoth earlier in the week, the Sharks were the better team for the final two periods as they established a forecheck, outchanced the Penguins, and kept Pittsburgh’s shots on goal to a minimum.

    Still, the Sharks were unable to beat Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry, who made 31 saves, as they were shut out for the first time this season. Sharks goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made 18 saves in a frenetic first period, but Crosby scored a second-period goal on a tipped shot, and Anthony Mantha and Evgeni Malkin both scored in the third, with Malkin’s being an empty-netter, to hand San Jose its third straight regulation-time loss.

    “The only way we’re going to get those bounces is if we keep working for them. They’re not just going to happen,” Nedeljkovic said. “We have to earn those bounces. And if we play like we did tonight, more times than not, coming up, we’ll start getting some.”

    While the goaltending took a step forward Saturday, the Sharks have still managed just two even-strength goals in their last three games.

    “I think we have a really tight group, and it’s just hard,” Celebrini said, “especially when you play some good games, do some good things, and it just feels like it hasn’t really kind of connected yet.”

    The Sharks begin a four-game road trip on Tuesday against Matthew Schaefer, the No. 1 overall pick in June’s NHL Draft, and the New York Islanders. That’s followed by games against the New York Rangers on Thursday, the New Jersey Devils on Friday, and the Minnesota Wild on Sunday.

    The Sharks were 0-5-0 to begin the 2022-23 season, started 0-10-1 in 2023-24, and 0-7-2 last year. Warsofsky has unfortunately been a part of every dismal start, as he was an assistant under David Quinn from 2022 to 2024 before he was named the Sharks’ head coach.

    This year’s team is believed to be better than any of the previous three. Now’s the time to show proof.

    “We’re not going to quit,” Warsofsky said. “We’re five games into this thing. What’s happened has happened, and we’ve got to work. I’ve got to get this team to improve and individuals to improve. It’s on me.”

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  • San Jose resident worried about streetlights being out on area of Hwy. 680

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    Streetlights on a stretch of Highway 680 in east San Jose are still out.

    “It’s not only the lights lighting the road but also the lights lighting the actual signs for the exits that are out, and those signs haven’t been lit up for months,” said Kamille Reddy, who drives this stretch often.

    Caltrans said it was the work of thieves who were stealing the wire from its pull boxes along the road – but seven months later, the lights are out again.

    Caltrans reports they were repaired in the spring but were recently vandalized.

    Reddy says she never noticed them working after the first time.

    In an email sent to NBC Bay Area Friday, Caltrans said, “Based on what our Caltrans Maintenance crews have found, it has been noted that yes, someone has taken out the aluminum from the service and pull boxes which has caused an outage. We are currently working on a solution.”

    Reddy worries not having the lights on will cause a crash.

    “If they can fix it before it starts getting shorter daylight hours, that would be best because there are more people on the road, people are returning to the offices, coming home late,” Reddy said.

    Wire thefts are not new in San Jose or in California; in fact, the city has an interactive map showing reported streetlights that are out because of wire theft, and the ones that have been fixed.

    NBC Bay Area asked Caltrans if this is an ongoing problem on its highways or just isolated to this area but hasn’t heard back.

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  • Bay FC’s parent organization adds 2 hires, including former England women’s GM

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    Bay FC’s brand is getting bigger, and it’s starting to reach beyond the limits of the second-year National Women’s Soccer League club itself.

    Bay Collective, an organization founded in January by Bay FC owners Sixth Street as a parent company of sorts, has hired two new staffers to build out its front office, the club told the Bay Area News Group.

    Anja van Ginhoven joins as the director of global women’s football operations at Sixth Street, and Patricia González joins as the global sporting director of Bay Collective.

    The two new voices are joining from the English Football Association and Atlético Madrid, respectively, and will be working under Bay Collective CEO Kay Cossington’s leadership to drive the next phase of the Bay Collective’s strategy.

    The moves come as Bay FC enters a state of transition with two games remaining in the regular season. Founding Bay FC CEO Brady Stewart already left her role in September, and head coach Albertin Montoya will be stepping down from his role at the end of the season.

    “Patricia and Anja bring deep expertise and proven success at the highest levels within global women’s football,” Cossington said in a statement. “They have lived and breathed women’s football for the better part of their lives. Their experience and leadership will be instrumental in driving our organization to excel, fostering environments both on and off the pitch where players and staff can reach their full potential. They bring immense value to us, and their unrivalled knowledge of women’s football makes Bay Collective unique as we seek to execute the next phase of our strategy. I am thrilled for them to come on board.”

    In the role as the director of global women’s football operations, van Ginhoven will be responsible for optimizing the platform’s soccer-related activities and operations, the club said. Her role will involve shaping the direction for football governance, operations, performance enhancement and facility development.

    Van Ginhoven was previously the general manager of the English women’s national team for the past four years. She previously worked as general manager and communications manager for the Dutch women’s national team.

    González will oversee and drive the sporting strategy for all clubs within Bay Collective and will work closely with club managers, coaches, and senior leadership to leverage data and analytics and position each club for success on and off the pitch, the club said. In her previous role as the women’s technical director of Atlético Madrid, she oversaw the scouting strategy and helped shape the club’s high-performance culture.

    González, a former player, has also worked for FIFA and led its talent development unit.

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  • San Jose Sharks place two defensemen on waivers

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    SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks placed defensemen Jack Thompson and Lucas Carlsson on waivers on Sunday.

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  • Family running San Jose jewelry store tries to recover after smash-and-grab, brutal assault

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    For the family that runs Kim Hung Jewelry in San Jose, Sep. 5 is a day they’ll never forget.

    What was once a thriving shop now sits boarded up, a reminder of the smash-and-grab robbery that changed everything. The family said 10 people stormed their San Jose store, after a stolen Jeep rammed into the storefront.

    Surveillance video shows the suspects smashing display cases and grabbing whatever they could before fleeing. During the chaos, the family’s 88-year-old uncle, the man who built and ran the business, was shoved to the ground.

    “It’s very sudden, and it’s very panicked,” said one family member, who agreed to speak but asked not to share her name. “You cannot imagine this happening to you.”

    Since then, the store has been closed its entrance covered with plywood and steel gates. The family said they’re still paying rent and expenses while they wait for the insurance process to move forward.

    “The business is closed. But we still pay rent. We still pay for everything in the store. You can’t not pay, right?” she said.

    Her uncle remains at home recovering. Family members have urged him not to return once the shop reopens, worried the trauma runs deeper than the visible damage.

    “His health is getting better, but he’s still traumatized,” she said.

    As for the investigation, San Jose police say they’ve made progress. On Oct. 3, seven people between the ages of 18 and 23 were arrested from across the Bay Area, including Dublin, Pacifica, San Jose, and Antioch. This week, an eighth suspect was arrested in Oakland.

    (Clockwise from top left) Angel Herrera, Toddisha Mayfield, Zakhari Blue-Gordon, Tom Donegan, Jacques Samuel, Cisco Lutu, Amari Green and Julian Gacutan, who are suspected in a Sep. 5, 2025 smash-and-grab robbery at Kim Hung Jewelry in San Jose.

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    Police said they are still searching for at least two more suspects connected to the case.

    For the family, the arrests bring only limited comfort. The store remains shuttered… the damage still visible, the pain still raw.

    “When I look at it, I just get more sad,” she said. “I get more frustrated, and I just ask, why?”

    The family says their hope is to reopen in the next few months. Until then, they say they’ll keep speaking out not for attention, but to remind others that even when the cameras leave and the crime tape comes down, the healing takes much longer.

    “So please,” she said. “Don’t do it. Go to school. Have a successful life. This is not a life.”

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  • Missing man’s bike found near blood stains, CA cops say. Months later, 3 arrests

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    The arrests come after a monthslong investigation, police say.

    The arrests come after a monthslong investigation, police say.

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    Family and friends searching for a missing man found his bicycle abandoned near “blood stains and spent bullet casings,” leading to a monthslong homicide investigation, California police say.

    Now, three San Jose men have each been arrested on a murder charge in connection with the man’s death, the San Jose Police Department said in an Oct. 10 news release.

    McClatchy News is not naming the men as they have not been formally charged.

    Officers responded to a missing persons report shortly after 10:30 a.m. June 22, police said.

    Friends and family reported a man last seen three days earlier as missing after finding “his bicycle was found abandoned near a creek trail, a short distance from blood stains and spent bullet casings,” police said.

    Officers found his disappearance “suspicious in nature” and launched a homicide investigation, according to police.

    Days after the man’s bike was found, police said DNA testing confirmed the bloodstains belonged to the missing man, “further indicating foul play was involved,” police said.

    Detectives canvassed the area, spoke to witnesses and served search warrants, police said.

    In doing so, detectives identified two cars believed to be connected to the missing man’s death, police said.

    The cars were near where the man was last seen alive, police said, adding that they also identified the three men as suspects in his killing.

    Evidence led detectives to believe the missing man was likely killed, then “buried in the Saratoga Hills area,” according to police.

    Police said investigators got arrest warrants for the three men, ages 44, 43 and 41, as well as warrants to search their homes.

    Two days after the men’s arrests on Oct. 7, detectives, aided by cadaver dogs from the Santa Clara County Search and Rescue Team, found the remains of a man buried near Saratoga Hills, according to police.

    The remains were recovered and turned over to the Santa Clara County Crime Lab and Office of the Medical Examiner, which will confirm the remains’ identity and release the man’s name, police said.

    “This case was as complex as it was compelling,” Chief Paul Joseph said in the release. “Our detectives handled it with care, compassion, and relentless determination.”

    McClatchy News reached out to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office and is awaiting a response on formal charges.

    Police ask that anyone with information to contact Detective Sergeant Martinez #3934 or Detective Jize #4324 of the San José Police Department’s Homicide Unit via email: 3934@sanjoseca.gov and/or 4324@sanjoseca.gov or at 408-277-5283.

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    Daniella Segura is a national real-time reporter with McClatchy. Previously, she’s worked as a multimedia journalist for weekly and daily newspapers in the Los Angeles area. Her work has been recognized by the California News Publishers Association. She is also an alumnus of the University of Southern California and UC Berkeley.

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  • 8th suspect arrested in San Jose jewelry store smash-and-grab

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    An eighth suspect has been arrested in connection with a smash-and-grab robbery at a San Jose jewelry store that left the store’s elderly owner injured, authorities announced Thursday.

    According to San Jose police, detectives identified 19-year-old Julian Gacutan of South San Francisco as a suspect in the Sep. 5 robbery at Kim Hung Jewelry on Aborn Road. Warrants for his arrest and a search warrant for his home were obtained.

    With the assistance of the San Ramon Police Department, Gacutan was arrested in Oakland on Oct. 3 without incident.

    Julian Gacutan, a suspect in a Sep. 5, 2025 smash-and-grab robbery at Kim Hung Jewelry in San Jose, was arrested in Oakland on Oct. 3, 2025.

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    “I said it before and I’ll say it again: hiding behind a mask in a crowd of thugs will not shield you from accountability,” San Jose assistant police chief Brian Shab said in a statement. “This additional arrest proves that your temporary flight from justice won’t stop us from finding you and arresting you.”

    According to officers, at least 10 people forced entry into the jewelry store by ramming a vehicle through the front door. Once inside, a suspect brandished a firearm at a man, while an elderly man was violently assaulted.

    The elderly victim, identified as the store’s 88-year-old owner, suffered a stroke during the incident. He was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries and has since returned home to recover.

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    Police said the suspects stole thousands of dollars’ worth of items before leaving the scene in multiple vehicles.

    “This was not just an attack on a hardworking family. It was an attack on a legacy business that represents the American dream,” Shab said during an Oct. 3 news conference announcing arrests in the case.  

    At the time, police said seven suspects were arrested during an operation that involved more than 100 officers from multiple agencies and four different SWAT teams. Arrests were made in communities throughout the region, including Dublin, Pacifica, San Leandro, San Jose, Manteca and Antioch.

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    (Clockwise from top left) Angel Herrera, Toddisha Mayfield, Zakhari Blue-Gordon, Tom Donegan, Jacques Samuel, Cisco Lutu and Amari Green, who are suspected in a Sep. 5, 2025 smash-and-grab robbery at Kim Hung Jewelry in San Jose.

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    The previously arrested suspects are identified as 21-year-old Angel Herrera of Pacifica, 31-year-old Toddisha Mayfield of San Leandro, 23-year-old Zakhari Blue-Gordon of East Palo Alto, 19-year-old Tom Donegan of Manteca, 18-year-old Jacques Samuel of San Francisco, 18-year-old Cisco Luti of South San Francisco and 21-year-old Amari Green of San Francisco.

    “With this latest arrest, we are one step closer to ensuring every single person involved in this cowardly crime faces the consequences of their actions,” San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan said Thursday.

    All suspects have been booked into the Santa Clara County Jail for robbery.

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    Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. A Bay Area native, Tim has been a part of the CBS Bay Area newsroom for more than two decades and joined the digital staff in 2006.

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  • San Jose Sharks to go without a captain as leadership group is unveiled

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    SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks will go without a captain this season, announcing Wednesday that they will instead have five alternate captains for this year.

    The Sharks will have Tyler Toffoli, Alexander Wennberg, Barclay Goodrow, Mario Ferraro, and Macklin Celebrini as the team’s alternate captains.

    The last time the Sharks went without a captain was during the 2014-15 season.

    Logan Couture was the Sharks captain from 2019 to 2025 before he announced in April that he would be unable to play again due to a chronic groin/pelvic area injury.

    Toffoli, Wennberg, Goodrow, and Ferraro also served as alternates last season. Celebrini, a cornerstone of the Sharks franchise and likely a future captain of the team, is entering his second NHL season.

    The list of full-time Sharks captains includes Doug Wilson (1991-1993), Bob Errey (1993-1995), Jeff Odgers (1995-1996), Todd Gill (1996-1998), Owen Nolan (1998-2003), Patrick Marleau (2005-2009), Rob Blake (2009-2010), Joe Thornton (2010-2014), Joe Pavelski (2015-2019) and Couture (2019-2025). Marleau, Vincent Damphousse, Alyn McCauley and Mike Ricci shared the captaincy during the 2003-2004 season.

    Please check back for updates to this story.

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  • 2 serial Home Depot thieves set for sentencing in San Jose

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    Two members of a retail theft ring that hit several Bay Area Home Depot stores repeatedly were set to be sentenced Wednesday in Santa Clara County court.

    Law enforcement and district attorney offices across California likely are watching the case closely as it tests a new state law allowing swifter prosecution and harsher penalties for retail theft rings.

    The two men set to be sentenced in San Jose were members of a crew that hit 30 Home Depot stores in 11 counties more than 200 times over a span of four months.

    Kris Sanchez has more in the video above.

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  • Sharks takeaways: Regenda’s future, the prediction for Misa, and Ned on opening night?

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    It remained unclear going into the preseason whether wingers Pavol Regenda and Ethan Cardwell would make the San Jose Sharks roster out of training camp.

    Certainly, with the veteran additions the Sharks made to their forward group this offseason, their chances seemed remote.

    Perhaps, though, Regenda and Cardwell gave the Sharks’ front office and coaching staff something to think about with their workmanlike performances Friday night, as both finished with four points in San Jose’s 4-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena.

    Cardwell had a hat-trick, with all of his goals assisted by Regenda, against a Vegas lineup that was almost wholly comprised of NHL players.

    The two also assisted on Egor Afanasyev’s second-period goal and saw goalie Alex Nedeljkovic make 29 saves, including 16 in the first two periods, as the Sharks won their second game of the preseason after three straight losses.

    San Jose closes exhibition play on Saturday in Salt Lake City against the Utah Mammoth and begins the regular season at home on Thursday against the Golden Knights.

    Cardwell’s first two goals came at the 1:18 mark of the first period and the 6:48 mark of the third when the Sharks took a 3-0 lead, and he finished the hat trick with an empty-netter with 2:08 to go in regulation.

    “We worked hard and came in here with an attitude that we’re going to get pucks deep, get pucks behind them, and kind of skate as hard as we can to win loose pucks, recover them, and get to the net,” Cardwell said.

    Takeaways from Friday’s game

    1. MORE ROSTER QUESTIONS: So did the performances by Regenda and Cardwell on Friday make the Sharks’ roster decisions any easier, or more difficult?

    Cardwell had a fine night offensively and was also one of the Sharks’ top penalty killers as the Golden Knights went 0-for-4 on the power play. While he likely will not be on the Sharks’ roster next week, as he remains waivers-exempt, he has perhaps made a case for himself that he should be among the first players recalled if injuries occur.

    Regenda, though, must pass through waivers if the Sharks want to assign him to the Barracuda. If the Sharks really like Regenda and feel he can be an asset, they must weigh the chances of him being claimed by another team. The Sharks will have to make those determinations this weekend if they haven’t already.

    The Sharks this summer, after not bringing back a handful of forwards from last season’s team, signed Jeff Skinner and Adam Gaudette as free agents, and acquired Philipp Kurashev and Ryan Reaves via trade. They also selected Michael Misa second overall at the NHL Draft in June.

    With that in mind, Regenda, who was acquired from the Anaheim Ducks in January for forward Justin Bailey, wasn’t necessarily thought to be in the mix for a roster spot. He had 25 points in 36 regular-season games for the Barracuda and three goals in six playoff games, but did not get called up to the NHL.

    Regenda, 25, has three points in 19 career NHL games, all with the Anaheim Ducks, and is hoping he has earned another shot.

    “I’ve been working my ass off every day, just trying to play simple,” Regenda said. “That’s what (the Sharks) expect from me, and I’m just trying to do what the coaches say and show them that I belong here. We will see.”

    2. WHAT ABOUT MISA AND DICKINSON?: Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky had good things to say about defenseman Sam Dickinson, who was listed as having four giveaways but also logged a team-high 23 minutes in ice time as he played in all situations. It seems he did enough to make the Sharks’ roster out of camp.

    But if the Sharks keep Dickinson and eight defensemen, that means they can only keep 13 forwards. If Misa is part of that group, then Regenda might not be, considering Collin Graf and Carl Grundstrom are also in the mix for NHL jobs. To us, it seems like Regenda had a better camp than Grundstrom.

    What we think happens with Misa is that he breaks camp with the Sharks and plays nine games over the first four weeks. The Sharks, armed with more information, will then finalize a decision on whether to keep Misa and burn the first year of his entry-level deal, or return him to the OHL. The Sharks will know by then whether the NHL is the right spot for Misa this season.

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  • San Diego FC push to keep West lead as Dynamo chase playoff bid

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    Following a winless September, Western Conference-leading San Diego FC hit the road for their final two matches, starting with a Saturday night contest against the Houston Dynamo.

    San Diego (17-9-6, 57 points) is tied for the top spot with the Vancouver Whitecaps (16-6-9, 57 points), who have a game in hand. San Diego finishes the season at Portland on Oct. 18, while the Whitecaps still have home games against the San Jose Earthquakes and FC Dallas sandwiched around a road date at Orlando City.

    San Diego FC went 0-2-1 in September, including a 1-0 loss to the visiting Earthquakes last weekend.

    ‘The most important thing now is to maintain calm, know that we are a good team,’ San Diego coach Mikey Varas said. ‘We have good players. We work really hard, and finding that little extra that we need to make sure that we turn these into not just good, statistically speaking, performances, but wins.’

    The good news is that both of San Diego’s final two games are on the road, where the team has compiled a 10-4-1 mark, best in the league.

    Houston (9-14-9, 36 points) is two points behind ninth-place San Jose (10-14-8, 38 points) in the battle for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Dynamo come in off a 3-1 loss at Nashville SC that saw them play the last 81 minutes with 10 men after defender Erik Sviatchenko was shown a red card for a foul on Hany Mukhtar at the edge of the box.

    ‘We’re still in this thing,’ Houston coach Ben Olsen said. ‘We’ve got to look for some results now and all we can do is take care of San Diego at home and hopefully get the results (ahead of traveling to Sporting Kansas City on Decision Day) where we can sneak in with a win there. Six points still give us a good chance.’

    However, Houston learned Thursday it will have to do it without arguably its best player, Jack McGlynn. The midfielder, who has career highs in goals (six) and assists (eight), will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery for a foot injury sustained in the Nashville loss.

    ‘I am very disappointed that I will be unable to help the club push for the playoffs or join the U.S. national team for this important upcoming camp,’ McGlynn posted on his Instagram account. ‘Get behind the team. I know they will make us proud.’

    Houston won the first meeting at San Diego 4-3 on July 5 as Argentine forward Ezequiel Ponce scored a brace, including the game-winner in the 10th minute of second-half stoppage time.

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  • San Jose installing red light cameras as number of traffic fatalities nears 30

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    In San Jose, the number of traffic deaths is outpacing the number of murders every year. To curb the problem, the city is using technology to try to create safer streets.

    Red light cameras are being installed in what city officials are calling four of the most hazardous locations in San Jose. Michael Tsortos lives in the South Bay and can’t wait to see how the technology will impact traffic safety.

    “I think it’s a great thing for our safety, and it will hopefully help people be more aware of the lights they are approaching,” said Tsortos.

    He added he has seen drivers have blatant disregard for the law.

    “I’ve witnessed people straight up go through a red light when it’s not their turn, he said. “Like the light is not changing from yellow to red. It’s like straight on, it’s been red for a while and they just book it through.”

    He said he has also witnessed some of those drivers cause horrible crashes.

    “Especially in my neighborhood where I live, there’s a busy intersection,” he said. “Always people running red lights there. I’ve even seen people get hit by vehicles there as well.”

    Wednesday, city leaders made the announcement about their yearlong pilot program at the intersection of Branham and Monterey Road. According to District 2 City Councilmember Pamela Campos, Monterey Road accounts for 4% of the city’s deadly and serious injury crashes.

    “Behind me, we have one of the most dangerous roads in San Jose,” said Councilmember Campos. “It’s sometimes called Blood Alley because it is notorious for claiming the lives of people in our cities and communities.”

    This year, San Jose has had 26 traffic-related deaths, which is 34% lower than at the same time last year. Mayor Matt Mahan says one life is too many, especially when the crashes could’ve been prevented. On Monterey Road, there have been 58 deaths on the corridor since 2020.

    “These cameras have proven themselves,” said Mayor Matt Mahan. “In Chicago, they led to a 52% reduction in crashes. If we had implemented this technology here back in 2020, we might have prevented 30 of those deaths or serious injuries.”

    The cameras will go online this month, and drivers will get a warning for the first two months. Starting Dec. 12, citations will be issued.

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  • Second period miscues haunt Sharks in another preseason loss to Ducks

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    SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks got third-period goals from William Eklund and Jeff Skinner, but were unable to overcome some second-period puck management issues in a 5-2 preseason loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday at SAP Center.

    With the Sharks down by three goals, Eklund scored a power play goal 50 seconds into the third period, and Skinner, one of a handful of new forwards for San Jose, one-timed a pass from Philipp Kurashev past Ducks goalie Calle Clang at the 5:22 mark.

    But the second period proved to be the Sharks’ undoing for the second straight game, as the Ducks scored three times in a span of 6:46.

    After a Beckett Sennecke goal 69 seconds into the middle period, the Ducks took a 2-0 lead on a Sam Colangelo goal less than six minutes later.

    Sharks defenseman Dmitry Orlov tried to find Michael Misa with a pass just inside the Ducks’ zone. But Ducks defenseman Tyson Hinds took away the puck to start the transition, which Colangelo finished off with a shot that beat San Jose goalie Yaroslav Askarov short to the blocker side.

    Orlov was then unable to control a Kurashev pass back to the point, and Cutter Gauthier jumped on the loose puck in the neutral zone and beat Askarov from an angle off the rush for his second goal of the preseason.

    Egor Sidorov and Frank Vatrano added empty net goals for Anaheim in the 1:31 of the third period.

    Askarov finished with 20 saves in his second game of the preseason.

    The Sharks close exhibition play this week with road games against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday and the Utah Mammoth. Macklin Celebrini, who dealt with an undisclosed illness near the start of training camp, and has been kept out of contact drills in recent day, is expected to make his preseason debut in one of those games.

    During Monday’s loss to the Ducks in Anaheim, the Sharks allowed goals to Gauthier, Radko Gudas, and Frank Vatrano in a span of 2:51 to fall behind 3-0 by the 9:13 mark of the second period. The Sharks got goals from Adam Gaudette and Pavol Regenda in the third period but lost 3-2.

    The Sharks on Wednesday dressed their most experienced lineup so far this preseason, with at least 15 of the players in uniform expected to be on the 23-man roster next week.

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  • San Jose to clear out another homeless encampment

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    The city of San Jose on Tuesday plans to clear out another homeless encampment, this time from underneath Guadalupe Parkway.

    Several unhoused residents formed the encampment on Bassett Street after they were booted from Columbus Park. It’s not clear how many have been offered temporary housing. One man told NBC Bay Area he and his wife received an offer, but that there was no follow through.

    The city posted signs asking people in the encampment to leave by 7 a.m. Tuesday.

    Bob Redell has the full story in the video above.

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  • Second period letdown dooms Sharks in preseason loss to Anaheim Ducks

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    A San Jose Sharks lineup that was light on experienced NHL players fell behind by three goals in the second period and was unable to fully recover in a 3-2 preseason loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday at the Honda Center.

    The Sharks allowed goals to Cutter Gauthier, Radko Gudas, and Frank Vatrano in a span of 2:51 to fall behind 3-0 by the 9:13 mark of the second period. Gudas’ goal at the 7:09 mark, which gave Anaheim a 2-0 lead, was shorthanded and came after the Sharks lost a puck battle behind their own net.

    Forward Pavol Regenda, who played two-plus years in the Ducks organization before he was acquired by San Jose last season, scored a power play goal at the 13:29 mark of the second to cut Anaheim’s lead to 3-1.

    On the play, defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin took a pass from Oliver Wahlstrom and fired a shot that went off Regenda’s skate and past Ducks goalie Ville Husso.

    Both the Sharks and Ducks went 1-for-5 on the power play.

    The Sharks looked better after Regenda’s goal, and center Adam Gaudette cut Anaheim’s lead to one with his first goal of the preseason as his shot from near the slot got past Husso with 4:01 left in regulation. Husso made 22 saves in the win.

    Goalie Jakub Skarek, who played six seasons in the New York Islanders’ organization before he signed with the Sharks this summer, played the first half of the game and made 13 saves.

    Gabriel Carriere, who split time between the Barracuda and the ECHL’s Wichita Thunder last season, played the second half of the game and made 14 saves without allowing a goal.

    The Sharks dressed only six players who figure to be on the team’s roster for the start of the regular season on Oct. 9: Forwards Ty Dellandrea, Gaudette, and Philipp Kurashev, and defensemen Vincent Desharnais, Timothy Liljegren, and Mukhamadullin.

    Still, the Sharks were looking for a response after a lackluster 2-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday at SAP Center. After the game, Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky lamented his team’s lack of connectivity.

    The Sharks figure to dress a more experienced lineup on Wednesday when they host the Ducks in their third-to-last preseason game.

    A few of the players who dressed for the Sharks on Monday could soon be assigned to the Barracuda, who officially open their training camp on Tuesday and play their first preseason game on Saturday in Bakersfield.

    The Ducks, meanwhile, dressed 15 NHL players who will likely be on their roster next month. That group includes center Mikael Granlund, who signed a three-year, $21 million deal with Anaheim as a free agent on July 1.

    Granlund was acquired by the Sharks from the Penguins in Aug. 2023 as part of the trade that sent Erik Karlsson to Pittsburgh and had 105 points in 121 games with San Jose before he was traded to the Dallas Stars in February.

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  • Some unhoused residents remain at San Jose’s Columbus Park

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    A San Jose park where hundreds of unhoused lived is nearly cleared out, but police say they still have to make sweeps of the area.

    The huge encampment that took over Columbus Park is now gone, but some of the unhoused residents still lingering say they have nowhere to go. They say they’ve been pushed from one area to another without a home and without offers of housing.

    The city, however, says it has offered housing. Mayor Matt Mahan says San Jose is responding to the crisis. Columbus Park once was home to about 350 people until about a month ago, with tents and RVs everywhere. About 200 have accepted temporary housing at converted motels, the mayor said.

    Thom Jensen has the details in the video above.

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  • Is it better to rent or own in California? That depends.

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    The debate over renting vs. owning has long posed a challenge for households in California. Arguments have morphed in recent years as home prices and mortgage rates soared beyond the increasing rents. To illustrate the complexities, we’ve created a hypothetical rent vs. buy scenario to track housing finances over a 30-year period. However, the math doesn’t account for the intangibles: the flexibility of renting compared to the stability of owning.

    HOW MONTHLY COSTS COMPARE

    Key in any housing calculation is monthly cost. Our example estimates California house rent today at $4,000 a month vs. buying a $900,000 house with a 10% down mortgage at 6.5% plus property taxes, insurance, association fees, and repairs. The scenario assumes costs grow with historical inflation and the mortgage rate is lowered twice by a half-point through refinancing.

     

    RUNNING THE TAB

    Homeowners need to repay their mortgage plus cover a range of additional costs. So renting’s total costs run cheaper for nearly two decades. But owning ends up costing slightly less over time. Here’s cumulative costs by year, in thousands of dollars.

    THE BOUNTY: Ownership’s edge

    Owning’s true financial benefit arises from the increasing value of the home. Assuming historical gains of 5% per year, the owners gets a $3.8 million asset after 30 years. The renter, who hypothetically invested the $90,000 down payment in the stock market, would accumulate $929,000. Here’s investment value by year, in thousands of dollars.

    WHERE IT GOES

    Look at the slices of 30 years of housing expenditures, rent vs. own. The renter just pays the landlord. Owner costs go to principal and interest on the mortgage, property taxes, home insurance, association fees, and repair and maintenance costs. Note: Interest payments and property taxes can be tax deductible.

    A HISTORY LESSON

    Look at the past 30 years of historical returns for three key factors in this rent vs. buy calculation, using 10-year moving averages for rent (California Consumer Price Indexes); home values (federal California index) and stocks (Standard & Poor’s 500).

    Unfathomable, unaffordable

    California’s long-running and steep affordability crunch makes the rent vs. buy debate a moot argument for many people. Housing costs throttle numerous California family budgets. The state’s flock of high- paying jobs pushes up housing costs well past what more typical paychecks can easily afford. That’s true for households considering renting or buying.

    Stagnant ownership

    Stubbornly high ownership costs have kept California’s share of people living in homes they own relatively stable, except for a temporary surge in the early 2000s when mortgages were too easily obtained. Those risky loans played a key role in the Great Recession, as borrowers defaulted in huge numbers.

    Housing afforability index

    It’s tough to be a California homebuyer. The estimated number of Californians earning the statewide median income who could comfortably purchase a single-family home is falling sharply, according to a California Association of Realtors index. The Golden State share of qualified buyers is significantly below the national norm.

    Housing-cost stresses

    The 2024 edition of Census housing data details how California’s cost of shelter varies between renters and homeowners — with or without mortgages on the property.

    But because renters typically earn less than owners, it’s more likely that their housing costs exceed 50% of their household incomes, an extreme level of financial stress.

    Big housing worries

    A statewide survey last year asked “How often do you worry about the cost of housing for you and your family?” Those who said “every day” or “almost every day” …

     

     

     

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  • Heartbreaker: San Jose State’s hopes of second straight win over Stanford dashed in final seconds

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    STANFORD — Walker Eget passed for 473 yards and three touchdowns, including a score early in the fourth quarter that gave San Jose State a 12-point lead, but the Spartans’ hopes of defeating Stanford for the second year in a row were dashed in a 30-29 loss on Saturday night at Stanford Stadium.

    It was the third time in four games SJSU’s fate was decided in the final seconds. The Spartans (1-3) missed a pair of field goal attempts in the final 90 seconds of their season-opening 16-14 loss to Central Michigan, and held off Idaho 31-28 a week ago on Denis Lynch’s field goal as time expired.

    San Jose State Spartans’ Leland Smith (1) catches a long pass against the Stanford Cardinal’s Collin Wright (6) in the first half of a football game at Statanford Stadium in Stanford, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) 

    Saturday night, the Spartans allowed nine points in the final 5:54 in the Bill Walsh Legacy Game, including Stanford’s go-ahead touchdown with 19 seconds remaining.

    SJSU led 29-21 on Lynch’s 31-yard field goal with 7:51 remaining and had a chance to hold off the Cardinal on the final drive. The Spartans had the Cardinal stalled near mid-field on 4th and 10, but allowed a 34-yard pass to keep the drive alive. Stanford’s go-ahead score came four plays later.

    San Jose State had just enough time to run three plays but didn’t get beyond it’s own 46 yard line.

    SJSU has a chance to defeat Stanford in back-to-back seasons for the first time since they won three three in a row from 1998-2000. The Spartans won 34-31 last year in San Jose.

    Saturday night, SJSU almost entirely abandoned the run against Stanford, running just 12 designed run attempts for 32 yards. Eget had 19 yards on scrambles.

    San Jose State Spartans' Kyri Shoels (4) celebrates his touchdown with a teammate afteer scoring against the Stanford Cardinal in the first half of a football game at Statanford Stadium in Stanford, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
    San Jose State Spartans’ Kyri Shoels (4) celebrates his touchdown with a teammate afteer scoring against the Stanford Cardinal in the first half of a football game at Statanford Stadium in Stanford, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) 

    The gameplan coming in was to attack the Cardinal secondary that has struggled against the pass and it allowed for the Spartans to have three receivers over 100 receiving yards: Danny Scudero (135 yards on 11 catches), Kyri Shoels (147 yards on 10 catches) and Leland Smith (101 yards on six catches).

    Lynch, coming off his winning kick the previous week against Idaho, made his first two attempts against Stanford, but then missed attempts from 28 yards and 22 yards before converting his fourth-quarter kick.

    The Spartans led 20-14 at halftime and had sacked Stanford quarterback Ben Gulbranson four times by intermission, but were unable to stop the Cardinal from scoring on its final three drives of the game. Gulbranson passed for 444 yards and two touchdowns.

    The Spartans open Mountain West play on Friday night against New Mexico (3-1, 0-0 MW) at CEFCU Stadium.

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