Jay Hieron had too many frustrations to list in the last two weeks, but when the smoke finally cleared (no pun intended to Nick Diaz) Saturday night — Hieron left San Jose with a win and future title fight.

City officials say texts, e-mails sent from private accounts are off limits to the public, even if they discuss city business.

The popular event/television show where art and collectible experts place a monetary value on items brought to them by a curious public turned the San Jose Convention Center into a vast flea market of items they unearthed from dusty attics, dank basements or safe deposit boxes.

Reed, La Secla in tight battle to see who will start in Sept. 5 opener at USC and beyond

San Jose police today are investigating the city’s 19th homicide of the year — the victim is a registered sex offender who was found stabbed to death in a motel room on The Alameda.

What is a pretty face like hers doing in a place like that? An MMA cage of rubber-encased steel, where blood is splattered and something perilously close to anything-goes mayhem occurs?

A divided San Jose City Council voted Tuesday to maintain the city’s controversial cap on ’soft money’ contributions to independent political committees, despite concerns that the move may only invite more legal feuds like the one that has raged since the 2006 mayor’s race.

The airline previously had announced it would be dropping two of the flights to Orange County’s John Wayne Airport on Aug. 25. It has now decided to eliminate the other five flights in November, because they ‘have not been financially successful,’ said American spokesman Tim Smith.

Returning to San Jose from World War II, the first person Moffet Ishikawa saw when he stepped out of the taxi in 1945 was his mother.

A community agency will continue its decades-long service to vulnerable victims and witnesses in Santa Clara County, despite an intense lobbying campaign by the district attorney to take over its operations.