- Multiple people are dead, including the shooter
- The exact number of victims is not yet known
- VTA employees are among the dead and injured
- The facility has been evacuated trib.al/I6TRSV1
- The chairperson of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority board of directors, confirms that the shooting happened outside in the railyard and not inside a building sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
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- Mayor Sam Liccardo said during a press briefing that he will work to ensure that the "horrific tragedy" of the VTA railyard shooting "never happens again in our city." sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
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Ro Khanna told MSNBC that he is devastated by the shooting near his congressional district.
Authorities say that at least two male victims of the shooting were transported to the hospital sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
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- FBI agents and the San Jose Fire Department are at the scene of a house fire in San Jose that belongs to a VTA employee who may be the suspect in the railyard shooting sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
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- 9 victims in San Jose mass shooting, including 1 suspect
- San Jose Fire Department said officials are investigating multiple crime scenes linked to the shooting sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
"I am heartened to see the response of the VTA family coming together to help their coworkers."
San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo speaks on the mass shooting event at the Valley Transportation Authority maintenance facility in north San Jose.
📸: Jim Gensheimer
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- Officials said several explosive devices were found inside a building at the VTA control center sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
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- Nine people confirmed dead in mass shooting at VTA light-rail yard, including suspected gunman who was an employee sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
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- Multiple published reports said the shooter was Samuel James Cassidy, whose home eight miles from the scene burned Wednesday morning sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
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Last week, Dominic Foppoli announced his resignation after Chronicle reporters contacted him with questions about a criminal investigation in Palm Beach, Florida. sfchronicle.com/local/article/…
An attorney for Farrah Abraham, a 29-year-old social media influencer and former reality television star, said Foppoli had sexually assaulted her while they were both visiting the wealthy island town in March. sfchronicle.com/local/article/…
Now, new details have emerged: A redacted version of the April 2 police report released Monday morning shows that the crime is listed as “sexual battery.” sfchronicle.com/local/article/…
New details have emerged: A redacted version of the April 2 police report released Monday morning shows that the crime is listed as “sexual battery.” trib.al/OE4OqU9
Abraham is one of nine women who have accused Foppoli of sexual assault or sexual misconduct.
The allegations of four women, including groping and rape, first came to light in an April 8 Chronicle investigation. sfchronicle.com/local/article/…
Workers prepare to move the home located at 807 Franklin Street to 635 Fulton Street. The quarter mile journey has taken years of planning and required coordination with over a dozen city agencies.
Five years ago, two Alameda County sheriff’s deputies chased a car theft suspect across the Bay Bridge, from Castro Valley to an alley in San Francisco’s Mission District. sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
There, they tackled him and beat him with batons, giving him a concussion and breaking bones in his hands and arms. sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
The incident drew national outrage after former San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi released surveillance footage showing the two deputies knocking Stanislav Petrov to the ground, punching him and bludgeoning him, even after he appeared to surrender. sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
BREAKING: PG&E begins to shut off power to customers in the North Bay and other parts of Northern California, according to the utility. Maps show Public Safety Power Shut-off outages in Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties. trib.al/lRgQPkC
Roughly 6,000 customer accounts in the North Bay, primarily in Napa County, were without power shortly before 8:30 p.m, PG&E spokesperson Denny Boyles said. sfchronicle.com/california-wil…
Boyles told The Chronicle that he wanted to offer clarity for concerned PG&E customers in the Oakland hills that their power is scheduled to be restored by 10 p.m. Thursday — not Friday, as was stated on a previous PG&E news release.