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A 4 million euro European collaborative research project called Project Galaxy has begun to develop a design process for globally asynchronous, locally synchronous architecture chips together with novel ...

Experts say large lithium-ion batteries soon should be powering vehicles just as their smaller cousins now power portable electronic devices.

The couple who run a home day care center in East San Jose were violating two safety guidelines the day a 2-year-old boy died at their home in May, a playground safety expert testified Tuesday in a hearing into ...

PLUG IT IN, PLUG IT IN: Electric car technology is getting a spark from San Jose, Calif., which is the first city in the nation to test electric-car charging stations from start-up Coulomb Technologies.

Which draws more juice from the electric grid, a big-screen plasma television or recharging a plug-in hybrid car? The answer is the car.

In Silicon Valley's famous "trees vs. solar panels" battle, the trees have won. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law Tuesday that guarantees if California property owners plant a tree before a ...

The Air National Guard is seen above the Ocean Marauder during efforts to rescue Victoria fisherman Gordie Farewell off the coast of California, Wednesday, July 16, 2008.

A 31-year-old San Jose man was hit and killed by a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail train early Monday in what police believe was a suicide.

As plug-in hybrid vehicles arrive in coming years, drivers in San Jose will be able to find electric charging stations in garages and on street lights, thanks to a project between San Jose and Coulomb ...

The Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. - The lithium-ion battery, already a fixture in personal electronic devices, soon will become the answer to high oil prices and environmental concerns as it bulks up to ...

The lithium-ion battery is already a fixture in personal electronic devices. And panelists at the Plug-In 2008 conference in San Jose, California, predict the batteries will soon become the answer to high oil ...

Mountain View police and Valley Transportation Authorities officials are working together to figure out what caused an early morning fatal accident at the Castro Street station.

Here's some news you may have missed last week, based on staff and wire reports.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Sixty percent of children placed in foster care in the South Bay are Hispanic, reports San Francisco Spanish-language newspaper El Mensajero.

On Friday, July 18, at 9 a.m., the Electronic Frontier Foundation will urge a federal judge in San Jose to protect the free speech and fair use rights of mother who posted a home movie of her son dancing to ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - New job figures show unemployment is on the rise in Silicon Valley even though the high-tech hub has added more jobs.

Two San Jose banks were the targets of robbers Wednesday, incidents that left one customer with a stab wound in the arm, according to police.

In San Jose's Edenvale Technology Park, small life-sciences companies are looking to change the world.

Mosquitoes infected with the West Nile Virus were found in San Jose , the Santa Clara County Vector Control District announced Friday.

Nearly five weeks after a Hoover Middle School student was hit and killed by a car, new crosswalks and a bicycle safety program are in the works as part of a broad plan to calm traffic in the neighborhood.