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The name is derived from the three-letter designation given to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) division responsible for the Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, and parts of San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties, and the complex consisted of several distinct fires occurring in this region. [2]
The suspicious fire began in the Chinese quarter of San Jose. The cause of the fire was never determined. To this day, many believe that racial tensions and anti-Asian sentiment led to the fire being intentionally set. Chinatown's structures were constructed mainly of wood, and the fire devastated the entire neighborhood which burnt to the ground.
On April 16, 2013, an attack was carried out on Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Metcalf transmission substation in Coyote, California, near the border of San Jose.The attack, in which gunmen fired on 17 electrical transformers, resulted in more than $15 million worth of equipment damage, but it had little impact on the station's electrical power supply.
A tall column of smoke from a large auto wreckers yard fire loomed over a drive-in cinema during a late night screening in San Jose, California on May 19.Firefighters attended the blaze which ...
San Jose fire crews are making excellent progress on a vegetation fire in San Jose near Mount Hamilton Road and Crothers Road, just south of Alum Rock Park, officials say.
Dramatic eyewitness footage captured a fire raging at a Home Depot in San Jose, California, on April 9.The video by Philip Hurst shows intense flames and a man can be heard yelling for people to ...
South San Jose Hills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 20,551 at the 2010 census, up from 20,218 at the 2000 census.
San Jose Capt. Steve Biakanja lost his twin 14-year-old daughters Leigh and Lucy and 12-year-old son Ben, according to a Facebook post from the San Jose fire union.