Police are investigating after they say a group of suspects stormed into a Sunnyvale jewelry store Saturday afternoon, clearing it out in minutes. The incident happened just after 1 p.m. at Nitin’s Jewelers on El Camino Real. Police said that at least 10 people in masks burst into the store and started smashing cases. One of the suspects had a gun. According to store employees, the thieves used hammers to break the tempered glass of the display cases and clear out the store. Police say at least one of the suspects had a handgun. “I can’t even imagine like having to face something like that. Li ..read more

A man who was found to be suffering from gunshot wounds inside a vehicle in Sunnyvale early Tuesday morning later died at a hospital, officials said. Just after midnight, officers responded to the 100 block of South Bernardo Avenue to investigate reports of a shooting, the city’s department of public safety said. Arriving officers found the man inside the vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds, officials said. He was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. An investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective T. Shillito at 408-730-7110 ..read more

Demonstrators Thursday morning blocked off entrances to Lockheed Martin’s research campus in Sunnyvale, protesting what they call the company’s involvement in Israel’s ongoing crimes in Gaza. A coalition of more than 135 students, teachers, tech workers and other residents gathered for the protest of the war in which more than 30,000 people have died. Lockheed Martin is the world’s largest weapons manufacturer and supplies Israel with F-16 and F-35 fighter jets, Hellfire missiles, and other weapons and surveillance technology used in the war, according to protest organizers. “We have gathered ..read more

Six days after an officer shot and killed a man in Sunnyvale, the city’s police chief answered questions and released a new video showing the confrontation. Saturday’s shooting left 19-year-old Emmanual Becerra dead and his family sais it didn’t have to happen.  “The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety takes any loss of life very seriously,” said Chief Phan Ngo.  It’s the first fatal shooting by an officer in Sunnyvale in seven years. The chief also released dispatch audio showing Becerra calling 911 on himself, telling the operator that a naked man was walking around a mobile home ..read more

Some Bay Area-based companies just got a funding boost for humanoid robots. Figure AI, based in Sunnyvale, just notched venture investment to the tune of $675 million, valuing the company, which makes humanoid robots at $2.6 billion. “The whole goal here is to have billions of these in the market and actually be in the home,” said Gregg Hill. news Feb 29 Humanoid robot startup Figure AI valued at $2.6 billion as Bezos, OpenAI, Nvidia join funding artificial intelligence Feb 28 Contra Costa County school district educates parents about AI in the classroom Hill is a venture capitalist ..read more

An ambulance company is helping Sunnyvale with the city’s lack of paramedics. The fire and police departments in Sunnyvale have no paramedics on staff due to the city’s public safety model. In addition, there is a countywide paramedic shortage. “Several weeks ago we sounded the alarm regarding paramedic and ambulance response times,” Sunnyvale Public Safety Officers Association President Lt. Devon Klein said. On Tuesday, and after NBC Bay Area’s initial reporting of the issue, an ambulance company said it is coming in to help. Sunnyvale Jan 22 Sunnyvale firefighters concerned over lack of ..read more

A crash along Highway 237 in Sunnyvale left one person dead early Sunday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.  CHP said it happened along the westbound lanes at around 1 a.m. when a car crashed into a recreational vehicle, then into a tree on the shoulder of the freeway and then caught fire.  The car’s driver died on-site. bay area storm Feb 17 Bay Area storm: Road conditions, flooding bay area weather 16 hours ago Bay Area forecast: Rain, wind advisory and flood watch NBC Bay Area spoke with Shannan Dann, who lives in the RV. “Next thing I know, I hear scre ..read more

Unlike most other cities in Santa Clara County, Sunnyvale firefighters have no paramedics on staff. That’s causing concerns about what kind of life-saving services they can offer when they deal with medical emergencies.  In place of paramedics, crews have Emergency Medical Technicians, commonly known as EMTs “The difference is: a paramedic arriving on the scene during a respiratory or cardiac emergency can administer life-saving medication or whatever life-saving procedures, when an EMT cannot,” said Lieutenant Devon Klein, the President of the Sunnyvale Public Safety Officers’ Associatio ..read more

A Muslim non-profit religious group is calling attention to what it calls the indiscriminate bombing happening in Gaza, Palestine. The organization, The Muslim Community Association is located in Sunnyvale. It has been hanging a banner near its worship center on the Fair Oaks overpass along the 101 highway. The banner read: “Stop bombing Gaza kids ceasefire now.” San Jose Dec 13 San Jose police investigate possible hate crime after man cuts down banner calling for Gaza ceasefire San Francisco Dec 13 Students protest SFUSD's investigation into Arab center Ismail Breiwish, a member of ..read more

The drama surrounding Draymond Green is sparking a lot of debate and mixed feeling among young athletes who look up to the Warriors star. At the King’s Academy in Sunnyvale, the players there already know what Green did the other day is wrong and no one needs to tell them not to punch an opponent. But coaches do want to make sure green’s intensity and attitude toward physical play is kept in the proper perspective and that going too far has consequences. “I’ve always admired his intensity and what he’s brought to the team. I felt like he’s always bonded the whole team and kept them together ..read more