San Jose State University

It’s easy to associate Thanksgiving Day with football. But in the South Bay, in front of a big television audience, San Jose State University played on Thanksgiving at home for the first time since the 1940s.

It was 53 years ago in the month of October that Tommy Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in protest at the Olympics in Mexico City and on Tuesday, students and faculty remembered the sacrifices the two men made and echoed.

Most of the Bay Area is familiar with the iconic moment when two San Jose state sprinters raised their fist in protest at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. But few acknowledge what happened to the two men after they stepped down from the medal stand. Marianne Favro reports.

The president of San Jose State University announced her resignation Thursday after the university agreed last month to pay $1.6 million to 13 female student-athletes whose complaints about being sexually assaulted by an athletic trainer were mishandled.

One of the critical whistleblowers in the SJSU trainer sexual abuse scandal, who was fired for speaking up is now sharing his story.

After the Department of Justice issued a damming report that said San Jose State University botched an investigation into a sports trainer accused of sexually abuse, one of the critical whistleblowers, who was fired for speaking up. Marianne Favro reports.

San Jose State University has agreed to pay $1.6 million to 13 female student-athletes whose complaints about being sexually assaulted by an athletic trainer were mishandled by the university, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

Long fire seasons, and more intense wildfires and making the forecasting abilities of San Jose State Meteorology’s WRF-SFire model an especially important tool as fire crews and communities are being threatened by extreme conditions.

While many Afghans have been unable to leave, the despair and anxiety has certainly made its way to the United States. And in the Bay Area, home to the largest Afghan population in the nation, those emotions are palpable.

Most people were wearing masks outdoors and all of them were wearing them indoors as San Jose State classes resumed on campus for the first time in more than a year and a half. Sharon Katsuda reports.

In the world of Olympic judo, the spotlight often gets trained on San Jose State, home to one of the United States’ most prestigious judo programs and a launch pad for numerous Olympic judokas representing a multitude of nations. Joe Rosato Jr. reports.

In the world of Olympic judo, the spotlight often gets trained on San Jose State, home to one of the United States’ most prestigious judo programs and a launch pad for numerous Olympic judokas representing a multitude of nations.

San Jose State’s legendary Judo coach Yoshihiro “Yosh” Uchida, who led the first US Olympics Judo team back in 1964, has created a power house program on campus. Raj Mathai has the story of one of his star judokas’ Olympic dream.

When Colton Brown lands in Tokyo next week to compete in the Olympics, much will seem familiar.

During the pandemic, racial and social class inequality increased dramatically, according to this year’s Silicon Valley Pain Index.

During the pandemic, racial and social class inequality increased dramatically, according to this year’s Silicon Valley Pain Index. Marianne Favro reports.

San Jose State University has appointed an interim director of athletics after a scandal rocked the department.

A significant shake up at San Jose State University. The school’s athletic director has been reassigned amid an ongoing sexual assault investigation involving the department’s former head trainer. Damian Trujillo reports.

A significant shake up took place at San Jose State University on Friday as the school’s athletic director was reassigned. This following an ongoing sexual assault investigation involving the department’s former head trainer.

Police looking for suspect after deadly shooting in San Jose