SJPD’s Summary of Cinco de Mayo Weekend Operations 2024
Post Date: 05/07/2024 9:20 AM
MEDIA ADVISORY
The San José Police Department is dedicated to providing public safety through community partnerships and 21st century policing practices, ensuring equal protection under the law.
As expected, the city of San José drew large crowds throughout the weekend to celebrate the cultural holiday at many of the city sanctioned events. These city sanctioned events were largely successful, and the majority of community members and visitors lawfully enjoyed this cultural celebration that has been a San José tradition for decades. SJPD is thankful to our elected officials, community organizations, city leaders, and community members for including us in this year’s celebration. SJPD participated in the Cinco de Mayo parade and had one of our patrol officers perform in a custom SJPD mariachi uniform at the festival.
We proudly embrace and understand the significance this celebration holds for residents and visitors, and plan accordingly every year to ensure everyone can enjoy it safely. This year, SJPD provided Cinco de Mayo Traffic Maps a month in advance to allow residents and visitors time to plan ahead. As in years past, the Department took preventative measures to ensure the community could celebrate safely. In doing so, SJPD also employed zero tolerance for criminal behavior.
Through the weekend of May 3-5, SJPD monitored and participated in Cinco de Mayo festivities, while still responding to over 2100 regular calls for service. During the course of normal operations, SJPD observed several misdemeanors, felonies, reckless driving incidents, sideshow activity, and other quality of life crimes that required enforcement action in order to keep the peace.
While proactively patrolling impacted areas from May 3-5, SJPD statistics included:
Total Felony Arrests: 17 Total Misdemeanor Arrests: 52 Total Warrant Arrests: 18 Total Vehicle Impounds: 8 Total Traffic Citations Issued: 156 Total Firearms seized: 6
Illegal Activity and Diversions:
Historically, the Police Department has received numerous requests from residents and business owners concerned about unsanctioned gatherings and activities that would occur. The San José Police Department developed a proactive approach to reducing gridlock and crime that relied on strategic traffic diversions as a key component. These traffic diversions were only deployed when traffic gridlock was starting to occur, and/or when crowds started to become large and unruly enough that they presented a public safety issue.
This weekend’s sanctioned events were peaceful and well attended family events. However, the City experienced a high number of unrelated disruptive visitors who desired to create unsafe conditions for our Officers and the public. Among many other things, SJPD investigated a double stabbing event with life threatening injuries, numerous physical fights, multiple sideshows events throughout the city, an alcohol related vehicle collision where the intoxicated suspect driver collided with a patrol vehicle injuring our officer, assaults on patrol officers, vandalism to patrol cars, and multiple firearms arrests.
Due to the illegal actively and other safety concerns, SJPD deployed several traffic diversions to maintain public safety. SJPD communicated well in advance the anticipated closures and once again communicated the closures on our social media platforms in real time as the diversions were deployed. Once public safety was restored, the traffic diversions were lifted.
The San José Police Department welcomes and embraces cultural celebrations in San José and was honored to be included in this year’s festivities. We strive to keep these events safe for our entire community to participate and enjoy.
We look forward to continuing our collaboration with our community to build on this year’s success to ensure safer celebrations to come.
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On April 30, 2024, at approximately 1:38 PM, San José Police Department Patrol Officers responded to a collision involving two vehicles and an electric scooter in the area of South 10th Street and Elizabeth Street. The preliminary investigation revealed the following:
A Ninebot electric scooter, operated by an adult male, was traveling northbound in a southbound lane of South 10th Street when it struck a 2023 white Tesla Model Y, occupied by an adult male, that had made a left turn onto South 10th Street from eastbound Elizabeth Street.
The collision sent the scooter operator onto the roadway of South 10th Street when a 2008 white Chevy Cobalt, occupied by an adult female, struck the scooter operator who was turning southbound onto South 10 Street from eastbound Elizabeth Street.
The scooter operator was transported to a local hospital with life threatening injuries where he was later stabilized. Both vehicle drivers involved remained at the scene and were cooperative with the investigation.
On May 2, 2024, Detectives were notified that the operator of the electric scooter had succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased.
This is the 15th fatal collision and 15th traffic death of 2024.
SJPD Investigating Traffic Fatality #16
Post Date: 05/06/2024 11:46 AM
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On April 27, 2024, at approximately 4:39 PM, San José Police Department Patrol Officers responded to a two-vehicle collision in the 2600 block of Berryessa Road. The preliminary investigation revealed the following:
A 2002 white Honda CRV, occupied by an adult male driver and an adult female passenger, was traveling westbound on Berryessa Road when it attempted to turn southbound into a parking lot across eastbound lanes of Berryessa Road. The vehicle was struck by a 2021 silver Toyota Corolla, occupied by a lone adult male driver, who was traveling eastbound on Berryessa Road.
The adult female passenger sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital and later stabilized.
On May 2, 2024, the female passenger succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased.
This is the 16th fatal collision and 16th traffic death of 2024.
Anyone with information on this investigation is urged to contact Detective O’Brien #3527 of the San José Police Department’s Traffic Investigations Unit at 3527@sanjoseca.gov or 408-277-4654.
Submit crime tips and remain anonymous by using the P3TIPS mobile app, calling the tip line at (408) 947-STOP, or on www.siliconvalleycrimestoppers.org. If the information you submit leads to an arrest, you are eligible for a cash reward from the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers Program.
SJPD Investigating Traffic Fatality #16
Post Date: 05/06/2024 11:46 AM
Media Advisory
24-118-0546
On April 27, 2024, at approximately 4:39 PM, San José Police Department Patrol Officers responded to a two-vehicle collision in the 2600 block of Berryessa Road. The preliminary investigation revealed the following:
A 2002 white Honda CRV, occupied by an adult male driver and an adult female passenger, was traveling westbound on Berryessa Road when it attempted to turn southbound into a parking lot across eastbound lanes of Berryessa Road. The vehicle was struck by a 2021 silver Toyota Corolla, occupied by a lone adult male driver, who was traveling eastbound on Berryessa Road.
The adult female passenger sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital and later stabilized.
On May 2, 2024, the female passenger succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased.
This is the 16th fatal collision and 16th traffic death of 2024.
The identity of the victim will be released by the Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office after confirming the victim’s identity and notifying next of kin.
Anyone with information on this investigation is urged to contact Detective O’Brien #3527 of the San José Police Department’s Traffic Investigations Unit at 3527@sanjoseca.gov or 408-277-4654.
Submit crime tips and remain anonymous by using the P3TIPS mobile app, calling the tip line at (408) 947-STOP, or on www.siliconvalleycrimestoppers.org. If the information you submit leads to an arrest, you are eligible for a cash reward from the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers Program.
SJPD Investigating Traffic Fatality #17
Post Date: 05/07/2024 4:10 PM
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On May 7, 2024, at approximately 7:23 AM, San José Police Department Patrol Officers responded to a collision involving two vehicles and a bicyclist in the area of East Capitol Expressway and Senter Road. The preliminary investigation revealed the following:
A red Chevy Silverado truck, occupied by a lone adult male driver, was traveling westbound on East Capitol Expressway when it ran a red light at Senter Road. The red Chevy truck then struck a bicyclist, ridden by an adult male, and a white Ford F-150 pick up truck, occupied by an adult male driver. The bicyclist and white Ford truck were both traveling northbound on Senter Road through the intersection with East Capitol Expressway on a green light when the collision occurred.
The suspect driver of the red Chevy truck attempted to flee the scene but was shortly apprehended by a good Samaritan until police arrived. The suspect driver was taken into custody and was found to be in possession of a privately manufactured firearm. The suspect was transported to a local hospital for minor injuries before being booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for multiple charges.
The bicyclist sustained major injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the white Ford truck sustained minor injuries and was treated on scene.
This is the 17th fatal collision and 17th traffic death of 2024.
The identity of the victim will be released by the Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office after confirming the victim’s identity and notifying next of kin.
Anyone with information on this investigation is urged to contact Detective Bowen #4461 of the San José Police Department’s Traffic Investigations Unit at 4461@sanjoseca.gov or 408-277-4654.
Submit crime tips and remain anonymous by using the P3TIPS mobile app, calling the tip line at (408) 947-STOP, or on www.siliconvalleycrimestoppers.org. If the information you submit leads to an arrest, you are eligible for a cash reward from the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers Program.
Babe Ruth Calls His Shot One of the most famous home runs in baseball history occurred in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees. At the top of the fifth inning, Yankees slugger Babe Ruth, often considered the greatest baseball player of all time, faced off against Cubs pitcher Charlie Root with two balls and two strikes. Just before the pitch, Ruth pointed toward the outfield, and when the pitch came, he hit a towering home run to center field. In the newspapers the next day, ecstatic reporters announced that Ruth had “called his shot,” and that his gesture toward the bleachers was a prediction of the home run he would hit on the next pitch. Thus was born one of the greatest legends in baseball history. Although the exact details of where exactly Ruth was pointing and why are disputed, the home run that became known as the “called shot” has nevertheless become an immortal part of the Great Bambino’s legacy.
Joe DiMaggio Sets an “Unbreakable” Record
On May 15, 1941, Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio hit a modest single that marked the start of one of the most legendary records in baseball history: the 56-game hitting streak. For two months, the baseball world watched in awe as DiMaggio got at least one hit in game after game. By the time DiMaggio’s streak ended two months and 55 games later, he had set a record that many baseball experts consider to be unbreakable. So far, they have yet to be proved wrong. While DiMaggio himself said that he believed that someone would one day surpass his 56-game hitting streak, in the 80 years since he set the record, nobody has even come close. The longest hitting streak since, achieved by Hall of Famer Paul Molitor in 1987, was just 39 games long, a full two weeks shy of Joltin’ Joe’s seemingly immortal record.
The Chicago “Black Sox” Throw the World Series
Even before the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago White Sox in the 1919 World Series, rumors had been circulating that the losing team was planning to deliberately underperform in order to throw the World Series and allow the Reds to win. A grand jury convened in 1920 discovered that eight White Sox players had been involved in a gambling conspiracy to corrupt the series in the Reds’ favor, and three players admitted to the grand jury that they had accepted money from gamblers. The plot to throw the 1919 World Series became known as the “Black Sox scandal,” and it remains one of the most significant controversies in the history of baseball. Eight players, including the legendary outfielder “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, were permanently banned from Major League Baseball, and in order to prevent future corruption, the role of commissioner was established and strict laws against gambling were instituted that remain in place today.
Jackie Robinson Breaks Baseball’s Color Barrier
Before Jackie Robinson made his major league debut on April 15, 1947, professional baseball was a racially segregated sport in the United States. Robinson’s historic debut at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field broke the so-called “color barrier” that had kept Black and white players in separate leagues. Robinson faced great challenges during his MLB career, but his courage and talent opened the door for future generations of baseball legends. His abilities on the field earned him a spot in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and in recognition of his trailblazing career, his number, 42, was retired league-wide in 1997. He remains the only player to ever receive such an honor.
Lou Gehrig Gives a Retirement Speech for the Ages When Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig announced his retirement in 1939, it shocked the baseball world. During his career, Gehrig’s seemingly endless endurance had allowed him to play in 2,130 consecutive games (a record that stood for nearly 60 years), earning him the nickname “the Iron Horse.” However, in 1939, when Gehrig was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease ALS (which became commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease), the Iron Horse was finally forced to end his baseball career. In the retirement speech he delivered at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939, Gehrig told the crowd that despite his “bad break,” he considered himself “the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.” This iconic phrase, emblematic of Gehrig’s grace and humility, remains famous today, and his speech is often recognized as one of the greatest in sports history.
Why Are Our Nation’s Enemies Giving Billions to Our Leading Universities?
Foreign governments that are hostile to democracy and human freedom— particularly China, Russia, and Qatar—have given tens of billions of dollars to America’s leading universities.
– Why are they giving away all this money?
– What are these hostile nations buying with their money?
– How is this money influencing our students–America’s future leaders?
These are the questions explored in the Clarion Project documentary, Covert Cash: What U.S. Universities Don’t Want You to Know About Their Funding.
I have no idea who put this together, but it is wonderful, especially if you’re North of 70! Long ago and far away, in a land that time forgot, Before the days of Dylan , or the dawn of Camelot. There lived a race of innocents, and they were you and me. For Ike was in the White House in that land where we were born, Where navels were for oranges, and Peyton Place was porn. We longed for love and romance, and waited for our Prince, Eddie Fisher married Liz, and no one’s seen him since. We danced to ‘Little Darlin,’ and sang to ‘Stagger Lee’ And cried for Buddy Holly in the Land That Made Me, Me. Only girls wore earrings then, and 3 was one too many, And only boys wore flat-top cuts, except for Jean McKinney. And only in our wildest dreams did we expect to see A boy named George with Lipstick, in the Land That Made Me, Me. We fell for Frankie Avalon, Annette was oh, so nice, And when they made a movie, they never made it twice.. We didn’t have a Star Trek Five, or Psycho Two and Three, Or Rocky-Rambo Twenty in the Land That Made Me, Me. Miss Kitty had a heart of gold, and Chester had a limp, And Reagan was a Democrat whose co-star was a chimp. We had a Mr. Wizard, but not a Mr. T, And Oprah couldn’t talk yet, in the Land That Made Me, Me. We had our share of heroes, we never thought they’d go, At least not Bobby Darin, or Marilyn Monroe. For youth was still eternal, and life was yet to be, And Elvis was forever in the Land That Made Me, Me. We’d never seen the rock band that was Grateful to be Dead, And Airplanes weren’t named Jefferson , and Zeppelins were not Led. And Beatles lived in gardens then, and Monkees lived in trees, Madonna was Mary in the Land That Made Me, Me. We’d never heard of microwaves, or telephones in cars, And babies might be bottle-fed, but they were not grown in jars. And pumping iron got wrinkles out, and ‘gay’ meant fancy-free, And dorms were never co-Ed in the Land That Made Me, Me. We hadn’t seen enough of jets to talk about the lag, And microchips were what was left at the bottom of the bag. And hardware was a box of nails, and bytes came from a flea, And rocket ships were fiction in the Land That Made Me, Me. T-Birds came with portholes, and side shows came with freaks, And bathing suits came big enough to cover both your cheeks. And Coke came just in bottles, and skirts below the knee, And Castro came to power near the Land That Made Me, Me. We had no Crest with Fluoride, we had no Hill Street Blues, We had no patterned pantyhose or Lipton herbal tea Or prime-time ads for those dysfunctions in the Land That Made Me, Me. There were no golden arches, no Perrier to chill, And fish were not called Wanda, and cats were not called Bill And middle-aged was 35 and old was forty-three, And ancient were our parents in the Land That Made Me, Me. But all things have a season, or so we’ve heard them say, And now instead of Maybelline we swear by Retin-A. They send us invitations to join AARP, We’ve come a long way, baby, from the Land That Made Me, Me. So now we face a brave new world in slightly larger jeans, And wonder why they’re using smaller print in magazines. And we tell our children’s children of the way it used to be, Long ago and far away in the Land That Made Me, Me. If you didn’t grow up in the fiftys, You missed the greatest time in history, Hope you enjoyed this read as much as I did.
WATCH – Anti-Israel Protester at UCLA Encampment: ‘We Don’t Like White People’
In a viral clip that has been making the rounds on social media in recent days, an anti-Israel protester at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) can be heard dismissing a counter-protester because he is a “white person.” VIEW HERE
Happy Birthday, Leroy! On behalf of our entire office, we wish you a birthday filled with all the things you love.
Keep smiling!
The team at 1st Impressions Dentistry
C’ya
Famous Birthdays on May 6:
1856: Sigmund Freud (Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis)
Insight: Freud’s pioneering theories on the unconscious mind have profoundly influenced both psychology and modern culture, although they continue to spark debate among scholars.
1915: Orson Welles (American actor, director, writer, and producer)
Insight: Orson Welles revolutionized film and radio with his masterpiece “Citizen Kane” and the infamous radio broadcast “War of the Worlds,” highlighting his innovative approach to storytelling.
1961: George Clooney (American actor, director, and producer)
Insight: Beyond his celebrated film career, George Clooney leverages his fame for global humanitarian efforts, notably advocating for crisis regions such as Darfur.
Cheryl and Nelson, LAPD, at a LA pistol match way back when!
One of the most famous home runs in baseball history occurred in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees. At the top of the fifth inning, Yankees slugger Babe Ruth, often considered the greatest baseball player of all time, faced off against Cubs pitcher Charlie Root with two balls and two strikes. Just before the pitch, Ruth pointed toward the outfield, and when the pitch came, he hit a towering home run to center field. In the newspapers the next day, ecstatic reporters announced that Ruth had “called his shot,” and that his gesture toward the bleachers was a prediction of the home run he would hit on the next pitch. Thus was born one of the greatest legends in baseball history. Although the exact details of where exactly Ruth was pointing and why are disputed, the home run that became known as the “called shot” has nevertheless become an immortal part of the Great Bambino’s legacy.
When Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig announced his retirement in 1939, it shocked the baseball world. During his career, Gehrig’s seemingly endless endurance had allowed him to play in 2,130 consecutive games (a record that stood for nearly 60 years), earning him the nickname “the Iron Horse.” However, in 1939, when Gehrig was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease ALS (which became commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease), the Iron Horse was finally forced to end his baseball career. In the retirement speech he delivered at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939, Gehrig told the crowd that despite his “bad break,” he considered himself “the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.” This iconic phrase, emblematic of Gehrig’s grace and humility, remains famous today, and his speech is often recognized as one of the greatest in sports history.
