Man Speaks Out After Fire Sparks Near Homeless Encampment in San Jose

Man speaks out after fire sparks near homeless encampment in San Jose

The stage is set for the third and final leg of the Triple Crown. Eight horses are set to race in the 2025 Belmont Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The field includes this year’s Kentucky Derby winner, Sovereignty, and Preakness Stakes champion, Journalism. Sovereignty is making its return to the Triple Crown series after its owners chose not to enter into the Preakness, ending the potential for a Triple …

As brush fire races toward San Jose homeless encampment, residents dig a fire line

For years, the people living in old tents and decrepit RVs on the edges of San Jose’s Columbus Park have been fending off city officials trying to kick them out of their makeshift homes. On Sunday afternoon, they tried to fight off a wildfire. With black smoke filling the air, seven of the park’s 200 or so residents grabbed their shovels, rakes, pickaxes and garden hoes and rushed toward the flames whipping across the open field that stretches t…