San Jose police are investigating the discovery of human remains found in a rural stretch of land at the edge of the city. San Jose police Sgt. Ronnie Lopez says a person walking along a roadway in the area called police to report what appeared to be bones. When officers responded they found the remains were attached to what Lopez described as a "partially unearthed skull."

A Toyota executive said Thursday the company is "mystified" by a report that a California man's Prius gas pedal became stuck and caused the car to speed out of control on a California freeway. James Sikes quickly became the face of the Toyota gas pedal scandal after he called 911 to report losing control of his Prius on Monday. His car reached nerve-rattling speeds of 94 mph before an officer helped bring it to a stop.

A former Wells Fargo bank manager in San Jose is accused of bilking elderly customers of nearly a million dollars in fake transactions. San Jose police and Santa Clara County prosecutors have filed charges against John Tran accusing him of Theft from an Elder, Grand Theft and Forgery.

Santa Clara County prosecutors are reviewing procedures at the county's public hospital after finding information about suspected sex assault victims that was never turned over to defendants. The intake forms at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center documented hospital personnel's interactions with suspected victims. They should have been turned over to defense attorneys along with other evidence against their clients.

Two suspected gang members were in court Wednesday to face charges in connection with a Watsonville bowling alley attack that sent a 7-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man to hospitals. Eighteen-year-old Abraham Santoyo and 20-year-old Jordan James Macias were charged with two counts of gang-motivated attempted murder. They did not enter pleas.

Firefighters have contained a four-alarm fire at a Santa Clara recycling business sending huge plumes of black smoke into the skies near Mineta San Jose International Airport. The fire broke out at ECS Refining at 705 Reed Street in Santa Clara.   KRON 4's Craig Sklar reports witnesses say a small fire broke out in one section of the recycling yard and spread quickly.

The crash of a Toyota Prius in New York caught the attention of federal regulators Wednesday after the driver said it accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall. The crash heightens the attention surrounding unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles and a recall involving more than 8 million vehicles to address gas pedals that can become sticky or trapped under floor mats.

Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option. The new bicycling directions available on Google Maps starting Wednesday supplement the guidance already provided to motorists and pedestrians. The biking directions initially will be available only for the United States.

Authorities say a man fatally shot by Fremont police over the weekend was a suspect in two homicides. Sonny Valenzuela Lopez was shot and killed Sunday in Cupertino as a SWAT team tried to arrest him in connection with the March 1 shooting of his uncle, Larry Luis Lopez.

The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besieged automaker dealt with a high-profile new headache that raised questions about the safety of its beloved hybrid. A day after state troopers helped the car slow to a stop and its driver to emerge unharmed, Toyota could shed no new light on what might have gone wrong.