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CBS News
5 days ago
- Climate
- CBS News
San Jose fire crews respond to fire near San Jose Mineta International Airport
San Jose fire crews responded to a vegetation fire near the San Jose Mineta International Airport on Sunday. The fire began around 2:15 p.m. near Ruff Drive and West Hedding Street. It was about 5 acres as of 2:30 p.m., but it was producing a large amount of smoke, the Fire Department said. #SJFD firefighters are responding to a Tier 1 vegetation fire in the area of the Ruff Dr and W Hedding St near SJC airport. Approx 5 acres in size, heavy smoke production. Traffic is impacted nearby. Please avoid the area. TOC: 2:15pm — San José Fire Dept. (@SJFD) June 1, 2025 Traffic was being affected, officials said.
Business Journals
06-05-2025
- Business Journals
Bay Area airports could be ‘more chaotic' as Real ID deadline looms
The Real ID deadline lands May 7 at airports across the country, including San Jose Mineta International Airport. SJC advises travelers who don't have a Real ID or passport to allow extra time to have their identity verified before they can fly domestically.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Remains of WWII Airman welcomed home, will be buried in San Jose
The Brief 2nd Lt. Robert T. McCollum was 22 years old when he was killed. McCollum died after his bomber plane crashed into another plane off the Denmark coast. He will be laid to rest in San Jose where his family lives. SAN JOSE, Calif. - The remains of a missing World War II Airman were escorted home to San Jose this afternoon. His remains were discovered during an underwater excavation in Denmark where his plane was thought to have gone down. "There's really a sense of closure I never expected I'd ever have in my life," said Dale Bergman, McCollum's nephew. Second Lt. Robert T. McCollum is finally home. At San Jose Mineta International Airport, McCollum received a hero's welcome, a procession that included veterans, police and firefighters honoring his return. His nephew, Dale Bergman, is a Vietnam War veteran and came from Colorado for the ceremony held at Oak Hill Funeral Home. "Then to have them call us and tell us we have found his intact remains 80 years later, surviving a crash of his bomber, it's too much to believe, but it's real," said Bergman. What we know McCollum died on June 20, 1944, after his bomber plane collided with another bomber while flying over the Baltic Sea near Langeland Island, Denmark, according to the DPAA or the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. In 2019, Danish divers found the WWII-era wreckage and recovered his remains. Born in Ohio, McCollum is being laid to rest in San Jose near his only sister's children. "She learned he was, not when I was not even a month old, when she got the telegram, that he would not be recoverable. His plane went down when he was 22 years old. So, I never knew Robert. I just know the stories my mom told and my grandparents," said Sandy Bellou, McCollum's niece. The Patriot Guard Riders of Northern California participated in McCollum's homecoming. The group organizes repatriation missions like the one McCollum received on Thursday, helping families find closure. "Not all of us are vets, and you don't have to be in PGR, but we do it to respect the family, for the fallen. That's why we call him a brother. I've never met him, but he's a brother to me," said Steve Repetto, with Patriot Guard Riders. "When I was looking at his flight missions, he essentially flew over my hometown in the Netherlands and so that just warms the heart," said Henk Zantman, PGR assistant state captain. What's next The media was not allowed inside Oak Hill, where the ceremony was held. His family says they are having a private ceremony for McCollum next Saturday. The Source DPAA, Honoring Our Fallen, San Jose Mineta International Airport
