San Jose police last week teamed with authorities in Stockton to arrest a pair of alleged drug dealers and seize large caches of illegal drugs, guns and ammunition.

A San Jose police academy recruit died by suicide using a city-issued handgun in late September — quietly rattling the department and highlighting the risk of arming cadets. The tragedy has also prompted questions about whether higher-ups missed any warning signs.

San Jose’s top cop hit the streets during the Christmas Eve midnight shift, providing time off to two young San Jose Police Department officers. Chief of Police Paul Joseph said he patrolled the city’s busiest district along with Assistant Chief of Police Brian Shab.

San Jose police said Lucien Cabrera, 19, built illegal guns in his San Jose home and brazenly marketed them on social media.

Police in San Jose announced Thursday that two women were rescued, and a man was arrested following the bust of a suspected brothel at a home last week.

A Fremont man was arrested on suspicion of running a brothel out of a home near downtown San Jose, according to a police department press release.

San José Police arrest suspect for pimping and pandering following a community-tip-led investigation into a residential brothel.