{"id":399140,"date":"2026-07-15T09:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/399140\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T09:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:26:22","slug":"vandalism-discovered-at-san-jose-parks-new-basketball-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/399140\/","title":{"rendered":"Vandalism discovered at San Jose park\u2019s new basketball courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(<a data-ylk=\"slk:KRON;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KRON<\/a>) \u2014 The ribbon-cutting for two newly renovated basketball courts at a San Jose park is on hold after vandalism was discovered on the surfaces, the San Jose Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services said Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The damage to the new courts at Plata Arroyo Park appeared to be from illegal fireworks, according to parks officials. Photos shared by the department show a number of blemishes to the courts&#8217; newly painted surfaces.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Damage to newly renovated basketball courts at Plata Arroyo Park in San Jose. (Photo: San Jose Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/kron_articles_710\/a5af1a5145d6d2dc19d8064621605c04.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Damage to newly renovated basketball courts at Plata Arroyo Park in San Jose. (Photo: San Jose Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;While staff assess the damage and determine how or if repairs are possible, we&#8217;ve made the difficult decision to postpone the ribbon-cutting,&#8221; the parks department wrote. &#8220;Our teams worked hard to bring these courts back for the community. Seeing them damaged before they could even be celebrated is incredibly disappointing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact park.concerns@sanjoseca.gov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KRON4.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KRON4.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(KRON) \u2014 The ribbon-cutting for two newly renovated basketball courts at a San Jose park is on hold&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[160256,95126,104160,160258,88,90,89,160257,160255],"class_list":["post-399140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-basketball-courts","tag-neighborhood-services","tag-parks-department","tag-plata-arroyo-park","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-park","tag-san-jose-parks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}