{"id":444171,"date":"2026-08-26T16:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/444171\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:08:10","slug":"san-jose-city-employee-killed-while-repairing-streetlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/444171\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose city employee killed while repairing streetlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A San Jose transportation employee was killed Tuesday while performing repairs, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Tuesday, Mayor Matt Mahan, City Manager Jennifer Maguire and Department of Transportation Director John Ristow said the employee had been fatally injured while fixing a streetlight. <\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Department of Transportation told CBS News Bay Area that a collision took place in the area of Hillsdale and Narvaez avenues, off Highway 87. Officials did not release the worker&#8217;s name or provide additional information about the incident that led to his death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are deeply heartbroken about his passing and grateful for his public service,&#8221; the city said in a statement. &#8220;Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family, friends, and his department teammates during this incredibly difficult time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>City officials also urged drivers to be attentive on the road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Always slow down and make space for maintenance workers, construction crews, and emergency services stopped in the roadway,&#8221; the city added.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Jose transportation employee was killed Tuesday while performing repairs, officials said. In a statement Tuesday, Mayor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-444171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444171","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=444171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}