San Jose officials have ordered a review of about 200 police department cases to determine if officers have used excessive force while attempting to make arrests. The review by the city manager, independent police auditor and the city auditor was unanimously approved on Thursday by the Public Safety Committee. It comes on the recommendation of Mayor Chuck Reed and in response to growing concerns about the use of force by San Jose police.

A 20-year-old man was killed in an apparent drive-by shooting in  East Palo Alto Thursday afternoon, according to police. Officers went to 2524 Illinois Avenue at about 4:50 p.m. after the  Police Department's Shotspotter system notified them of gunshots in the area,  according to police.

A 35-year-old man who was shot in the face while sitting in the  front seat of a parked car in East Palo Alto last week remains hospitalized  in critical condition. The shooting at about 5:50 p.m. Nov. 12 in the 2100 block of  Lincoln Street also injure hospital the following day. The  other victim, who was initially listed in grave condition, has since  undergone surgery and remains critical, according to Sanchez.

San Jose city and transit officials are dreaming of a more  bike-friendly city that could become reality for residents as soon as next  spring.  City Council members adopted a comprehensive bicycle plan this  week that within the decade aims to reduce car lanes and expand bike lanes  from 300 to 500 miles, increase the percentage of commute trips from 1 to 5  percent, reduce bike collisions by 50 percent and add 5,000 bike parking  spaces.

In protest of fee hikes approved by the UC Board of Regents on Thursday, students occupied buildings at both University of California  at Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz on Friday. A UC Berkeley spokesman said the students began occupying Wheeler  Hall, located just east of Sproul Plaza, between 5:30 a.m. and 6 a.m.

Education leaders gathered in San Jose Thursday with the singular  message that further budget cuts could have perilous effects on California's  classrooms. "While other states are celebrating American Education Week, we're  here grasping at final straws of funding in California," said Scott  Shulimson, a former fourth-grade teacher at McKinley Elementary School and  president of the Franklin-McKinley Education Association.

Fees for University of California students will be rising over the next two years.  The U.C. Board of Regents voted to approve a finance committee report calling for the fee increases despite loud protests from thousands of U.C. students across the state. The vote to approve the fee increase came after regents defeated a proposal to eliminate the hikes for graduate students.

Two homeless men have been arrested for allegedly raping and robbing a 13-year-old girl whom they met in a Gilroy park. Police say the victim met 29-year-old Cresencio Blas and 49-year-old Benancio Leon at Christmas Hill Park and spent several hours talking to them while using various intoxicants Wednesday evening.

Caltrain will operate on a Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving and run  a modified Saturday schedule the day after, traditionally one of the busiest  shopping days of the year. On Thanksgiving, Caltrain will run 28 trains between San Francisco  and San Jose, with shuttle service to the Tamien station in San Jose, agency  spokeswoman Christine Dunn said. Caltrains will not operate south of San Jose on Thanksgiving, she  said.

The entrances to U.C. Santa Cruz are back open after hundreds of students and staff members blocked the roadways leading to the campus as part of a series of  protests against proposed tuition and fee hikes. KRON 4's Rob Fladeboe says about 300 picketers blocked both primary entrances to the campuses. Police monitored the protests but no arrests were made. .