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05/20/2024
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San Jose has opened its first ever retail storefront for cannabis in the heart of downtown.

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05/20/2024
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A homeless support group in San Jose is closing down, and members are unsure about whether they will be able to continue their work.

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05/20/2024
Developer of stalled Palo Alto 63-unit apartment complex on University Avenue resorts to builder's remedy.

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05/19/2024
The job action starting today at UC Santa Cruz isn’t about pay, but instead is in response to how UC deployed police to clear pro-Palestinian encampments on campuses.

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05/18/2024
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Santa Clara County leaders are moving forward with the idea of building a Latino health and wellness center.

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05/17/2024
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The San Jose Sharks' SAP Center lease with the city is expiring next year, and the terms will be changing — opening the door for negotiations with both parties.

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05/17/2024
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San Jose smoke shops will soon be monitored more closely by the city for unregulated drugs due to a new permitting system.

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05/17/2024
Free Shakespeare will return to Memorial Park this summer thanks to sponsors at the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival.

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05/17/2024
In its May 15 meeting, the Mountain View City Council voted to proceed with placing a property transfer tax measure on the November ballot.

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05/16/2024
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Defend The Vote has filed an FEC complaint against Charlene Nijmeh for illegal coordination, breaking transparency laws, and accepting illegal in-kind contributions.

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05/16/2024
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Santa Clara Family Health Plan this week announced the purchase of a building for its future Community Resource Center in South Santa Clara County.

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05/16/2024
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Plans for a 40-acre park in San Jose that was previously home to hundreds of homeless residents are shrinking as officials consider other uses for the space.

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05/16/2024
In its May 14 meeting, the Cupertino City Council approved its new general plan housing element which mandates the building of 4,588 new homes over the next 10 years.

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05/16/2024
The City of Mountain View must cover a funding shortfall to build a 120 unit affordable housing project on Bryant Street.

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05/16/2024
Plans for a 300 unit residential development on West Julian Street have been filed.

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05/16/2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom launched the community school initiative with $4.1 billion in grants to connect students and their families to medical care, counseling and other services.

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05/16/2024
Pending legislation would lift requirements for California’s doctors to report all domestic abuse cases to police. The Assembly’s three physicians had different opinions.

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05/16/2024
As Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators spend the next few weeks fashioning a state budget that’s plagued by a multibillion-dollar deficit, they can’t count on a booming economy to make their task easier.

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05/16/2024
The state’s multibillion-dollar shortfall shapes which spending bills survived the ‘suspense file’ hearings by the Assembly and Senate appropriations committees.

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05/16/2024
The centerpiece of California’s water wars pits Gov. Newsom against local communities and environmentalists. A new report says the benefits of the tunnel exceed the cost since other water supplies would cost more.

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05/15/2024
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The City of Morgan Hill recently embarked on an “Economic Mobility Study” to better understand the community's needs and address existing disparities in housing and access to opportunity.

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05/15/2024
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The City of Gilroy has halted negotiations with a company that previously showed interest in purchasing the city’s 536-acre property that includes Gilroy Gardens.

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05/15/2024
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A few miles from downtown San Jose, find history, wildlife, a diverse set of trails, and great picnic spots at California's oldest municipal park.

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05/15/2024
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San Jose State University students have set up a dozen tents on a lawn in front of Clark Hall, calling for the school to acknowledge the death toll in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war.

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05/15/2024
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The movement to legalize cannabis began in earnest in the ’60s and ’70s, and California was at the epicenter of it all the way up until the passage of Prop. 64, which legalized weed for adult use.

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05/15/2024
Increases in construction costs for the renovation of the Palo Alto Museum have it turning to the City for help.
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