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Cinco de Mayo in San Jose
If you are not celebrating Cinco de Mayo, today would be a good one to steer clear of Downtown and East San Jose. There are a series of planned roadway closures and given the large numbers of peop...
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Listed under: Education Families & Children Community Service & Support
From Mountain View Voice...
"Care Share" Startup Expands
Service connects at-home moms with working moms to provide accessible and affordable child care.
From Palo Alto Online...
"Planned Community" Proposed in Palo Alto
A mixed-use development of 75 condominiums and retail space is being proposed for 800 San Antonio Road in Palo Alto.
A wave of labor disputes is hitting Silicon Valley’s overburdened hospitals as health care workers reach their breaking point with pay and working conditions.Resident physicians working in county hospitals are protesting for higher wages in front of Santa Clara …
They were odd jobs, but somebody had to do them. On International Workers’ Day, one peripatetic laborer shares his career lowlights.
Frontline physicians at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara County plan to unionize, and are the last Northern California group within the giant private hospital system to make the move.More than 400 resident and fellow physicians across the Northern California …
The new leader of a once-powerful San Jose business group is determined to rebuild the organization after years of controversy.Bay Area native Leah Toeniskoetter began her role as CEO of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce in January. She …
Thousands of nurses across Santa Clara County’s strained and overburdened public hospital system may go on strike again — just weeks after taking to the picket line.Contract negotiations between county management and leaders with the Registered Nurses Professional Association …
Construction began this week on the City of Gilroy’s grant-funded makeover of Gourmet Alley in the downtown, and some business and property owners are concerned about the possible impact the work will have on their operations.
A study of Santa Clara County’s public contracts shows only a fraction goes to small, local businesses.The county launched a vendor disparity study in 2022 to examine the number of minority-owned businesses that won public contracts between July 2016 …
Cupertino officials had hoped to see revenues funneling in from two hotels — instead they found themselves approving permit extensions.The Cupertino City Council on Wednesday unanimously extended the development timeline for two upscale hotels by three years, due to …
Hundreds of nurses who work at Saint Louise Regional Hospital are on strike, joining the picket line with their colleagues represented by the Registered Nurses Professional Association. The healthcare workers are protesting alleged unfair labor practices exhibited by their employer, …
Progressive and labor-friendly politicians have enjoyed a majority on the San Jose City Council for the past two years, but the November elections may flip the balance.Formidable business-backed candidates advanced in every council race during the March 5 primaries, …
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