City leaders have agreed to give a San Jose housing developer multimillion-dollar tax breaks as part of a recently-passed program meant to win over builders.
The San Jose City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to approve a seven-story, 345-apartment complex at …
San Jose tenants are fed up with years of longstanding problems at their apartment complex — and took their complaints to the property owner's front door.
A dozen tenants from Summerwind Apartments near the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Jose …
My morning commute usually goes like this: I hop on the BART Green Line from San Francisco’s Mission District for an hour-plus train ride to Berryessa Station in East San Jose. From there, I hold on for dear life — …
Janeth Zarate is a freshman at Fremont High School who wakes up at 6 a.m. to get to school on time. On any normal day, she takes VTA’s 255 bus, but for the past two weeks service has stopped due …
A San Jose politician directed the city to change the email addresses of three staffers who went to work for a colleague, an unusual move that comes after she was accused of turning a blind eye to child sex abuse …
Thousands of VTA riders have been stranded without public transportation for 10 days due to an ongoing union strike, and the agency's board chair has been out of town.
Social media posts show Sergio Lopez, chair of the VTA board …
A former state assemblymember who made a bid for Congress last year has found another way to enter the national arena — by heading a political action committee supporting LGBTQ+ candidates.
Evan Low, who represented Assembly District 26 and previously …
Sunnyvale wants to preserve retail space in an underserved community, but the city will have to convince developers the investment is worthwhile.
The Sunnyvale City Council voted unanimously Tuesday, with Councilmember Murali Srinivasan absent, to approve a retail preservation program …
Although Silicon Valley has a reputation for attracting young, tech-savvy workers, the cycle may no longer be true as statistics point toward older adults shifting the dynamic and the area being ill-equipped for the looming change.
Fewer births and longer …
San Jose small businesses dependent on liability insurance have fallen on hard times as insurance carriers exit California or increase premiums by double digits.
Laine’s Bait and Rentals, one of the most recognizable family-owned storefronts in North San Jose’s Alviso …
Santa Clara County teachers and local leaders are warning of chaos after mass layoffs have decimated a critical preschool program for families living in poverty, known as Head Start.
Head Start staff received pink slips around March 15 amid uncertainty …
San Jose officials have signed off on the mayor's plan to reallocate a majority of funding meant for affordable housing and put it toward temporary homeless shelters.
The City Council voted 7- 4 in a contentious meeting Tuesday to accept …
Straight from the halls of Washington D.C., local representatives joined forces with Santa Clara County officials Tuesday to defend the most vulnerable against sweeping federal cuts they say could devastate California’s second-largest public health and hospital system.
Reps. Sam Liccardo …
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is taking a hardline approach in his budget plan to get homeless people off the streets. Community advocates are calling it unjust.
Mahan's upcoming 2025-26 budget message proposes several ways to tackle homeless, including reallocating …
Our libraries are under siege — from coordinated book bans to funding cuts that threaten their very existence. Last Friday evening, the president signed an executive order to reduce funding to the Institute of Museum and Library Services, specifically threatening …
Wild mustard is in full bloom at one of Los Gatos’ last orchards, where hundreds of bare, brown walnut trees stand as remaining vestiges of the town’s agricultural past. That may soon change.
San Jose-based Urban Catalyst recently submitted revised …
Criminals driving through Cupertino could be caught by just their license plate as the tech hub becomes one of the last in Santa Clara County to install detection technology.
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to …
A new survey of fast-food workers across the state revealed the difficulties of starting a family while holding down a job — and many don’t know their rights.
The California Fast Food Workers Union and nonprofit Legal Aid at Work …
As civil rights advocates, we strongly oppose Mayor Mahan’s proposal to arrest homeless individuals who refuse shelter. This policy will disproportionately harm Black and brown people, including those with disabilities, who are overrepresented in the unhoused population due to systemic …
VTA’s legal complaint against its striking workers is stalled in the courts, delaying the potential return of bus and light rail public transit service in the region.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Daniel Nishigaya has denied VTA’s request for …
