Palo Alto’s three council appointed officers – City Manager Ed Shikada, City Attorney Molly Stump and City Clerk Mahealani Ah Yun – are all set to receive raises next week, according to a report from the Human Resources Department.
The …
San Jose leaders are tightening local gun buying laws to pair with California firearms regulations and through recommendations from the city’s watchdog group.
A 10-day waiting period for buying handguns in San Jose will extend to all firearms, and residents …
A new luxury movie chain is moving into The Village at San Antonio Center in Mountain View, taking over the site of the ShowPlace Icon theater that abruptly closed earlier this year.
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, an Austin-based company, plans to …
West Valley residents craving Chick-fil-A need to go to San Jose, because they won’t find the chicken chain in Campbell.
Chick-fil-A pulled out of its proposal to fill a vacant building along one of Campbell’s major corridors last month, after …
Human flesh and blood. Confidential patient information. Fentanyl.
Santa Clara County’s top prosecutor alleges his investigators found these items and more after a covert, yearlong investigation into illegal dumping by Valley Medical Center, St. Louise and O'Connor hospitals. Investigators in …
A jury has found Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker guilty of perjury and failing to uphold his duties as a public official by leaking a 2022 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report.
The verdict ends Becker’s month-long trial, …
Lights twinkle in windows, the smell of peppermint fills the air and holiday tunes jingle.
In downtown San Jose, hundreds of thousands of people gather each winter to enjoy Christmas in the Park, adding to one of the busiest travel …
Thousands of families will be able to shop for free fresh fruit and vegetables, after a Silicon Valley lawmaker obtained needed funding.
Assemblymember Alex Lee has secured $10 million to restart the CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) …
Closing arguments in Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker’s perjury trial have wrapped up, putting the case into the jury’s hands.
Jurors will be deciding on two counts: if Becker is guilty of lying to the Santa Clara County Civil …
An affordable housing development in Mountain View is one step closer to getting built, although it is still raising concerns that there is not enough parking for the hundreds of residents who will be living there.
CRP Affordable, an affordable …
Palo Alto Police Department’s latest crime-fighting tool is silent, passive and largely invisible unless you know where to look.
The city introduced this tool last spring, when it became just the latest municipality to partner with Flock Safety to mount …
Moffett Boulevard, a busy thoroughfare in Mountain View, is poised to undergo some major changes, possibly on a much larger scale than originally anticipated.
The boundaries of a precise plan that will guide future development along the corridor are being …
Palo Alto added its voice this week to a growing coalition of cities and environmental groups that are rallying to prevent a proposed quarry from taking over a grassy expanse in the hills south of Gilroy that is sacred to …
Citing surging demand in emergency room visits, Stanford Health Care is asking the city of Palo Alto for permission to add 70 beds in its hospital buildings, raising the maximum total to 670, according to an application that the hospital …
East San Jose school leaders have made the final decision about which campuses in the financially struggling district will close.
The Alum Rock Union School District board of trustees voted unanimously on Monday to close six schools for the 2025-26 …
R “Ray” Wang has won a spot on the Cupertino City Council in a tight race that triggered a recount for one of two open seats.
Wang will take the second open council seat with 7,641 votes, or 18.5% of …
Santa Clara County deputies brag about beating incarcerated people "between floors" and other brutal behavior at the county's embattled jail, according to screenshots obtained exclusively by San José Spotlight.
In a private Facebook group that includes 270 former correctional officers …
At the Kresge Foundation’s Centennial Year National Convening, I listened to PolicyLink CEO Michael McAfee deliver a powerful message about embracing a founder’s mindset. Gathered with change-makers striving to build equitable and thriving communities, I recall the anticipation as he …
Santa Clara residents will see their electricity bill inch upward in the next year, as the city works on improving its power grid.
While much of Silicon Valley relies on Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the vast majority of Santa …
Sandwich shop by day and pizza parlor by night, The Last Round Tavern in San Jose manages its split personality exceptionally well.
Owner Caleb Orozco uses his homemade sourdough bread and thin-crust pizza dough as a base for identical ingredients, …
