A former member of California’s largest teachers union alleges the group pressured her to drop out of a local school board race.
Jyl Lutes, a former teacher and Salinas councilmember who now lives in Campbell, said California Teachers Association representatives …
Cupertino voters will decide between seven City Council candidates vying for just two seats this November, with housing as a central, divisive issue.
Councilmembers Kitty Moore and Hung Wei — who briefly suspended her campaign due to health concerns — …
Proposition 28, the Arts and Music in Schools Act, was passed by voters across our state in November 2022 and aims to enhance arts and music education by providing dedicated funding for related programs in K-12 public schools.
As the …
Olivia Navarro grew up watching her dad guide the Tamien Neighborhood Association in San Jose. This inspired her to lead groups within the Democratic Party — Chicano Latino Caucus, Stonewall LGBTQ+ and Movimiento Democratic Coalition.
Toiling with the idea of …
After months of delay, a tiny home project in South San Jose is expanding to help more people off the streets.
By this time next year, 107 units will be added to the tiny home site at 5898 Rue Ferrari, …
Formerly homeless veterans living in poor conditions at a San Jose complex hope things get better with the change in nonprofit service providers.
The property at 10. Kirk Ave. is home to dozens of veterans that have lived with black …
Michael Mulcahy helped keep the curtains rising at the Children’s Musical Theater in San Jose when he took over as executive director for almost a decade in 1993 — growing the youth arts center into the powerhouse it is today. …
An 83-year-old church in downtown San Jose has been granted historic landmark status after years of fighting invasive development proposals that could have demolished the house of worship.
Grace Baptist Church at 484 E. San Fernando St. has been designated …
While two local state Assembly candidates are building up their finances, special interests have been pouring money in behind the scenes.
Special interest groups have doled out thousands to back Patrick Ahrens, a Foothill-De Anza Community College District trustee, and …
West Valley College student Mike Katakis and his dad are among thousands of students who will earn part of their college education in Silicon Valley for free.
West Valley-Mission Community College District’s tuition will be free for the next seven …
Margaret Abe-Koga grew up in San Mateo watching her parents live in a bubble.
As Japanese immigrants seeking a better life in the U.S., Abe-Koga's parents became enmeshed in the Japanese American community — but struggled outside of it and …
While working at Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto's restaurant Nobu in San Jose, Bradley Gallego learned some of the hard-edged discipline of making sushi.
“He would come by and check out your knives,” Gallego told San José Spotlight. “He’d go up …
City leaders want to give new businesses a tax break and parking benefits to lure them into downtown.
A downtown office incentives policy is slated to pass at the City Council Tuesday in an effort to bring not just big …
Sally Lieber jumped into politics at age 13, rallying in Detroit for former Michigan state Sen. Doug Ross between delivering newspapers. She caught the political bug early, and since then has held numerous posts in California. This November she wants …
Public parks and gardens are designed to draw people closer to nature. They are not meant to be gated and locked to limit access to public spaces. That defeats the purpose of creating these parklands, which is why the entrance …
Cupertino City Council candidate Claudio Bono is used to the city’s polarization, with neighbors and officials often split over issues — but he never thought he would receive a death threat.
Bono, area general manager of The Cupertino Hotel and …
The Sunnyvale City Council will make decisions on housing, transit and the city's budget in the near future — and candidates seeking elected office are sharing their approaches to governing.
Sunnyvale voters attended a candidate forum on Sept. 18, hosted …
San Jose police staffing levels have become a key dispute in Silicon Valley’s hottest and most unusual election.
In a recent campaign TV ad, Congressional District 16 candidate and former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo boasts of adding 200 police …
Domingo Candelas has hit the ground running since being appointed to represent District 8 on the San Jose City Council in 2023.
As the incumbent, he wants a chance to his continue the work he started for a full four-year …
Proposition 33 attempts to repeal the bipartisan Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act enacted in 1995.
The three key provisions of Costa-Hawkins were to stop the expansion of rent control to single-family homes, allow housing providers the opportunity to charge market rates …
