Teaching is a rewarding career. A major shift in California may make it easier for those aspiring to have a career in education to obtain a California teaching credential.
Thanks to Senate Bill 153, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on …
By next fall, San Jose aims to have a long-awaited temporary housing site on the south side of the city for homeless individuals, though some are questioning why it's taking so long.
The temporary emergency housing site will be built …
Santa Clara officials have to come to an agreement on how to respond to a report about how their disagreements and infighting have hurt the city.
The Santa Clara City Council addressed the recent report from the Santa Clara County …
The headlines are depressingly similar. Month after month, we see stories about long-time small businesses closing their doors forever.
It has been four years since the pandemic devastated California, yet many of our legacy businesses have never recovered. First hit …
A feud is heating up between two businessmen with big reputations in San Jose's Little Saigon, including David Duong — the subject of an FBI probe involving Oakland's mayor.
Duong, CEO of trash and recycling hauler Cal Waste Solutions, has …
Los Gatos' temperature hit 107 degrees as Mason, wearing a black coat and backpack, walked from his camp in the brush toward Highway 17. He started having heat-related symptoms and laid down, heaving. He didn't want to die on the …
In a recent San José Spotlight opinion piece, columnist Monica Mallon accuses me of posing as a pro-transit expert while trying to undermine public transportation. While I welcome the attention she has brought to my writing, I think Mallon and …
A group of Silicon Valley mayors want to know how funds will be divided if voters pass a measure to build and preserve affordable housing across the region.
A letter signed by 12 mayors of Santa Clara County’s 15 municipalities …
The San Jose Sharks are still being tight-lipped about their closed door discussion with city officials over the team’s future at the Shark Tank.
As the NHL team’s 10-year agreement at the SAP Center transitions to an annual renewal starting …
San Jose is set to pay for more employees and police patrols to enforce "no return zones" for homeless camps along the Guadalupe River and those surrounding temporary shelter sites citywide.
An initial plan to expel more than a dozen …
Despite the landmark 2019 Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia that holds that anti-gay and transgender bias violates Title VII, the federal anti-discrimination law, transgender Americans continue to experience discrimination and harassment at work.
According to a …
Santa Clara voters will decide in November whether to give the city roughly $400 million for various infrastructure fixes around the city.
The Santa Clara City Council approved the bond measure on Tuesday 6-1, with Councilmember Kevin Park dissenting. City …
San Jose Councilmember Bien Doan's request for a restraining order against a well-connected Vietnamese American businessman has been denied — capping a trial that laid bare the political rancor within Little Saigon’s older generation.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge …
Lorena Cortez is producing and directing a short film adaptation of the 1940s movie Copacabana in San Jose, best remembered now from Barry Manilow’s hit song in 1978.
Unlike the original movie, Cortez’s version will feature mostly women of color …
Eight years ago, Santa Clara County had less than 300 affordable apartments that served homeless individuals with disabilities. Thousands of homes have been built since then due to an affordable housing bond measure.
The county is set to exceed its …
Cupertino City Hall could move from its decades-old location — but it may not be long term.
The Cupertino City Council voted 4-1 last month, with Councilmember Kitty Moore as the sole no vote, to open negotiations on moving city …
What started as one San Jose councilmember taking out a restraining order against a well-connected Vietnamese American businessman is morphing into a trial that has brought some of Little Saigon’s most well-known figures out to testify.
Councilmember Bien Doan has …
HomeFirst CEO Andrea Urton is stepping down, leaving questions about the future of one of Santa Clara County’s largest homeless support service providers.
The group's board of directors said today Urton's departure is effective immediately. She led the nonprofit through …
For a decade, the 49ers have worked to help uplift the community surrounding the city the team calls home.
In an effort to recognize that work, they're celebrating Levi's Stadium's 10th anniversary by launching “49ers Cares About Santa Clara,” an …
San Jose’s top political leader supports harsher penalties for drug dealers as voters consider new measures to hold thieves and drug suppliers accountable.
California voters passed the criminal justice proposition in 2014 and established a $950 threshold for determining whether …
