Candidates running for the District 3 seat on the San Jose City Council shared their thoughts on downtown politics with the city’s business community as the election approaches next month.
Gabby Chavez-Lopez, executive director of the Latina Coalition of Silicon …
Cupertino is known for its wealthy tech world. But one in four households struggles with the cost of living in a city slow to build affordable housing.
The city’s proposed housing plan for the next five years, which it submits …
Despite San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan’s claim his policy to arrest homeless people for refusing shelter is meant to connect them to treatment, there isn’t a plan for how it's supposed to work.
Since Mahan rolled out his “Responsibility to …
As President Donald Trump headed over to his Virginia golf course for a gala with the 250 top buyers of his $TRUMP “memecoin,” Democrats are trying to find ways to push back on the president’s incursions in the cryptocurrency market. …
San Jose leaders are updating the city’s social media policy to ensure elected officials relinquish their online communication channels once their term ends.
City officials began drafting the “Transition of Elected Officials” policy after San José Spotlight reported in 2023 …
As emojis become a widespread form of global messaging, San Jose leaders are calling on the world’s leading text encoders to add a symbol for the Flag of South Vietnam.
The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to urge the Unicode …
The Senate voted 51-44 to overturn California’s electric-vehicle mandate via the Congressional Review Act on Thursday, defying the Government Accountability Office and the Senate parliamentarian.
Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate’s parliamentarian, said the chamber could not use the Congressional Review Act …
As the economy teeters at the edge of a recession, Silicon Valley’s public transit agency is weighing its options on how to weather the storm.
VTA is facing a large budget shortfall over the next two years, with a roughly …
City officials want San Jose to reap the economic benefits from the World Cup and Super Bowl when they come to the region next year, and large-scale advertisements attached to buildings is part of the plan.
The San Jose City …
Valley Water provides safe, clean water to homes, businesses and farms throughout Santa Clara County. A dependable water supply is something we rely on every day, even if we don’t always think about it. Safe, clean water is essential to …
While Silicon Valley grapples with millions of dollars in federal cuts, one city is trying to use its own money to weather the storm.
The Sunnyvale City Council allocated its fiscal year 2025-26 federal grants on May 6. The city …
Rats shutting down a grocery store are never a good thing — unless regulars from that market end up boosting businesses in the surrounding area.
The Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health shut down the Cupertino Whole Foods at …
