New Faces in Office

SAN JOSE TEMPORARILY limited meals for older adults at city community centers in early December amid a budget shortfall — a move that left recipients flustered.

The Sunnyvale City Council is about to see a demographic shift that will make its representation more reflective of the city’s population.The city will have a female majority on council with the election of Eileen Le in District 6 and Charlsie Chang in District 4, along with Councilmember Alysa Cisneros’ reelection in District 2 and sitting Councilmember Linda Sell. The city will also have its first Asian American majority, with Le and Chang alongside Sell and Vice Mayor Murali Srinivasan bringing a new dimension to the council.

In their December 16 meeting, the a newly elected board member was sworn in and new president and vice-president selected. Read on to meet the new New Mountain View Los Alto School Board.

Get the details behind why San Jose and non profit partners have initiated a count of homeless encampments along area creeks and streams.

Read on to learn more about the Sutter Health plans to redevelop two Santa Clara office complexes into health campuses.

Johnene Stebbins, a deputy district attorney in Santa Clara County, has been given an interim appointment as a judge in the Santa Clara County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom. 

In their December 10 meeting, the Mountain View City Council rejected a proposal to drop the senior advisory committee. Read on to learn more about the proposal and why it was not approved.

The City of Milpitas is planning to develop a new park on a four-acre site and is seeking resident input on the design. Read on to learn more about the proposed location and how to weigh in.

Santa Clara County’s new mental and behavioral health court, designed to voluntarily steer people into treatment plans, recently began operation.The county’s Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Court, or CARE Court, provides plans for people with untreated “psychotic-type” disorders for up to two years under the supervision of a civil court, according to county officials.

In their December 10 meeting, new councilmember William Lam was sworn in with two reelected members. Read on to learn more about what's in store for the next term of the Milpitas City Council.

Read on to meet the new Mayor of Los Altos.

In their December 11 meeting, the San Jose City Council approved updated plans for the redevelopment of the El Paseo de Saratoga. Read on to learn more about how the project was scaled down from the original plans to build 994 units of housing.

Learn why the City of Mountain View dissolved the police advisory board just three years after it was formed.

The City of San Jose is offering new incentives for development of multi-family housing. Read on to learn why city officials are taking this step.

The newly elected members of the Gilroy City Council were just sworn in. Read what the Mayor and others had to say, and what it means for the future of Gilroy.

Find out what Palo Alto residents think about their city according to the recently released report of a citywide survey.

The final vote tally shows the $350 million Los Altos School District Measure EE bond passed. Learn what comes next.

This month, people with non-violent misdemeanor warrants may be able to avoid jail time through a program with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.

The US EPA granted California’s waiver, which the incoming Trump administration is likely to try to overturn in the courts. The state’s zero-emission vehicle mandates have been the driving force behind California’s progress in cleaning up dangerous air pollutants.

Child care centers throughout California struggled to find people with the right credentials to look after their babies, toddlers and preschoolers. At the same time, many people who wanted to become early childhood educators faced difficulties in earning the credentials.

Use this explainer by the National Science Foundation-sponsored National Center for Atmospheric Research to understand atmospheric rivers and how they'll change as the climate warms.

California recorded historically high numbers of deaths in county jails for the past six years. Now, counties expect to house more prisoners as Prop. 36 takes effect.

Gov. Newsom and legislative Democrats pushed through a law that bans employers from requiring workers to attend ‘captive audience meetings.’ It was the latest victory for the labor movement at the state Capitol.

There’s no law requiring California property owners to carry insurance, but the vast majority buy it to protect themselves from fire and other perils, or are required to do so by their mortgage lenders.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “Master Plan for Career Education” seeks to help the nearly 7 million adults in California who lack college degrees by giving them college credit for their work experience and by changing the requirements on some state jobs.

The Supreme Court justices agreed to review whether oil companies have standing to try to overturn a federal waiver for a California clean-car rule that ramped up electric car sales. The standards are the cornerstone of California’s efforts to clean its air and combat climate change.

Some rural California communities are resisting efforts to streamline permitting for wind and solar farms and battery storage for environmental or safety reasons.

When disaster strikes, California gets federal funding to hire temporary workers to clean debris. But the jobs are tough, and some agencies struggle to manage the grants.

Gov. Newsom launched an ambitious program that uses Medi-Cal to help Californians access housing, healthy food and more. Now, its fate is in the hands of President-Elect Trump.

The Biden administration is awarding Inflation Reduction Act money to help clean the air before President-elect Trump takes over.

In a December 10 press conference, Governor Newsom urged lawmakers to press forward in building the Sites Reservoir in Colusa County. Read on to learn more about the project, the largest new reservoirs to be built in California in the last 50 years.