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Winter Wonderland 2024/25
It's almost that time of year! Winter Wonderland is coming back to Downtown San Jose on November 29th and runs until January 1st, 2025. This year there will be quite a few changes based on feedbac...
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A troubled San Jose modular housing project for homeless residents has hit another snag.The opening of a temporary housing site on Branham Lane has been delayed over difficulties ensuring the homes are structurally safe. The project was supposed to …
Santa Clara County has made strides to house homeless veterans, but the work isn't over.The county reached a milestone of "functional zero" among homeless veterans in 2020, where the number of veterans getting housed exceeded the number falling into …
San Jose and Santa Clara County are set to receive tens of millions of dollars for homelessness prevention and housing.Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the latest round of funding last week, totaling $827 million across more than 100 communities, from …
When Gary Diaz was homeless, all he could think about was how he was going to make it to the next day. Now that he’s staying at a temporary housing program at Tully Inn, he’s been able to get his …
Alma stared at her phone, rattled. She had just received a text from her case manager on Sept. 30 that she'd been evicted from the Sunnyvale homeless shelter while on the way back from work. With nowhere to go, she …
A newly renovated hotel in downtown San Jose has reopened its doors to house homeless residents.The 72-room Pacific Motor Inn has already welcomed dozens of residents, and by next week it will be full. The hotel, operated by nonprofit …
Santa Clara County's largest water district is weighing how to address the hundreds of homeless people living along local waterways — including potential penalties for those camped on district land.Valley Water officials on Friday hosted the Unhoused People and …
Santa Clara County and its cities will have a new revenue stream next month to help people at risk of becoming homeless.Gov. Gavin Newsom in September launched Project Homekey+, which sets aside $2.2 billion to house homeless veterans and …
Homeless deaths in Santa Clara County are down so far this year despite an opioid crisis and thousands of people living on the streets.There have been 159 deaths as of Oct. 6, compared to 169 deaths during the same …
The state plans to give San Jose $4.8 million to help clear encampments and provide support to unhoused residents. But it's a mere drop in the bucket compared to what the city needs to tackle homelessness.Gov. Gavin Newsom doled …
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, …
Candidates vying for two open seats on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors are sharing their plans for the region's top issues: homelessness and housing.Nonprofits PATH and Destination: Home hosted a candidate forum Wednesday moderated by those with …
A potential sanctioned encampment for homeless individuals near San Jose’s Watson Park has some neighbors upset with what they perceive as a lack of outreach. City officials have zeroed in on the first potential safe sleeping site at 1157 E. …
After angry community protests, San Jose officials are scrapping plans to sell Santa Clara County a tiny homes site to house incarcerated people with mental health issues on the south side of the city.Councilmember Arjun Batra, who has vowed …
A year ago, the emergency homeless shelter in San Jose run by Family Supportive Housing  received about 25 calls a day from desperate families needing a roof over their heads. The amount of calls have skyrocketed this year, with at …
Neighborhoods stretching outside of immediate downtown San Jose will see cleaner streets and more job opportunities for homeless people in that area.
San Jose officials have zeroed in on the city's first location for a sanctioned encampment, where homeless people will be allowed to stay inside tents without fear of being swept.The lot at 1157 E. Taylor St. could open early …
Emotions ran high at a homeless encampment near a San Jose park as the city began sweeping the streets that unhoused residents called home.Two years ago, the city cleared the sprawling homeless encampment near Columbus Park that sits under …
Last year, a renovated San Jose hotel on The Alameda reopened with much fanfare to house homeless residents. But problems have cropped up from the start, according to people who live there.The city tapped nonprofit HomeFirst to provide supportive …
Over the next 18 months, San Jose may see four tiny home sites built, offering hundreds of beds to help people living on the streets transition to permanent housing. But getting there remains a challenge.Mayor Matt Mahan wants to …
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