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District 3 candidates diverge in approach to city’s pressing issues
The five candidates running for San Jose City Council's District 3 seat diverge in their focus and approach to the city's pressing issues.Read More
Council debates looming ‘tsunami of displacement’ as rent relief expires
Tuesday's San Jose City Council meeting highlighted the looming "tsunami of displacement" as rent relief is set to expire on March 31.Read More
Santa Clara main jail might house detoxing meth addicts under mayoral plan
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has proposed using empty jail cells in the Santa Clara County Jail to detain methamphetamine addicts who commit a misdemeanor.Read More
San Jose considers pushing mayor’s race to presidential election ballot
For the first time since residents got the power to vote for San Jose mayor in 1966, the city’s top elected official could be decided on the same ballot...Read More
Matt Mahan makes bid for mayor’s seat on affordable housing platform
San Jose City Councilmember Matt Mahan announced his bid for mayor with a campaign launch centered largely on affordable housing.Read More
Anti-mask protesters delay council meeting ahead of vaccine mandate vote
Anti-mask activists protested at the San Jose City Council chambers ahead of a vaccine mandate vote Tuesday. Dozens of anti-maskers, who predictably did not wear masks in the city...Read More
San Jose dismisses gun rights group threat, pushes on with citywide gun ordinance
A national gun rights group sent San Jose city leaders a cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday, just two weeks after the city council approved calling for an annual gun fee...Read More
San Jose mayor meets with President Biden to discuss national gun violence reduction
Following his city’s recent approval of a plan to reduce gun violence, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is set to meet with President Joe Biden and other officials at...Read More
San Jose passes fast-track policy for public release of police bodycam footage
San Jose police are now required to fast-track the public release of body-worn camera footage of high-profile police incidents upon request by city leadership — a new policy that...Read More
City Council defies calls to end police use of rubber bullets
Despite backlash from San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and community activists, the City Council voted 10-1 on Tuesday to allow police officers to continue the use of rubber bullets...Read More
San Jose considers parking ticket amnesty program
San Jose is looking into an amnesty program that could give parking scofflaws a reason to pay up. Drivers know the universal dread of seeing that little slip of...Read More
Covid-19 update: FDA under fire, state scraps watchlist system, case rate plagues Sonoma County
In this Covid-19 update, we get into the wild week at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration since the agency plays such an crucial role in treatment options, try...Read More
Council fills five San Jose Planning Commission vacancies in two voting rounds
The San Jose City Council held a special meeting on Monday to fill five vacancies in the city’s Planning Commission. Meetings with the 14 candidates were split between Friday...Read More
San Jose libraries plan for devastating $1 million budget blow
The San Jose Public Library will lose more than $1 million in the upcoming budget year, leading to reduced hours and the elimination of dozens of full and part-time...Read More
San Jose mayor unveils nine-point police reform proposal as alternative to defunding
Mayor Sam Liccardo presented a nine-point proposal for reforming the San Jose Police Department Wednesday, striving to initiate tangible changes to how the city’s more than a million residents...Read More
Bay Area Covid-19 update: Some districts close schools rest of year, deputies to only cite for some offenses
An emergency paid sick leave ordinance recommendation was passed unanimously by the San Jose City Council during a special meeting Wednesday, setting the stage for its approval next week....Read More
Bay Area primary election highlights
Sonoma/Marin counties: Measure I Voters in Sonoma and Marin counties rejected a 30-year extension of a quarter-cent sales tax for the operation of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit’s SMART...Read More
Activists mourn 157 homeless deaths in Santa Clara County
A chilly wind and temperatures around 40 degrees provided a visceral backdrop for the vigil.Read More
San Jose schedules city council vote on Google ‘mega-campus’
The San Jose City Council will vote in two weeks to sell almost $110 million in property to Google for a proposed "mega-campus." Read More