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Santa Clara County veterans receive help at annual Stand Down

For Santa Clara County officials and advocates, their message to local military veterans fighting the challenges of civilian...

Housing project bolsters Palo Alto’s vision for future of San Antonio

Palo Alto’s plan to transform a stretch of San Antonio Road into the city’s newest residential community received...

Waymo expands further into South Bay

Waymo’s driverless cars are serving more South Bay destinations, including the Berryessa Transit Center in East San Jose, giving...

Grave in Santa Clara cemetery deemed historic

Santa Clara is recognizing a piece of its history often overlooked in the city’s historic preservation efforts —...

South Bay voters pass term limits for hospital district board

Out of more than 100 races and measures on ballots across Santa Clara County this November, the single...

Google data center could be approved before San Jose sets standards

San Jose could approve at least one significant data center before its development standards are finalized. This would...

Latest Opinion

Voting booths inside an elections office in San Jose, California

Bramson: Voters have spoken, but California’s affordability crisis remains

For a family in San Jose struggling to pay $3,000 a month in rent, the results of the Nov. 3 election probably won’t change much about next month’s bills. Neither will they shorten the commute of a worker traveling two hours each day because living near their job is simply too expensive. And for someone facing eviction, the promise of future housing construction offers little comfort when the rent is due tomorrow. Yet California voters delivered an important message last week. They are willing to invest in making their communities more affordable. The challenge now is turning that political support...

The Podlight

Making sense of this year’s election

With Election Day approaching, a flurry of changes and claims about voting has left some voters wondering what to expect. Reporter Keith Menconi talks with Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Matt Moreles about how ballots will be counted, what voters need to know and why the process locally remains business as usual.

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