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Housing planned for former San Jose school campus

A former South San Jose elementary school is poised to become housing. True Life Companies purchased Glider Elementary...

Bay Area lawmakers’ bills to combat ICE head to Newsom’s desk

Several state bills spurred by Silicon Valley lawmakers to keep federal immigration agents accountable and uphold rights for detainees...

San Jose official ordered to pay $54K in attorney fees

An unusual scene unfolded in the San Jose City Council chambers on Tuesday as a man approached the...

Judge favors blocking planned South County ICE facility

A federal judge has indicated she is leaning toward granting a preliminary injunction that would block a controversial...

Silicon Valley public transit service strengthens rider code of conduct

Caltrain just got its first passenger code of conduct, hoping to make behavior expectations more transparent for rowdy...

Fourth annual Lowrider Day returns to downtown San Jose

Lowriders will cruise into downtown San Jose this weekend, bringing a piece of East San Jose’s Chicano culture...

Latest Opinion

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Op-ed: The fight for the future of work is here

Every Labor Day, we remember the fights that built the modern workplace: the eight-hour day, the weekend, the right to organize. This year, we’re writing the next chapter: to establish workers’ rights to shape how emerging technology, including artificial intelligence, gets deployed on the job. Technology has always been part of work. At its best, the gains get shared between employers and workers but history shows that doesn’t happen automatically. The last time machines reshaped work this fast — the Industrial Revolution — the gains were hoarded. It deepened inequality, hardened occupational segregation and left workers worse off. But not...

The Podlight

Two big questions for Silicon Valley

From a proposed ICE facility to a surge in data center development, two of Silicon Valley’s biggest debates took center stage at San José Spotlight’s PolitiBeat 2026. The Podlight revisits the conversations about immigration, energy, economic growth and what these major developments could mean for the region.

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