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San Jose restaurant to be replaced by Chick-fil-A

Neighborhood-wide efforts to save a San Jose restaurant have been quashed in favor of a new fast-food eatery....

West Valley residents angry over hotel turning to homeless housing

More than 100 people packed the Camden Community Center Wednesday to speak against a West Valley hotel converting...

California lawmakers saw Sen. Alex Padilla’s forceful removal as ‘lawless’

California Democrats are calling for committee hearings and an investigation into how Sen. Alex Padilla was treated by...

San Jose residents win fight to stop housing project

City officials have sided with homeowners opposed to a proposed 17-story apartment complex that would have added hundreds...

San Jose fire to resume drug oversight program after tampering

San Jose leaders are temporarily reinstating a drug oversight program they scrapped while firefighter medics internally flagged narcotics...

Trump may shield undocumented farm workers from deportation

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he may create a carveout to his mass deportation efforts for hospitality...

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Who will be San Jose’s next downtown councilmember?

A dramatic special election to elect San Jose's next downtown councilmember was decided by a handful of votes, sending two contenders to a June runoff. Who is poised to win the San Jose City Council seat, and how will voter turnout impact the outcome? Host Nick Preciado sits down with political expert Garrick Percival to take a closer look.

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Silver Taube: Militarized workplace immigration raids batter the economy

In recent days, we have seen an escalation and militarization of workplace raids as the Trump administration has grown frustrated at the pace of deportations. One ICE official told the Washington Examiner last month that Stephen Miller asked ICE staff: ‘Why aren’t you at Home Depot? Why aren’t you at 7-Eleven?’ On June 6, ICE detained day laborers at Home Depot in the Westlake District of Los Angeles. At a news conference the same day, Angelica Salas, director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, said there were seven raids throughout Los Angeles. Local news outlet KTLA reported that the Department of Justice told...