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East San Jose hospital adds more emergency beds

An East San Jose hospital continues to increase services under Santa Clara County’s ownership — including the latest...

San Jose event celebrates Chicano identity and history

For some Mexican Americans, identifying as Chicano means carrying the history of a civil rights movement that challenged...

Federal vote-by-mail challenges unlikely to affect Santa Clara County

As the legal battle over federal mail-in ballot restrictions continues to progress through the courts, Santa Clara County’s...

South Bay coalition wants to protect workers from tech

From artificial intelligence to algorithmic surveillance, recent tech advances are rapidly reshaping the workplace. South Bay labor leaders...

The Biz Beat: Indian bakery pop-up in Cupertino specializes in vegan pastries

On Sunday mornings at the De Anza College Farmers Market in Cupertino, a crowd forms around a stall...

Santa Clara County aims to protect voting rights

As voting rights become diminished, Santa Clara County officials and advocates are pushing back. The Board of Supervisors...

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Mallon: Building momentum toward a better future for public transit

Every morning, my day starts the same way. My alarm goes off, I get ready for work, walk to the bus stop and wait for the bus to work. It’s a routine I’ve repeated thousands of times over the years, even as my destination has changed. Some mornings the bus is nearly empty. Other mornings, I’m riding alongside students heading to school, people commuting to work and familiar faces I’ve seen countless times. After thousands of hours waiting at bus stops, sitting on trains and walking to connections, I’ve come to believe that you see a different version of our...

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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