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San Jose school trustee admonished for discriminatory remarks

A San Jose school board has publicly admonished a trustee in response to his conduct, and signed a...

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October 2, 2026 by

Data center developers share plans at San Jose town hall

While San Jose is developing uniform data center standards to mitigate environmental impacts and support economic growth, two...

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October 1, 2026 by

Palo Alto planners reject bike tunnel after neighborhood concerns

Palo Alto’s plans for a new bike tunnel at El Dorado Avenue took a turn Wednesday, when the...

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October 1, 2026 by

San Jose residents want city to stop using Flock cameras after misuse

Residents are calling for San Jose’s police chief to step down, after revelations that a police officer used...

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October 1, 2026 by

Data center company to acquire former South San Jose IBM site

The former IBM Almaden Research Center in the rolling hills of Coyote Valley has a buyer. Blackstart Digital...

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September 30, 2026 by

San Jose increases parking garage rates, but not meters

It took three attempts for the San Jose City Council to reach a compromise Tuesday on contentious parking...

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Paz-Cedillos: Heritage is what we inherit, legacy is what we build

On Oct. 31, families will gather at the Mexican Heritage Plaza for Avenida de Altares, our annual Día de los Muertos celebration. In the weeks leading up to Avenida de Altares, artists will transform La Plaza with altares honoring loved ones who have passed — beautiful, deeply personal works filled with photographs, marigolds, candles and objects that carry memory and meaning. Día de los Muertos reminds us that remembering is an act of love. And lately, I’ve been thinking about what else remembrance asks of us. Two years ago, my first column for San José Spotlight asked, “What’s in a...

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Who gets a say in Silicon Valley’s tech future?

Who gets a say in Silicon Valley’s tech future?

Artificial intelligence and workplace surveillance are transforming jobs across Silicon Valley, raising new concerns about displacement and worker rights. Reporter Keith Menconi explores the new People’s Tech Coalition, the South Bay labor and community groups behind it and their push to give workers more say in how technology reshapes the workplace.

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