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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

Mountain View approves updates to historic preservation rules

The Mountain View City Council recently updated its historic preservation policy, but did not finalize a list of...

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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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September 30, 2026 by

Santa Clara County fends off legal challenge to sales tax increase

A court ruling invalidates a lawsuit that claimed Santa Clara County incorrectly applied an emergency clause to Measure...

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September 29, 2026 by

Santa Clara candidate failed to disclose AI images, complaint says

A Santa Clara mayoral candidate is facing a state-level complaint over his campaign’s undisclosed use of AI-generated images....

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September 29, 2026 by

State Prop. 43 aims to raise tax measure threshold

A proposition going before California voters in November could make it more difficult for local governments and agencies...

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Editorial: California bill reaffirms why nonprofit local news matters

National news saturates the airwaves on a daily basis and oftentimes people tune out — but when it comes to local news people want more. Residents yearn to know what’s happening in their backyard. They want to know which city councilmembers voted for a multistory housing development in the middle of a single-family neighborhood? Why isn’t a mayor pushing harder to save a historic farmhouse? What caused the local school district to close three schools or what happened to their favorite burger joint? In many parts of the U.S., obtaining this knowledge is bleak, if at all. Over the last...

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The Podlight

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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