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February 7, 2026 by

San Jose restaurant workers became collateral damage

Jtown Pizza owner Jordan Trigg touched off a firestorm against San Jose’s historic building protections — and a...

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February 6, 2026 by

Mountain View wants more parks — but it won’t be cheap

Mountain View is nearing the finish line to adopt a new parks and recreation strategic plan that aims...

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February 6, 2026 by

San Jose loosens rules for local card rooms

San Jose is easing restrictions on its local gambling industry as part of a months-long effort to lighten...

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February 5, 2026 by

Cupertino council approves unique affordable housing project

A controversial nonprofit housing project in Cupertino that’s been under consideration for about 20 years has the green...

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February 5, 2026 by

San Jose councilmember seeks state Senate seat

The election year has barely started — but a handful of Silicon Valley races are shaping up. San...

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February 5, 2026 by

Follow the money in San Jose’s City Council races

A political newcomer is leading the fundraising pack in the race for this year’s sole open seat on...

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Bramson: The Super Bowl left town — homelessness didn’t

On Monday morning, Santa Clara looked like a town waking up after a very expensive house party. The barricades were coming down around Levi’s Stadium. The rental cars were streaming back toward the airport. Hotel staff flipped rooms at record speed. By lunchtime, the Super Bowl had already begun to recede into memory — another successful weekend, another headline about economic impact, another notch in the region’s belt proving it can host the world. And then there was everything else. The tents along Coyote Creek didn’t move. The families sheltering in minivans didn’t disappear. The seniors sleeping in encampments didn’t...

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The Podlight

The cost of cutting SNAP: Families on the brink in Silicon Valley

The cost of cutting SNAP: Families on the brink in Silicon Valley

With federal SNAP benefits stalling, food insecurity is rising sharply across Silicon Valley. In this episode, we sit down with Leslie Bacho, CEO of Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, to talk about the growing demand for food assistance, the human toll of federal funding cuts and what can be done to ensure no one in our community goes hungry.