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Judge orders pause on work at South County ICE facility

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking construction at a proposed ICE facility in South County...

Santa Clara County residents say local news matters

Santa Clara County residents said the news closest to home matters most, but a new survey shows it’s...

Cupertino sign theft complaints hit new high

Theft and vandalism of campaign yard signs is a perennial problem every election season, but Cupertino is seeing...

San Jose conference highlights digital divide facing Latinos

As artificial intelligence reshapes Silicon Valley, Latino leaders are pushing for a bigger role in deciding who benefits...

Bay Area’s first ‘living levee’ opens at Palo Alto Baylands

A cool breeze swept through Palo Alto’s Baylands Nature Preserve as local and federal representatives opened the Bay...

San Jose may bar officials from signing nondisclosure agreements

As community distrust of data centers grows, San Jose is considering banning councilmembers from signing confidentiality agreements that bind them...

Latest Opinion

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Bramson: A plan that promises progress, not miracles 

There is an increasingly popular story being told about homelessness: We’ve tried everything. We’ve spent billions of dollars. Nothing works. It’s an understandable conclusion. Anyone who lives in Santa Clara County can see that homelessness remains painfully visible. Our latest count found 10,711 people experiencing homelessness on a single night. And for every household we help into stable housing, nearly two more become homeless. But understandable doesn’t make it true. Over the last five years, our community helped nearly 21,000 people move into permanent housing, nearly doubled emergency shelter capacity and increased the capacity of our Homelessness Prevention System by...

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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