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May 19, 2026 by

Professional women’s hockey team to call San Jose home

San Jose is offering a warm welcome to the Professional Women’s Hockey League, which plans to launch its...

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May 19, 2026 by

Mountain View OKs temporary closure of 13 downtown parking spots

More than a dozen public parking spots in downtown Mountain View are slated to be temporarily unavailable to...

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May 19, 2026 by

Santa Clara County nurses say no to pay raise delay

Santa Clara County displayed “Happy Nurses Week” banners across the hospitals of California’s second largest public healthcare system this...

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May 18, 2026 by

Cupertino sued over housing project in high fire risk area

A Cupertino resident is challenging the city’s approval of a multihome development in a high fire risk area,...

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May 18, 2026 by

Palo Alto leaders approve 183-apartment complex

Palo Alto city leaders have enthusiastically backed a housing project that would have likely been dead on arrival...

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May 18, 2026 by

Dollars flow into Santa Clara County DA, supervisor races

Money is flowing in two competitive Santa Clara County races less than a month before the June 2 primary election. Campaign...

Latest Opinion

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Duong: Improving health while reducing costs in a federal funding desert

Community health in Santa Clara County is facing its gravest challenge since the depths of the COVID pandemic. The full scale of the devastating cuts in federal health care spending contained in H.R. 1 will be felt this year in Santa Clara County and throughout the nation, and for several years after. That is why it is critical that we take rapid and concrete steps to improve the health of our residents and prevent future emergency room visits as much as possible, and we need our private sector healthcare partners to tangibly step up and join us. In late April,...

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The Podlight

Matt Mahan’s longshot governor bid

Matt Mahan’s longshot governor bid

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan launched an ambitious campaign for California governor backed by millions from Silicon Valley donors. But with weeks until the June primary, he has yet to break out of single-digit polling. Reporter Keith Menconi examines the state of the race, the challenges facing Mahan’s campaign and whether there’s still a path forward.