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Civil Grand Jury raises concerns over Silicon Valley BART extension

VTA officials will provide more clarity about the finances and long-term costs of the massive Silicon Valley BART...

Palo Alto City Council approves 8-story housing complex

Converting retail to housing is one of the pillars of Palo Alto’s plan to create a new residential...

Six candidates vie for Santa Clara mayoral seat

A seismic change is about to take place in Santa Clara politics, when Mayor Lisa Gillmor terms out...

San Jose public workers could strike amid contract dispute

Thousands of San Jose city workers have voted to authorize their bargaining representatives to call a strike, ratcheting...

Palo Alto considers new permit program to limit vehicle dwelling

Facing pressure from local residents and businesses to address a growing number of recreational vehicles in local neighborhoods,...

State bill could speed up San Jose Diridon Station rebuild

A new state bill could cut a year off the redevelopment of Diridon Station in San Jose by...

Latest Opinion

A light rail train at a station in Campbell, California

Op-ed: Public transit is a public health solution

For anyone navigating Silicon Valley, traffic can seem like just a backdrop to daily life. It’s easy to accept long lines of cars on Highway 101 during rush hours, idling buses at crowded stops and students waiting beside busy intersections as part of the price we pay for living here. But that normalization masks a dirty secret: Our roads are a public health crisis in plain sight. Transportation remains California’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for nearly 40% of the state’s total footprint. Yet while climate is often part of the conversation around transportation, its local impacts extend...

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.