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San Jose to boost housing density to meet state mandates

Residents on all sides of San Jose’s housing debate are spoiling for a protracted fight, after the City...

Palo Alto set to begin Flock audit amid growing public backlash

After watching numerous neighboring jurisdictions pull the plug on Flock Safety in the aftermath of data breaches, Palo...

Four candidates face off for two Santa Clara council seats

Santa Clara City Council representation is about to change in Districts 2 and 3, with both councilmembers terming...

Feds say South County ICE facility will hold minimal detainees

Federal officials say a planned ICE facility in South County will typically house about 10 detainees, according to...

Removal of East San Jose murals upsets residents

Two community murals connected to San Jose youth and the city’s Indigenous community were painted over after a...

San Jose wants to stop its shrinking tree canopy

San Jose’s tree canopy is disappearing. The city is working to reverse the trend, but advocates say in...

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.