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San Jose official lawyers up, blasts child sex abuse allegations

Less than 24 hours after San Jose Councilmember Omar Torres was detained and investigated for sexual misconduct involving...

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Election 2024: Silicon Valley lawmaker wants to make history in Congress

Congressional candidate Evan Low was driving to a Friday night meet-and-greet when he got the alert. An out-of-state...

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October 3, 2024 by and

Sources: San Jose official under investigation for child sexual abuse materials

San Jose police have served a search warrant on Councilmember Omar Torres on suspicion of child sexual abuse...

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San Jose leaders sign off on East Side improvement plan

San Jose is moving forward with establishing its sixth business improvement district, giving East Side leaders hope for...

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Settlement lets Cupertino keep millions in Apple sales tax revenue

Cupertino can keep millions of sales tax dollars from Apple, despite a lengthy state audit questioning the city’s...

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Santa Clara County’s top education leader fired

After surviving multiple attempts to get rid of her, Santa Clara County Superintendent Mary Ann Dewan was fired...

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Zisser: Independent oversight can show more compassion

My new year’s resolution seven years ago this week — Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and is being celebrated this week — was to approach the San Jose independent police auditor job with authenticity, to not let the inevitable politics water down my passion or commitment. I walked out of services, where something the rabbi had said crystallized this promise to myself, and I called my wife to tell her this, a few weeks before the job was to begin. I understood this authentic approach to the IPA job would carry risks. I was naïve, though, about the full...