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May 4, 2024 by

South Bay to see more self-driving cars on the road

One driverless taxi service plans to stretch its presence into the South Bay, after years of testing its...

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May 3, 2024 by

South Bay Dems demand disclosure of congressional recount funders

The Santa Clara County Democratic Party has joined retiring Congresswoman Anna Eshoo in demanding transparency behind a controversial...

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May 3, 2024 by

San Jose affordable apartments a plus for senior housing crisis

More than 100 Santa Clara County seniors struggling with the cost of living will have a place to...

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May 2, 2024 by

Silicon Valley schools face end of federal mental health funding

Santa Clara County funds wellness centers for behavioral health across numerous school districts, but money issues are going...

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May 2, 2024 by

What the demise of contentious housing law means for San Jose

A brewing battle in the California courts may lift San Jose from the mandates of a controversial law...

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May 2, 2024 by

Here’s what’s replacing San Jose’s beloved Flames Eatery

A new restaurant is opening in downtown San Jose at the site of a former meeting hotspot for...

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A closer look at BART’s extension to Santa Clara

A closer look at BART’s extension to Santa Clara

Despite ballooning costs and delays, BART's much-anticipated extension in Silicon Valley is inching forward as pre-construction work begins on the transit agency's Santa Clara stop. Editor Nick Preciado digs into the update with reporter B. Sakura Cannesta, who covers Santa Clara and Sunnyvale.

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Zisser: The Israel-Hamas war should not break up Silicon Valley’s justice alliances

If this column were one of my many recent conversations about the war in Gaza, I would not need to start with the usual prefaces. But unlike those conversations, this column reaches people who are not close professional acquaintances in the local social justice community (mostly community leaders I met when I was San Jose’s independent police auditor) or Jewish leaders whom I know well. Alas, here are the prefaces. I am Jewish, have been to Israel three times and know people who were directly impacted by the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks. The attacks were brutal, cruelly targeting children and...