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May 6, 2024 by

Silicon Valley water district files lawsuit against director

Valley Water is suing one of its directors for removing confidential documents from its district offices. The water...

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Former Silicon Valley congressional challenger faces federal complaint

The unsuccessful March primary challenger to Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren is facing a federal election complaint for connections to...

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May 6, 2024 by

Silicon Valley leaders push multibillion-dollar housing bond

Regional leaders are brainstorming ways to keep affordable housing production up and eyeing a hefty funding source. The...

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May 5, 2024 by

The Biz Beat: San Jose’s Burger Bar is a 1950s classic

Burger Bar in San Jose might have been what musician Chuck Berry was thinking about when he rhapsodized...

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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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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...