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San Jose advocates want better data on missing Indigenous women

Local health care representatives and activists are raising awareness for a national issue going under the radar: the...

Bloomberg helped fund Silicon Valley congressional recount

New financial disclosures are peeling back the curtain on who helped fund the recent Congressional District 16 recount —...

West Valley city faces multimillion-dollar shortfall

One West Valley city will be forced to tighten its belt in the coming years, as it faces...

San Jose cannabis dispensary opens in downtown

San Jose has opened its first ever retail storefront for cannabis in the heart of downtown. For years...

Silicon Valley nonprofit shutters homeless support group

A homeless support group in San Jose is closing down, and members are unsure about whether they will...

San Jose food hall has rocky start

People driving by San Jose’s Downtown Food Hall might be forgiven for thinking it’s closed. The dark interior...

The Podlight

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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Robinson: Dirty little secrets of government funding

It’s budget time for government. Few have worked in the public sector. Fewer still understand how taxpayers’ money is spent. But here are some reasons why funding is a mess for the many government jurisdictions that exist. The May spending spree. Government agencies, departments and programs are spending as much as possible in order to empty their budgets. There is no reward in government for efficiency. If a department fails to spend all of its money, the reaction is it didn’t need all it got. So department heads have learned to justify their budgets they must spend all they have...