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Lawsuit: Silicon Valley water CEO pushed funding his private group

A new lawsuit alleges Valley Water CEO Rick Callender pushed to have his agency sponsor the NAACP California-Hawaii State...

San Jose mayor wants to clear homeless camps near freeways

San Jose has been clearing homeless encampments along city waterways, and is looking to do the same for...

UPDATE: VTA union workers reject latest contract offer

VTA bus drivers and light rail operators turned down the agency’s latest offer, sending negotiators back to the...

Santa Clara County health care workers go on strike

Scores of Santa Clara County hospital and health lab workers are on strike as the county scrambles to...

Campbell hits the brakes on new tobacco shops

One small West Valley city has some of the most smoke shops per person in Santa Clara County....

San Jose mayor and county clash over homelessness crackdown

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan wants Santa Clara County to scale up shelter and health treatment options in...

The Podlight

Meet Silicon Valley’s first Vietnamese-American county supervisor

Betty Duong made history in November by becoming the first Vietnamese-American leader elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Host Nick Preciado chats with Duong about her background and vision for the future.

Latest Opinion

The exterior glass doors to a library in downtown San Jose

Ramos: Closing the budget gap shouldn’t mean closing library doors

Our libraries are under siege — from coordinated book bans to funding cuts that threaten their very existence. Last Friday evening, the president signed an executive order to reduce funding to the Institute of Museum and Library Services, specifically threatening the Grants to States program which provides funding to local libraries. In San Jose, all departments have been asked to trim their budgets by 12% in an effort to close a $46 million budget deficit. With library funding already stripped to the bone, this would result in devastating layoffs and the loss of vital library programs for children and families....

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Trucking companies in limbo after California drops diesel big rig phaseout
Trucking companies in limbo after California drops diesel big rig phaseout
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New fire maps put nearly 4 million Californians in hazardous zones. What does that mean for the people who live there?
New fire maps put nearly 4 million Californians in hazardous zones. What does that mean for the people who live there?
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Frustrated Democrats Push for ‘Wartime Leaders’ at Bakersfield Town Hall
Frustrated Democrats Push for ‘Wartime Leaders’ at Bakersfield Town Hall
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