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April 16, 2024 by

UPDATE: San Jose names new independent police auditor

San Jose has appointed a new independent police watchdog after months of scandal and instability plagued the office...

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April 16, 2024 by

Silicon Valley water supplier plans rate hikes

Santa Clara County residents could see higher water bills in the upcoming year, as one water agency looks...

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April 16, 2024 by

San Jose community college’s newest chancellor is familiar face

After a national search, a local community college district has selected one of its own as chancellor. The...

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April 15, 2024 by

Silicon Valley congressional race recount begins

In a massive warehouse behind the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, election workers are pulling hundreds of...

A photo of Sylvia Cassell Park in San Jose, where Councilmember Peter Ortiz said a pirate ship play structure used to be. Visible in photo: A blank gravelly space with a play structure and a slide in the background. East San JoseSan Jose
April 15, 2024 by

San Jose park maintenance has multimillion-dollar backlog

A multimillion-dollar work backlog in San Jose is leaving empty spaces where playground equipment used to be, basketball courts...

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April 14, 2024 by

San Jose airport adapts to new world of travel

Ridership is climbing back up across Bay Area airports after COVID-19 sent traffic plummeting, and the battle for...

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Inside Cupertino’s move to misallocate housing funds

Inside Cupertino’s move to misallocate housing funds

Cupertino spent more than $100,000 from a fund for low-income housing on attorneys to defend itself against housing-related lawsuits, San José Spotlight first reported. Editor Nick Preciado sits down with reporter Annalise Freimarck who broke the story to learn more.

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Small planes on the tarmac of Reid-Hillview Airport in East San Jose

McHenry: The ‘whole truth’ about East San Jose airport

Starting in 1986, there have been periodic attempts by some elected officials to close Reid-Hillview Airport (RHV). In 2018, Santa Clara County voted to stop accepting Federal Aviation Administration funds for airport safety improvements, in an attempt to angle for a possible 2031 closure. Pursuant to that, in 2020, the county commissioned a lead study of the area around the airport. The study found slightly elevated levels of lead in the blood of children living within half a mile of the airport. Proponents of the airport closure are quick to say the airport is poisoning the children. But what they don’t...