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Los Gatos eases pole requirement for developments

Los Gatos’ famous poles with orange netting and flags are a thing of the past on some development...

Super PAC pays for Silicon Valley congressional recount

A new political action committee was formed to pay for a recount of the contentious Congressional District 16...

Milpitas police launch transparency website

Milpitas residents can review police data on crimes and other incidents with the launch of a new digital...

Santa Clara County to study ban on artificial turf

Santa Clara County may need an abundance of lawn mowers if artificial turf is banned on public playing...

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...

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...

The Podlight

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.

Latest Opinion

The exterior of Regional Medical Center in East San Jose

Editorial: State should step in to save San Jose trauma center

Four months. That’s all the time Santa Clara County officials have to try and prevent a health care crisis in its public hospital system when Regional Medical Center shuts down its trauma center. By August, the only remaining trauma centers in the county will be at Stanford University Medical Center and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (VMC). VMC will see a 70% bump in trauma patients in a public hospital system that doesn’t have the staffing or bandwidth to handle the caseload. The Board of Supervisors must take action to prevent this calamity. The culprit — who Supervisor Cindy Chavez...