Santa Clara County

Santa Clara County

San Jose sweeps homeless providing limited services

Mary Cruz Resendez has been living on and off the streets of San Jose since 2008. Her home for the last eight months has been at Four Corners, an encampment of about 40 people at the junction of Monterey Highway and Capitol Expressway. After struggling with addiction for years, Resendez told San José Spotlight she’s now...

Silicon Valley’s hottest housing markets lose residents

Median home sale prices have skyrocketed in Silicon Valley’s hottest housing markets and residents are moving out. A new study by Joint Venture Silicon Valley found the region’s median home sale price reached a peak of $1.53 million in 2022, bolstered by three top competitive markets — Fremont, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. Heidi Young, senior...

Silicon Valley lawmakers pass a flurry of laws

This was a busy term for San Jose representatives in Sacramento. Much of their work made it to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk and was signed by Oct. 14. Most will be enacted  in January. They passed dozens of bills and secured millions of dollars for the South Bay. San Jose has two state senators and...

Santa Clara County settles dispute over threats to doctors

A prolonged dispute between Santa Clara County and its doctors appears to have come to an end. Santa Clara County has settled an unfair labor practice charge with Valley Physicians Group, a union representing more than 450 doctors in the county health system. The complaint stemmed from letters threatening unionized doctors against striking over stalled...