During the past year, Valley Water biologists and other people spotted numerous Chinook salmon, juvenile steelhead and other fish species in waterways across Santa Clara County. Many of these fish were swimming and spawning in sections of creeks and rivers where Valley Water has completed habitat improvement projects specifically designed to benefit and support these...

In California, there are more than 66,000 businesses active in the digital economy. They employ more than 1.6 million Californians and account for more than 10% of the state’s GDP. Californians are disproportionately paying the costs of politically motivated legal attacks on America’s leading tech companies. Successful litigation could cost targeted firms more than 10%...

The influence of money in politics is not talked about enough, and I commend San José Spotlight for bringing up this issue in their recent article, “Silicon Valley campaign contributions expose financial loophole.” Campaign contributions, who gives them, how they are given and how much is given are often not on the minds of voters....

The fifth annual Silicon Valley Pain Index, an easily understandable, statistical overview of the structured inequalities in Silicon Valley, was recently released and features new data that highlight the region’s persistent inequalities. There are almost 200 statistics in the pain index, which can be organized around the ideas of wealth, poverty and inequality. The U.S....

If we told you there are 115 acres of vacant land in the heart of San Jose where the only visitors for 20 years have been cows and goats grazing, would you believe us? Well, it’s true. The long-closed Pleasant Hills Golf Course in East San Jose is empty. This huge parcel represents an unparalleled...