San Jose is looking for a new e-scooter partner after negotiations with the exclusive vendor fell through. Scooter users were surprised to see an announcement in the Spin app last week, saying it would end services on Aug. 27 in San Jose. City officials said they declined to renew the company’s permit because Spin never...
An animated Gavin Newsom on Wednesday shared his pitch for how to turn around the Democrats’ brand and better oppose President Donald Trump’s administration, identifying the party’s ailments with a one-word diagnosis. “At the end of the day, to me, the essence of the challenges of the party is weakness,” the California governor told Politico...
One of Valley Water’s most controversial and costly projects has been shelved indefinitely. The water district’s board of directors unanimously voted Tuesday to suspend the Pacheco Dam expansion project after eight years, which would have brought the dam’s water capacity from 5,500 acre feet of water to 140,000 acre feet of water. Directors cited the...
By David Fischer, Kate Payne, Morgan Lee and Eugene Johnson, AP writers California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions of dollars of federal funding if they continue failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made...
Two nonprofits have teamed up to make it easier for students in East San Jose to get to school. Good Karma Bikes is partnering with YMCA Silicon Valley to provide third through fifth grade students in the Berryessa Union School District with bicycles, many of whom have a longer distance to travel after the closure...
Santa Clara County health officials are urging families to prioritize vaccinating their children as students return to school and looming federal cuts threaten health care funding. Dr. Sarah Rudman, acting health officer and director of the Santa Clara County Public Health Department, said vaccinations should be at the top of back-to-school lists. Many county clinics...
As efforts to clean up trash and clear homeless residents from local waterways continue, officials are working to make sure people don’t just move from one location to the next due to lack of housing. Valley Water has removed 462 homeless encampments from its land since implementing a no camping policy at the end of...
Cupertino resident Vidula Aiyer’s idea to address food waste and hunger in her community is simple — gather volunteers to pick fruit that would otherwise rot on residents’ trees and give it to people in need. All she requires is an 8-foot ladder, buckets and free access to strangers’ backyards. Aiyer, who leads the Rotary...
The partnership between two Silicon Valley transit agencies is souring amid accusations of a lack of communication involving the region’s most significant expansion project. BART leaders say they’re frustrated that VTA failed to share critical updates about the Silicon Valley expansion project before announcing them publicly, according to recent letter obtained by San José Spotlight. The two agencies are...
One local lawmaker wants to put high fire risk communities at the forefront of wildfire prevention and mitigation, with federal help. Congressman Sam Liccardo is launching a regional partnership between the federal government and local cities to support wildfire prevention efforts. The partnership aims to strengthen multi-jurisdictional communication in the face of climate change, while...
