A neighborhood mom with a background in tech is hopping into the District 8 San Jose City Council race on a platform of fighting for the most vulnerable residents. Candidate Surinder “Suri” Kaur Dhaliwal says she is being catapulted into this race by her deep-rooted faith in Sikhism and love for her community. District 8...
San Jose officials have approved a $500,000 payout to San José Spotlight and the First Amendment Coalition following a public records lawsuit involving former Mayor Sam Liccardo. The San Jose City Council unanimously signed off on the agreement Tuesday to cover attorneys’ fees and costs for the two organizations, which formally wraps up a more...
Residents in the West San Jose Starbird neighborhood are wondering why parties with loud music and strobe lights aren’t shut down. The noise and at times lack of response by the San Jose Police Department may have led some residents to believe the city doesn’t have a noise ordinance, but that is not the case....
It appears former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is likely all in for the congressional race—and he’s already got a fundraiser coming up. Liccardo, who termed out last December after two mayoral terms, has hinted at his aspirations for higher office. But an email obtained by San José Spotlight shows he is already actively campaigning...
More than three weeks after a San Jose cop resigned following discovery of his racist text messages, police and city officials have yet to name who he was texting with. San Jose Police Department officials told San José Spotlight there is one current officer and one former officer found to be in text message threads...
A myriad of South Bay seats are set to open up with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo’s retirement—and one of the most contested may be the race for Assembly District 26. Three politicos have already hopped into the race for Assemblymember Evan Low’s seat, with the incumbent eying Eshoo’s congressional seat. Low could not yet confirm he’s running, but...
The race for the District 2 Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors seat continues to grow more contested, with education trustee Van Le announcing her candidacy. Le, 65, is an East Side Union High School District trustee who has been in that leadership role since 2010. Since arriving in San Jose as a Vietnam War refugee...
A dramatic increase in influenza-like illnesses and emergency room visits in Santa Clara County has prompted health officials to urge residents to get vaccinated. County data focused on local wastewater readings this month shows a rise in RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, as well as influenza and COVID-19. The concentration of RSV in wastewater has...
At Apple’s modern spaceship campus in Cupertino, engineers and designers work year-round on the latest iterations of the company’s iconic gadgets, always focused on the future. In a much more plain building just across Wolfe Road, the pace of change is a bit slower. In fact, not much has changed in four decades at The...
For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a holiday for gathering around the table with loved ones for a delicious meal, oftentimes with a parade or football on the television. But for the country’s Native American population, it is often a reminder of a dark history—land theft, ethnic cleansing and a continued denial of their existence to this...
