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JMA Ventures, LLC — new owners of the Hayes Mansion in south San Jose — has plans to begin a multi-million dollar makeover on the luxury hotel in December. Although plans haven’t been finalized, the renovation includes an upgrade of the hotel’s guest rooms and common areas, said Hayes Mansion General Manager Jeff Carpenter in...
San Jose Submerged: A flood website launched for victims, whistleblowers
A new website dubbed San Jose Submerged is detailing “the history of negligence” by government agencies that failed to protect San Jose residents from disastrous flooding two years ago and pushing to ensure they get compensated. “It’s so unbelievable that this happened in San Jose in the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley and folks were...
Santa Clara County receives $4M to fight wildfires
Flames from last year’s destructive wildfires scorched away entire towns, shattered families and killed nearly a hundred people, shocking the nation as it stood by and watched California ablaze. As this year’s wildfire season arrives, Santa Clara County leaders announced Monday that they’re gearing up with $4 million in state funds to buy new technology...
San Jose flooded by parked cars despite push for transit-oriented future
Unlike affordable housing, there is no shortage of cars in San Jose. This proves to be a burden for many residents returning home to overcrowded or high-density apartment complexes, during the evening or late at night. In San Jose, cars pile up along public streets — some abandoned and others parked for weeks — spilling...
San Jose’s new website won’t debut until late fall
A massive makeover of San Jose’s antiquated website planned for March has been delayed, in part, because of the webmaster fleeing for a neighboring city and San Jose’s difficulty finding a replacement in the heart of tech innovation. However, city staff say an even better design is expected to launch late this fall. “I would say what...
Bay Area college students claim suppression by administration
A sign on the Ohlone College campus in Fremont boasts “students first” but the Associated Students at the community college say the message they’re getting from the school’s administration tells a different story. A high-stakes fight between the college’s student leaders and its top administrators has touched off a debate over student independence and free...
Three Bay Area mayors, including Liccardo, discuss crippling housing crisis
Three mayors from cities in the Bay Area spoke at a panel in San Francisco Wednesday to discuss long-term solutions to ease one of the region’s most critical political challenges — the housing crisis and its growing aftermath. The mayors, Sam Liccardo from San Jose, Jesse Arreguin from Berkeley, and Steve Scharf from Cupertino, weighed...
San Jose City Council: Who pays their staff the most?
Who pays interns? Also working on the floor is a few dozen interns – but they’re not all paid. Most of the councilors without paid interns, however, said that they often offer interns salaries if they wish to continue past their internship period. A spokesperson for Liccardo confirmed that while his office offers year-round paid fellowship programs,...
Santa Clara police chief set to retire early — what now?
Santa Clara’s Police Chief Mike Sellers is set to retire more than a year before his term ends, leaving elected officials in the hot seat to decide who will be his successor, and already we know of at least one contender: Sgt. Pat Nikolai. The South Bay city is the only municipality in the state...
Election 2020: Early endorsements from Silicon Valley business and labor
With eight months until the March primary, San Jose City Council candidates are snatching early endorsements from powerful business and labor groups in an effort to stake out a path to victory. The two powerful and competing interests in San Jose politics — the silicon valley organization and South Bay Labor Council — are picking...