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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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’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...
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...
President Donald Trump’s exhausted attempts at including the citizenship question on the 2020 census proved unsuccessful, putting to rest a matter that some officials worried would affect local turnout. On Thursday, the president announced that he’s backing down on his efforts of including the question after admitting that an ongoing, raging legal battle would interfere with printing...
Disappointing. That was what Justin Aguilera thought of the turnout at a rally in downtown San Jose last month to support President Donald Trump’s bid for reelection. Aguilera says a “silent majority” of Republicans claim to be Democrat in Silicon Valley just to avoid “confrontation and harassment.” “There’s a lot of people that are scared....
