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The San Jose Police Officers’ Association has blocked significant portions of its website from public access after its executive director was charged in connection with an international drug smuggling scheme. The association, which is the union that represents about 1,100 San Jose Police Department officers, previously had its website largely open to the public, including pages for its board...
Silicon Valley teachers say ethnic studies isn’t just about credentials
As Santa Clara County school districts ramp up high school ethnic studies classes, educators said more training is sorely needed at the local level to ensure quality courses on diversity are being provided. California became the first state in the nation in 2021 to require high schoolers to take ethnic studies in order to graduate....
San Jose police union’s political clout clouded by drug scandal
San Jose officials are reckoning with a path forward after federal investigators brought drug smuggling charges against the top San Jose police union administrator last week. Amid a scandal that has rocked the union, it’s unclear whether the powerful organization will lose the political clout it’s wielded in the city and wider region for decades....
Former San Jose official running for supervisor—again
Another politico has tossed her hat into the race for the District 2 seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Former San Jose Vice Mayor and Councilmember Magdalena Carrasco, 56, plans to run for Supervisor Cindy Chavez’s seat. Chavez terms out at the end of 2024, but may vacate the seat early if...
State bill would automate speed enforcement in San Jose
San Jose resident Limin Cao was walking with her daughter and their dog on a marked crosswalk on Blossom Hill Road on March 26 when Cao and the dog were struck and killed by a car, which fled from the scene. To help reduce deaths like these, the San Jose City Council is supporting Assembly...
San Jose police union fires alleged drug smuggler
The San Jose Police Officers’ Association fired its top administrator after she was hit with a list of international drug smuggling allegations from federal prosecutors in late March. The association, which serves as the union for San Jose Police Department officers, said Friday it had terminated Joanne Segovia, a 20-year employee and the organization’s executive...
San Jose student enrollment is a mixed bag
Santa Clara County’s largest school districts are dealing with declining student enrollment this school year. Yet, one group is seeing a surprising enrollment increase. Although school districts are reporting a loss in student population for the 2022-23 school year, according to new data from the California Department of Education, a deeper dive shows that’s not...
San Jose housing director to retire
Jacky Morales-Ferrand never thought her work in housing would span three decades, and she never imagined what that would entail coming to work for a city more than three times the size of Boulder, Colorado. Morales-Ferrand, who’s worked as the director of housing for San Jose since 2015, oversaw a paradigm shift in how the...
Santa Clara County health care workers must stay masked
Santa Clara County is requiring masks to be worn in hospitals and other high-risk settings, days after the state relaxed COVID-19 restrictions. County Executive Jeff Smith sent an email to staff Tuesday evening informing them that workers and visitors must continue to wear masks at county facilities including hospitals, clinics, long-term care homes, jails and...
A new push to move San Jose homeless from Coyote Creek
Valley Water is shelling out millions for San Jose to clear out homeless residents living along Coyote Creek. The $4.8 million contract with the city comes as the water agency prepares to build out mandated flood protection measures along a nine-mile stretch of the creek following the devastating 2017 floods. The nearly 120 to 200 homeless people living along the waterway...