As thousands of people lost power in San Jose during a scorching August heat wave, Mayor Sam Liccardo condemned PG&E for having aging infrastructure and accused them of lying. “You are hearing messages from PG&E suggesting over the last several days we have been suffering from rolling blackouts prompted by decisions from the California Independent...

The proposed Cambrian Park village, featuring a walkable Main Street connecting a central park to shops, restaurants and homes, could be one of the first developments to pay San Jose’s recently adopted commercial linkage fee designed to support future affordable housing projects. The project from Weingarten Realty plans to bring an additional 25 townhomes, 48...

San Jose dropped the idea of prosecuting people who violated a curfew during the George Floyd protests. The decision was announced the same day San José Spotlight reported one of those violators was Mayor Sam Liccardo. The four-day, 8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew enacted by City Manager Dave Sykes May 31 sought to quell...

It’s been 170 days since Santa Clara County residents danced the night away with drinks in hand to their favorite live music or DJ set. While restaurants started serving food outdoors, schools took learning online and hair salons starting cutting hair inside, San Jose’s nightlight and entertainment industry remains shuttered. The industry appears to be...

For months, lobbyists from some of San Jose’s most powerful organizations have privately met with politicians and government officials — and nobody knows why. Week after week, two prominent business groups — the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) and the San Jose Downtown Association (SJDA) — have filled out weekly lobbying disclosures, which require them...

A study highlighting the roles of immigrants in San Jose and the struggles they’ve faced during COVID-19 is leading the city to create more inclusive relief measures. New American Economy (NAE), a national nonprofit immigration research and advocacy organization which last month released the study “New Americans in San Jose Metro Area,” examined the role...

Residents of Evergreen are raising new concerns over a proposed Buddhist temple in their San Jose neighborhood which now seeks to change zoning of the site. Wat Khmer Kampuchea Krom wants to rezone the lot from a residential zone to a Public-Quasi-Public (PQP) zone, which residents fear will lead to a more “intense” use of...

As people in downtown San Jose got arrested and detained for violating the city’s curfew amid widespread protests over the police killing of George Floyd in May, Mayor Sam Liccardo rode his bike multiple days after curfew without repercussions. That’s according to J.T. Stukes, a longtime activist who discovered the mayor’s activity on Strava, a...

After more than five years of stalled talks, San Jose will begin charging commercial developers fees to fund affordable housing — a move housing advocates said is long overdue. Following hours of debate past the 12 a.m. curfew on Sept. 2, the City Council implemented the controversial fees in a 7-4 vote. Councilmembers Raul Peralez,...