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February 11, 2026 by

Conservative heads San Jose mayor’s governor campaign

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has bristled at being labeled right-leaning while stressing he’s a lifelong Democrat. His...

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February 10, 2026 by

UPDATE: San Jose council puts hotel tax measure on June ballot

Facing yet another major budget shortfall, San Jose leaders have greenlit a proposal to hike taxes on hotel...

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February 10, 2026 by

Here’s who paid for San Jose mayor’s Super Bowl ad

From Peter Thiel-linked tech investors to the creator of “Law & Order,” several notable people are gunning to vault...

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February 10, 2026 by

Mountain View nonprofit forgoes federal funding on principle

The Community Services Agency in Mountain View is opting to forgo some of its federal funding, rather than compromise its...

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February 10, 2026 by

San Jose homeless relocation program serves few

A pilot program to reconnect homeless people in San Jose to family outside the city had minimal effect...

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February 9, 2026 by

South Bay celebrates Super Bowl without ICE

Santa Clara County residents are breathing a collective sigh of relief as fears of federal immigration enforcement during...

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Bramson: The Super Bowl left town — homelessness didn’t

On Monday morning, Santa Clara looked like a town waking up after a very expensive house party. The barricades were coming down around Levi’s Stadium. The rental cars were streaming back toward the airport. Hotel staff flipped rooms at record speed. By lunchtime, the Super Bowl had already begun to recede into memory — another successful weekend, another headline about economic impact, another notch in the region’s belt proving it can host the world. And then there was everything else. The tents along Coyote Creek didn’t move. The families sheltering in minivans didn’t disappear. The seniors sleeping in encampments didn’t...

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The Podlight

The cost of cutting SNAP: Families on the brink in Silicon Valley

The cost of cutting SNAP: Families on the brink in Silicon Valley

With federal SNAP benefits stalling, food insecurity is rising sharply across Silicon Valley. In this episode, we sit down with Leslie Bacho, CEO of Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, to talk about the growing demand for food assistance, the human toll of federal funding cuts and what can be done to ensure no one in our community goes hungry.