Vicente Vera (he/him) is a San Jose City Hall reporter covering politics, policy and government in the Bay Area’s largest city.
He has experience at NBC Bay Area and ABC10 in Sacramento where he produced heartwarming and informative stories on local communities. Before that, he graduated from San Jose State University where he worked as news editor for The Spartan Daily during its last years as a print publication.
On his downtime he enjoys writing, photography and driving through the city.
San Jose has finalized the removal of a farmhouse once home to World War II Japanese internment camp survivors to make way for a huge housing development — and one official isn’t happy about it. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a parkland agreement with Hanover Company, the developer of a 1,472-multi-family housing...
San Jose’s premier hockey arenas are receiving security upgrades to improve fan safety as attendance steadily increases. The City Council unanimously approved $1 million in improvements Tuesday for SAP Center and Sharks Ice at San Jose — including vehicle barriers and access controls, as well as key card access and detection systems. Of the $1 million being allocated from the...
Immigrant-owned businesses in East San Jose have suffered huge losses in revenue and foot traffic since reports of federal ICE officers went viral earlier this year. Fear swept through the undocumented immigrant community in San Jose after the Target store on Story Road became the location of an isolated Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in January. While...
