More than 60 people, some who traveled all the way to Los Altos from San Martin and Woodside, piled into a packed meeting, decked out in multi-colored plaid, cowboy hats and boots. They anxiously wrung their hands and wiped away tears as they advocated to save Bear Creek Stables from the threat of closure. For...
LaFortune: San Jose makes the best whiskey sour in the world
This holiday season, Visit San Jose, in partnership with Vine Hospitality, is telling the story of San Jose through your taste buds — for a limited time only. We are proud to introduce San Jose’s first-ever signature drink, The San Jose Sour, created with Silicon Valley innovation and a nod to our city’s rich agricultural...
Medi-Cal to cover Indigenous traditional care in Silicon Valley
Starting next year, Medi-Cal will cover traditional healing practices for Native Americans seeking treatment for substance use. Medi-Cal will expand its coverage to services provided by Native American traditional healers, including herbal medicine, music therapy and spiritual interventions like rituals. It will also cover services provided by natural helpers, including counseling and trauma support. A...
Where Silicon Valley residents can get free Thanksgiving meals
Numerous organizations are making sure people looking for a hot meal this Thanksgiving don’t go hungry. CityTeam is preparing 50 turkeys, 300 pounds of mashed potatoes and 200 pounds of vegetables for Santa Clara County residents facing food insecurity, along with other nonprofits and faith groups that have banded together to distribute free food with...
Silicon Valley NAACP to get new leadership
One of Silicon Valley’s biggest civil rights groups is changing leadership. The Rev. Jethroe Moore II has made his second and likely final exit from the NAACP San Jose/Silicon Valley after buying a home in Douglasville, Georgia six months ago. It’s opened the door for someone new to take the reins — a former county correctional officer....
Santa Clara official testifies about colleague leaking 49ers report
Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker’s perjury trial has gone on for nearly two weeks — and the judge said it’s running behind schedule. Becker is accused of lying to the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury about leaking a 2022 report on the city’s relationship with the San Francisco 49ers to former team executive...
Editorial: San Jose school districts struggle to stay afloat
The flight of families due to the high cost of living in Santa Clara County has caused school enrollment numbers to crash in East and North San Jose — and it doesn’t look like that’s going to change in the coming years. Alum Rock and Berryessa union school districts are predicting enrollment declines of 27%...
Sunnyvale to spruce up downtown pedestrian mall
Sunnyvale is taking steps to make its downtown more inviting for residents and visitors alike by beautifying its most historic block. The Sunnyvale City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved concept plans to turn the historic Murphy Avenue block of downtown into a permanent pedestrian mall, with Councilmember Russ Melton absent. The plans include more bike...
San Jose hits some homelessness goals, misses others
San Jose is inching toward its housing and homelessness goals, but still has a ways to go before it can shelter thousands of unhoused residents. The city released its latest annual homelessness report in early November detailing its progress in cleaning up the streets and waterways, sweeping encampments and building temporary housing. It met some goals,...
San Jose LGBTQ+ community grapples with Omar Torres scandal
The allegations were hard to believe. Initial reports of a child sex abuse investigation into San Jose Councilmember Omar Torres reeked of a political smear to his supporters, who had yet to see key details, in early October. For more than a year, the District 3 official faced incessant online vitriol for being an openly...