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Two days after federal prosecutors announced a bombshell drug charge against the San Jose police union’s office manager, she made her first appearance in court. Joanne Segovia, who the U.S. Attorney’s Office charged this week with attempting to illegally import a form of fentanyl, surrendered to authorities today at the federal courthouse on South First...
Lack of political will tanked ex-San Jose leader’s PG&E idea
Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo once called for Pacific Gas & Electric—one of the largest public utilities in California—to be “customer-owned” through a nonprofit, cooperative firm. His idea was quashed when the company emerged from bankruptcy in 2020, but the concept might still be possible if the circumstances are right. PG&E began to spiral toward...
Longtime Santa Clara County politico looks to make history
Betty Duong is no stranger to being the first. Now, the longtime community advocate has her eye on being the first Vietnamese supervisor in Santa Clara County. Duong, 42, said she’s running for the District 2 Board of Supervisors seat and plans to make the announcement official in downtown San Jose this Sunday. Experts and...