The Podlight features a bi-monthly look at the top headlines and in-depth conversations with South Bay leaders, lawmakers and influencers about policy, politics and government, delving into critical issues such as housing, technology, business, homelessness, education and development.
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How a San Jose-inspired bill could uncover public records
Rep. Anna Eshoo reflects on retirement; race to replace her heats up
Why San Jose office workers aren’t coming back
San Jose broke transparency laws. What’s next?
San Jose looks to ban homeless camps near schools
The state of the county: Mental health
San Jose’s gun safety debate
PolitiBeat 2023: A deep dive
San Jose’s fight over affordable housing funds
San Jose’s Cinco de Mayo debacle
How Silicon Valley is tackling homelessness
The drug smuggler inside San Jose’s police union
The fight for a Buddhist temple in San Jose
Massive inequality: A snapshot of Silicon Valley’s economy
Meet San Jose’s new District 10 councilmember
Meet San Jose’s new District 8 councilmember
Rain, floods and drought: A closer look
Silicon Valley’s minimum wage increase: Is it enough?
To appoint or to elect? San Jose bitterly divided
‘People wanted change’: Silicon Valley’s post election analysis
Election 2022: General predictions & analysis
Meet the candidates for Santa Clara County sheriff
Homeless deaths spike in Silicon Valley
Analysis: San Jose mayoral candidate forum
San Jose lifts lowrider cruising ban
San Jose’s lofty housing goals
The fight to close Reid-Hillview Airport
The state of downtown San Jose
An inside look at Silicon Valley’s housing market
The mental health crisis in Santa Clara County
Election Day 2022: FAQs
Election 2022: Primary predictions & analysis
Remembering Norm Mineta
Google in San Jose: A deep dive
San Jose could have ranked choice voting, 14 council distrcits
San Jose’s plan to reduce traffic deaths, theft of catalytic converters
COVID enters endemic phase, barriers to affordable housing
Santa Clara County says goodbye to masks
Counting Silicon Valley’s homeless residents
San Jose’s new gun policies: Hear from both sides
Valley Water won’t settle flood lawsuit
Why we’re suing San Jose, Liccardo, and how Bloom Energy helped write policy
Emergency workers at VMC walk off job, a new jail approved
Big plans for the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
San Jose explores allowing noncitizens to vote
San Jose’s COVID booster mandate, a rise in homeless deaths
Sheriff Laurie Smith faces corruption accusations
Then, reporter Tran Nguyen hops on to discuss the $1.6 million sale of the historic Burbank Theater.
San Jose sweeps hundreds of homeless camps
Then, reporters Lloyd Alaban and Lorraine Gabbert discuss San José Spotlight’s new documentary series highlighting the plight of essential workers during the pandemic, Backbone of Silicon Valley.