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4 days ago · Lights twinkle in windows, the smell of peppermint fills the air and holiday tunes jingle. In downtown San Jose, hundreds of thousands of people gather each winter to enjoy Christmas in the Park, adding to one of the busiest travel times of the year — often a stressful time as we plan get-togethers, shop for gifts and travel.
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Human flesh and blood. Confidential patient information. Fentanyl. Santa Clara County’s top prosecutor alleges his investigators found these items and more after a covert, yearlong investigation into illegal dumping by Valley Medical Center, St. Louise and O’Connor hospitals.
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Oct 9, 2024 · It’s been two weeks since San Jose Councilmember Omar Torres’ shocking text messages were exposed in legal documents. The disturbing messages show the 43-year-old bragging about performing oral sex on a 17-year-old male on a college campus, describing the genitalia of an autistic 11-year-old boy and asking a Chicago man if he’s got “homies under...
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Here’s who’s running for Santa Clara County supervisor
Jan 2, 2024 · Former San Jose Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen is a well-known politico looking to make a comeback. She began her career in public service as a Franklin-McKinley School District board member in 2002 and later became the first Vietnamese American San Jose councilmember in 2005 and vice mayor in 2011—serving on the council until 2014.
In heated Silicon Valley contest, Assemblymember Alex Lee leads …
The candidates are vying for California Assembly District 24 , which was formed during redistricting in 2020, and includes Fremont, Milpitas, Newark and the Berryessa area in northern San Jose.A little more than half of the voters are Asian American. The Silicon Valley seat is held by Lee, who won in 2020 after his predecessor Chu left the Legislature to unsuccessfully run for county supervisor.
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Google unveils portrait of massive downtown San Jose campus
Oct 7, 2020 · San Jose revealed scads of new details about Google’s plans to build a sprawling downtown campus with 7.3 million square feet of office space and 4,000 housing units spread out over more than 80 acres with improvements to public amenities, including 10 parks and the trails that will eventually connect them all. San Jose Downtown...
San Jose housing project to shelter hundreds - San José Spotlight
Apr 13, 2023 · San Jose is breaking ground on a unique transitional housing site that will support hundreds of homeless residents when complete. Preparation is underway for a three-story, prefabricated modular project on Branham Lane and Monterey Road in the south part of the city. Planning for the site in District 2 began in 2021.
UPDATE: Why is San Jose starting its own power utility?
Oct 4, 2023 · As San Jose’s power needs increase with electrification and climate change solutions, the city will explore creating its own power utility. San Jose City Council today unanimously approved the creation of San Jose Power, a city-run electric utility that is being touted as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to provide power at lower rates and bring in more competitive development.