Why a Unanimous Vote?
The vote on the convention center has been covered extensively, but a resident I spoke to asked me to please share my view on San Jose Inside. As we know, the Council vote was unanimous in supporting...
View ArticleCouncil to Talk Team San Jose, Art
Nothing as contentious as last week’s vote to put a pension reform ballot measure to voters is featured on this week’s San Jose City Council agenda, but there are a few items of note in the final...
View ArticleStarbucks, Developer Want to Bypass City’s Living Wage Policy
San Jose will consider skirting its living wage policy to appease a massive corporation and some developers. The City Council on Tuesday will discuss an appeal from Starbucks and other vendors to be...
View ArticleStatue Featuring Rod Diridon Sr. in Works for Diridon Station
A curious cultural taboo has been openly flouted over the last two decades in San Jose, and it seems one local institution could soon double down. Valley residents who return home by plane land at...
View ArticleSJPD Criticized for Deploying Snipers at Peaceful Protest
On the day Donald Trump took the oath of office and lamented in his address the nation’s rusted-out factories and crime-plagued inner cities, protesters took to the streets of San Jose to denounce the...
View ArticleSan Jose Receives $150K Knight Cities Grant to Fund New City Designer, Avoid...
San Jose’s “Capitol of Silicon Valley” aspirations have spurred a series of development proposals with vast goals and distant endpoints. Now it’s up to the city’s new chief architect to begin...
View ArticleOp-Ed: San Jose Should Name a Street after Barack Obama
In the winter of 2008, I was walking through an economically depressed neighborhood of Cleveland, one like many others in America decimated by the mounting recession. For millions of Americans, it...
View ArticleSan Jose May Place Police Activities League Under New Management After...
An audit exposing mismanagement at San Jose’s Police Activities League has officials debating whether to bring the youth sports nonprofit under the city’s control. The City Council on Tuesday will...
View ArticleFar-Right Rally Draws Counter-Protesters Outside WorldCon 76
Police kept a close eye on dueling protests that took place Saturday outside the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, where science fiction fans gathered for WorldCon 76. One group called Predators Out...
View ArticleSan Jose to Update Street Peddling Ordinance to Comply With New State Rules
A year after former California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law that would bar cities from over-regulating or prohibiting street vendors, San Jose is expected to update its own peddler permit...
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