3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (464+ words) Cancer is on the rise in young people in the Bay Area. Our work at The Health Trust puts us in close proximity to many Silicon Valley families who are contending with chronic stress as they struggle to make ends…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (779+ words) Residents of a South San Jose neighborhood are organizing against plans to redevelop a single-family lot, accusing the developer behind the project of misusing state housing laws. Opponents fear the precedent the project might set if it’s allowed to move…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (642+ words) San Jose’s lack of oversight on its affordable housing portfolio has led to repeated property violations and some families making above the income limit, a city audit has found. The audit recommended the department update its software, implement a policy…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (167+ words) According to San Jose’s charter, the mayor doesn’t have the power to veto legislation or the actions of City Council. According to city documentation, the specific and unique powers of the mayor’s office allow the official to make recommendations to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (318+ words) For more than five decades, an anti-war protest known as the Chicano Moratorium has remained a touchstone for activists who fought for greater recognition, equality and an end to discrimination against their community. This weekend, San Jose organizers will once…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (798+ words) Palo Alto officials deferred a controversial pilot program on Monday that would have concentrated occupied RVs on certain streets in south Palo Alto, following significant uproar from residents. The permit pilot would cost about $400,000 for the first year and a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1324+ words) There is no shortage of challenges — and solutions — facing Silicon Valley, according to community leaders and elected officials who spoke at San Jose Spotlight’s fourth annual political festival known as PolitiBeat. The day-long series of panel discussions on Aug. 7 at…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1073+ words) María Martínez is packing up her life into boxes — well, most of it. Not all of her plants will fit, and by her conservative count, she has more than 65 of them. She, her partner and her two English bulldogs will…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (195+ words) In the midst of an unprecedented budget crisis which has caused devastating cuts in healthcare, housing, education and employment needs, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is considering investing billions of public dollars into the worst possible response to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (547+ words) For Guadalupe Cruz, the new mural in Alum Rock is impossible to miss. She passes it nearly every day on her way through the neighborhood, just minutes from the home where she has lived for decades. Ortiz said residents have…...