New Guadalupe River mural more than an artistic statement
Alfonso Salazar’s “We Are Still Here” pays tribute to the region’s Muwekma Ohlone tribe.
UPDATE: San Jose Approves Plan To Spread Out Multi-Unit Affordable Housing
San Jose residents could soon see affordable housing crop up in unexpected neighborhoods.
Silicon Valley transit agency workers demand hazard pay – San José Spotlight
VTA’s largest union is demanding back hazard pay for bus drivers, light rail operators and other essential transit workers who have worked throughout the pandemic. “If it wasn’t a dangerous situation… then you have to ask yourself, why was the majority of VTA management working from the comforts of…
San Jose breaks ground on affordable housing for seniors – San José Spotlight
Homeless seniors will have another place to live in San Jose next year—on the site of a historic market. Local elected officials and nonprofit leaders gathered Monday on the site of the former Dick’s Supermarket north of Japantown for the groundbreaking of Villas at Fourth Street, a 93-unit affordab…
San Jose to receive funding for train quiet zone – San José Spotlight
San Jose residents might get some respite from blaring trains at night thanks to new funding from the state. Senate Bill 129, authored by state Sen. Nancy Skinner of Berkeley, gives $8 million in one-time funding to partially pay for rail crossing improvements along the Warm Springs Corridor running…
San Jose neighborhood bus stops struggle with upkeep – San José Spotlight
Spartan-Keyes neighborhood resident Aurelia Sanchez won San Jose’s Litter Volunteer of the Year award in 2012. But despite her best efforts, Sanchez says the neighborhood’s litter has only gotten worse. The latest complaint among locals is dirty bus stops. “As a longtime park volunteer and litter vo…
UPDATE: San Jose continues talks on stripping felons of retirement benefits – San José Spotlight
A proposal by San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo to shut felonious city workers out of their retirement benefits will move to a future “closed session” meeting, a San Jose committee decided Wednesday. The city’s Rules and Open Government Committee ultimately decided with a 4-1 vote to move the proposal to …
San Jose councilmember mourns friend lost in VTA shooting – San José Spotlight
San Jose Councilmember Raul Peralez waited to hear back from a childhood friend following Wednesday’s shooting at a Valley Transportation Authority light rail yard—a VTA overhead lineman at the light rail for close to 10 years. His shift ended around 8 a.m., an hour and a half after reports of the …
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