San Jose casinos can reopen outdoors, lawmakers decide (San José Spotlight)
Casinos can now join the ranks of local businesses allowed to operate outdoors and have the potential to restore sorely-needed tax revenue to a struggling San Jose budget. San Jose’s two card rooms, Bay 101 and Casino M8trix, will now follow suit of other open California casinos by entertaining gues…
COVID brings change to World AIDS Day
Events commemorating World AIDS Day have largely been moved into virtual space due to the other health crisis, COVID-19, that has dominated headlines and lives this year.
San Jose leaders to craft a suicide prevention policy – San José Spotlight
Nearly three years after one lawmaker proposed the idea, the San Jose City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved adopting a citywide suicide prevention policy to raise awareness and shift resources toward a mental health epidemic that results in the death of dozens of residents each year. Councilm…
Peralez: Rushed ‘strong mayor’ initiative is politics at its worst – San José Spotlight
Today a constitutional convention will take place, proposing changing how people are represented and how government operates. A frenzy of proposals contemplating complex restructuring, an extension of current leaders’ term-limited time in office, the value of neighborhood representation, consolidati…
Downtown San Jose residents may soon get relief from blaring train horns – San José Spotlight
To stop blaring train horns from waking San Jose residents at night, a “quiet zone” proposed by city leaders could be created as early as November. According to San Jose Councilmember Raul Peralez, the city submitted a Notice of Intent to designate a partial quiet zone around crossings from Horning …
San Jose council’s Latino Caucus celebrates a win after ‘strong mayor’ defeat – San José Spotlight
Those following Mayor Sam Liccardo’s push for — and subsequent dropping of — a strong mayor ballot measure are likely to feel whiplash after Tuesday’s City Council meeting. A fiery debate culminated in a unanimous vote that left some councilmembers wondering why they had to fight so hard in the firs…
San Jose City Council could let cardrooms like Bay 101 and Casino M8trix play outdoors – Silicon Valley Business Journal
The city of San Jose could be looking to stack the deck against an impending budget deficit by letting cardrooms reopen outdoors.
San Jose launches LGBTQ business district on Post Street – Silicon Valley Business Journal
San Jose is getting its own business-focused “gayborhood” centered around a short street downtown.
Vision of San Jose’s new LGBTQ+ district now up to the public – San José Spotlight
On Post Street in downtown San Jose, in the new Qmunity district between Market Street and North 1st Street, rainbow flags and paintings have appeared, along with new maple trees and lighting. Soon, at least three murals showcasing LGBTQ+ pride will decorate the walls of businesses. What happens nex…
New SJ District to Offer LGBTQ+ Community a Place to Call Home | San Jose Inside
The district, which aims to showcases the history, culture and diversity of the LGBTQ+ community, is being planned in downtown.