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Councilmember Magdalena Carrasco told San Jose Spotlight AB 104 is “a godsend” because it levels the playing field for those who are disconnected and lack resources
A tragic and chaotic sight at an airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, has killed at least seven people today as the United States seeks to evacuate Americans and Afghans who supported U.S. operations there
San Jose has relied on a decades-old parking space policy that has contributed to gridlock and a car-centric culture: Three out of four commuter trips in San Jose are made by one person occupying a single car. City officials are looking for ways around that.
Years ago, San Jose created Measure G, a tax to help businesses keep up with the increasingly expensive costs of living and inflation. Businesses have seen a tax hike this year because of the measure, but city officials say they’re also seeing positive effects.
Dunkin’ Donuts coming to later this summer on Berryessa Road! unkin’ will open a brand new 2,038 sq. ft. store in Suite 60 at the 101,000 sq. ft. Market Park retail center, 1477 Berryessa Road in San Jose.
Here in the Bay Area, Asian Americans love garlic noodles. Black and Latino folks love garlic noodles. Indeed, once you start looking for garlic noodles, it seems, you find them everywhere.
More than a year after the pandemic shut down the state’s economy, Carolina Vazquez, a food vendor at the San Jose Flea Market, still doesn’t feel like her business is 100% back up and running again.
Police in San Jose on Friday confirmed that officers arrested three suspects – a woman and two teenage boys – in connection with a Wednesday afternoon fatal shooting that killed a 13-year-old boy.
Millennials, or anyone born between 1980 and 2000, often get painted as pampered do-gooders with a naive worldview, whose priorities extend only to getting sabbaticals and being allowed to work from home
Venture capital investors are pawing at the door of startups in the pet industry, which have benefited from dog-loving millennials and a surge in animal adoptions during the pandemic
JackTrip Labs, the Silicon Valley-based remote music making platform, announced it has formed a partnership with Hal Leonard, the world’s largest print music publisher and leader in digital music technology. Hal Leonard will serve as the exclusive distributor in the United States and Canada for Jack…
Representatives from the local aviation community will announce Monday that planes at Reid-Hillview Airport in East San Jose will run on unleaded fuel, marking a victory for environmental and community groups that have complained for years about the dangers of leaded fuel
Recycling reduces waste, keeps recyclable materials out of the landfill and helps protect the environment. Recycling also saves energy and valuable natural resources, and creates jobs. For more information about recycling in San José, visit: https://sanjoserecycles.org
If those running San Jose, they would not be local city council members. Instead they would be members of the city council of New York. They are creating a housing policy to get rid of single family homes, families that want the American dream. Instead they are setting housing policy to create slums, crimes and angry people.
The development, proposed for a site at 71 Vista Montana in San Jose, would consist of 509 affordable homes, according to documents filed with San Jose city planners.
Local lawmakers and housing advocates are calling on Congress to invest in more housing to help end homelessness and housing insecurity in the Bay Area.
Local lawmakers and housing advocates are calling on Congress to invest in more housing to help end homelessness and housing insecurity in the Bay Area
Mayor Sam Liccardo was joined by Councilmember Raul Peralez, Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA), and San José city staff to announce the groundbreaking of Arya, an affordable housing development that will add 87 rental units in SoFA district. Arya is the product of an exciting partnership between the City, SAHA, and other regional agencies
Winchester Apartments, a new contemporary multifamily community in San Jose, has broken ground. The project is located between the historic Winchester Mystery House and I-280
San Francisco Mayor London Breed, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf were joined by many of the region’s leading housing providers, advocates, and experts to urge California members of Congress
The tower is expected to be 16 stories high and will be located at 32 Stockton Ave., which is at a highly visible and busy corner next to key sites in downtown San Jose.
A house of worship could be the next refuge for people looking for a permanent home. San Jose and local faith leaders are proposing a change to the city’s affordable housing plans that would allow developers to build at gathering places such as churches, private clubs, lodges and theaters, bypassi…
C.A.R.’s Housing Affordability Index (HAI) measures the percentage of households that can afford to purchase a median-priced, single-family home in California. C.A.R. also reports affordability indices for regions and select counties within the state
The Housing Matters Podcast is your housing hub for market analysis, economic trends, and housing news from the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.)
In a tweet, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador claimed he and Kamala Harris spoke recently about illegal immigration, discussed fully opening US-Mexico border
“At the end of the day, a one-size-fits-all upzoning in an expansive, sprawling city like San Jose, which already has some of the worst traffic and lease-effective transit in the country is s…
As the debate heats up over whether to eliminate traditional single-family zoning in San Jose, a decision that will shape the city’s housing for decades to come, Councilmember Matt Mahan is proposing an alternative plan.
Santa Clara County and the Silicon Valley and Hispanic Small Business Development Centers have launched a grant program to reimburse small businesses that have implemented COVID-19 safety measures.
Transplant recipients, cancer patients and people with immunodeficiencies can receive a third dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine in Santa Clara County
Knight Smart Cities Lab, we’ll help community leaders and technologists explore how to leverage federal funding, data and digital technology to help make strong decisions and improve quality of life for residents in 2021 and beyond.
The Golden State continued its crackdown on requiring vaccination and testing as the unprecedented delta variant continued to drive up cases among the unvaccinated and even in the vaccinated, albeit at a much lower rate.
With an ever-expanding network of weather stations across its service area, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is positioned to refine the scope of Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events and prepare for increasingly common severe weather events
The average rent for a 1-bedroom apartment in San Jose, California is currently $2,200. The cost of older, cheaper apartments, typically rented by low-wage workers dropped far less than newer properties amid the coronavirus pandemic
Santa Clara Valley Water District declared a water shortage emergency and told its 13 retailers, including their largest retailer the San Jose Water Company, to cut water use 15% from 2019 levels, the most recent non-drought year.
It’s been two months since Santa Clara County’s water district declared a water shortage emergency. So far, preliminary data reveals that residents are heeding the warnings.
Eventbrite - Valley Water Education Outreach Program presents Wonders of Water Wednesday - Wednesday, September 23, 2020 | Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - Find event and ticket information.
In the United States, 26% of adults have some kind of disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For many, remote work has been more accessible as offices often lack situation-specific accommodations
