59+ min ago   (502+ words) We recently ran an experiment to see whether our City Council would respond to questions from the public and explain its decisions. The result should concern anyone who cares about accountability in San Jose as they consider their choices in…...

4+ day, 29+ min ago   (1116+ words) Seven months into the job, Mountain View Mayor Emily Ann Ramos is knee-deep in meetings and ribbon-cutting ceremonies while also working to stay on top of some of the city’s most pressing issues. Since taking the helm in January, Ramos…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (354+ words) San José Spotlight co-founder Ramona Giwargis has been selected to serve on Knight Foundation’s first national Journalism Advisory Committee, joining newsroom leaders from across the country to help shape the foundation’s future investments in local journalism. The newly created committee…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (641+ words) Mountain View’s redesign of California Street is garnering mixed reviews, with residents split over the move to reduce driving lanes and parking to make way for new protected bike lanes. California Street is identified as a high injury corridor in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1065+ words) When San Jose dismantled its largest homeless encampment last summer, Mayor Matt Mahan praised moving hundreds of people out of Columbus Park into housing. However, residents said their experience in temporary housing has pulled them backward, not forward. While temporary…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (637+ words) San Jose is drawing up the rules of the road for automated food delivery robots, as the industry eyes local expansion. New draft regulations, unveiled this week, could pave the way for a larger rollout of the delivery bots, which…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (692+ words) A local school district is finding itself in choppy waters as it weighs the best way to provide teachers and other employees with affordable housing. Michael Melillo, a district parent and former co-chair of the Measure R campaign, said the…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (158+ words) The San Jose City Council is planning an Aug. 18 vote on high-density, by-right “missing middle” housing city-wide. The San Jose Planning Commission, which is updating the general plan, based its recommendation to do so on input from city staff. Citizens…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (590+ words) One endorsement that has raised eyebrows in the District 9 San Jose City Council race turns out to never have taken place. But recently, Hennessy’s endorsement disappeared from Altwer’s campaign website. Hennessy said he requested his endorsement be taken down because…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (473+ words) For more than a decade, Santa Clara has been consumed by one major controversy after another. Whether it’s been Levi’s Stadium, the convention center, the PAL BMX track, downtown redevelopment or the proposed City Hall move to Agnews, our community…...