Liccardo says San Jose BART needs to be scaled down, a major admission from...
Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo says the project to bring BART to the city’s downtown needs to be scaled down, citing ballooning costs that have now amounted to $12.2 billion, a stunning admission...
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San Jose aims to ban homeless encampments along downtown’s Guadalupe River, a...
San Jose officials on Saturday announced plans for an encampment ban covering a half-mile stretch of downtown’s Guadalupe River, a first-of-its-kind policy that represents the latest push by city...
View ArticleMayor: BART San Jose plans should remain, but revision “should be on the table”
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is leaving little room open for any changes to the region’s largest-ever transportation proposal, despite a call last week by his predecessor, a longtime champion of the...
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San Jose’s construction wage theft ordinance passes unanimously, an effort...
In a major win for the city’s labor faction, the San Jose’s City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a new ordinance that aims to prevent wage theft at construction sites by making it impossible...
View ArticleDid VTA mislead the public on start date of BART $76 million tunneling...
The timetable for when San Jose’s $12.2 billion BART extension will start excavating dirt with its “worm-like” tunnel boring machine — widely reported as next year during its purchase in the fall — now...
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VP Kamala Harris, in San Jose, on abortion rights: “This is a fight that is...
Vice President Kamala Harris whipped up support among Democrats fighting for access to abortion in her home state on Monday, lambasting former President Donald Trump and his Republican Party for...
View ArticleEven more than $12.2 billion? Chief of BART San Jose says feds could raise...
South Bay residents shocked by last fall’s price jump for the San Jose BART extension — from $9.1 billion to $12.2 billion — may need to brace themselves again. In a turn of events that could have...
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Click clack craze: San Jose’s mechanical keyboard shop will have you throwing...
Want your computer keyboard to light up every time with neon colors when you type? Want there to be a small icon of a cat with boba on one of the keys — or all of them? Want to feel like you’re typing...
View ArticleMahan pulls in over $750,000, sailing into near certain re-election for S.J....
With a moderate stance on housing and homelessness, Mayor Matt Mahan will likely sail into re-election as he faces no serious competitors vying for his seat in the March primary, more than a year after...
View ArticleTarget clerk blames Gov. Newsom for retail theft. She didn’t realize he was...
California’s retail theft problem got personal for Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday when he shared a story about confronting a Target store clerk who didn’t stop a man from taking merchandise without...
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