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2 days ago · Silicon Valley lawmaker says stop the monkey business. South Bay politician poised to become State Assembly speaker. Candidate claims Santa Clara County DA tripped him after debate. About Us. San José Spotlight is an award-winning nonprofit newsroom dedicated to fearless journalism that disrupts the status quo, uplifts marginalized voices ...
San Jose Politics & Government News - San José Spotlight
2 days ago · Another top San Jose political leader was contacted about Councilmember Omar Torres — now facing charges of molestation and child sex crimes — more than a year before his downfall. Screenshots obtained by San José Spotlight shows a tipster — who had been in a sexual relationship with Torres — sent Vice Mayor Rosemary Kamei ...
Here’s who’s running for Santa Clara County supervisor
Jan 2, 2024 · Here’s a roundup of Santa Clara County candidates running in the primary: District 2. With Supervisor Cindy Chavez terming out, there are five candidates seeking to fill her seat and represent the district centered in San Jose, which includes swaths of downtown and East San Jose. Alum Rock Union School District board member Corina Herrera ...
New San Jose programs approve permits in days—not months
Oct 3, 2023 · Lisa Joiner, deputy building division director, said Best Prepared Designer allows experienced professionals to receive a permit within days rather than months. “Once people are enrolled in the program and submit their plans, we can get that permit issued within five days,” Joiner told San José Spotlight. “It reduces it from what ...
Vietnamese News - San José Spotlight
A worker in the San Jose mayor’s office is caught in a political storm surging through Little Saigon’s war refugee generation over claims of communist sympathies. Tara Dang, who conducts neighborhood outreach for Mayor Matt Mahan in a city with the largest Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam, sued 8 people in May for defamation.
Here’s who’s running for San Jose City Council and mayor
Dec 21, 2023 · Half of the San Jose City Council’s seats—all the even-numbered districts—are up for election this cycle, as well as Mayor Matt Mahan’s seat. Districts 2 and 6 are open seats, with current officeholders terming out, while Districts 4, 8 and 10 have incumbents running for reelection: David Cohen, Domingo Candelas and Arjun Batra ...
Pastier: On the design of Miro Towers - San José Spotlight
May 13, 2022 · John Pastier is a trained architect who was the Los Angeles Times’ first architecture critic. He has been writing about buildings and cities since 1965, and has taught at UCLA, UC Berkeley, UT Austin and McGill. He published the first monograph on architect Cesar Pelli in 1980. Miro Towers Apartments.
San Jose Local News - San José Spotlight
6 days ago · San Jose Councilmember Omar Torres allegedly sexually abused and sodomized his cousin when his relative was as young as 13, new police records obtained by San José Spotlight have revealed. The disturbing new details emerge as Torres faces three felony counts of child sexual assault, according to new court documents released after his stunning ...
Kaiser to replace old San Jose hospital - San José Spotlight
Sep 18, 2024 · Kaiser Permanente plans to rebuild its 50-year old hospital in South San Jose and city officials call it a “win-win” for residents. The San Jose Planning Commission earlier this month unanimously approved Kaiser’s plans to more-than double the size of its Medical Center on 250 Hospital Parkway. The Kaiser-financed project would demolish ...
San Jose Elections & Election News - San José Spotlight
Aug 11, 2024 · As of 5 p.m. Friday, Ahrens, district director for Assemblymember Evan Low, is ahead with roughly 56.8% of the vote, or 58,658 votes. Sreekrishnan, a deputy chief of staff and legislative director for state... San José Spotlight is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to local & state elections reporting in San Jose, Santa Clara County ...