Women often feel we should support other women running for office. But a few local female candidates prove the importance of substance over sisterhood.
Parents of a mentally unstable teenager shot and killed by a San Jose police officer say a report clearing the officer ignores evidence that the encounter unnecessarily turned deadly.
City officials will consider reducing local speed limits and ramping up enforcement to curb traffic fatalities, which rival the annual number of homicides in San Jose.
To step in line with unprecedented state mandates limiting water use, city of San Jose officials will consider a long list of local restrictions on lawn-watering, car-washing and serving water at restaurants.
A proposed bill would give cities authority to regulate pedestrian right-of-ways, which would help San Jose enforce curfews and other rules at the Communications Hill staircases.
Four months ago Fly detailed the swift decline in power of the Campos Clan. The process now appears near completion and Assemblymember Nora Campos (D-San Jose) is understandably desperate.
California’s political elite, including Gov. Jerry Brown, turned out in mass Wednesday at the State Capitol to honor the late former State Sen. John Vasconcellos. “John always believed people were born good,” Brown said. “I have a darker view.”