April 8, 2019 San Jose City Council Set to Review Housing Investment Plan By Lloyd Alaban The City Council will hear an update on the city’s affordable housing plan, among other development-related items on the agenda. Read More 11
April 5, 2019 Op-Ed: VTA Should Use Measure B Funds to Save Critical Bus Service By Judy Purrington, Andrew Boone, Monica Mallon The VTA can and should re-allocate funds from its Measure B highway programs to protect highly used bus lines in Santa Clara County. Read More 11
February 12, 2019 VTA May Cut Service on ‘Hotel 22,’ Region’s Only 24-Hour Bus Route By Jaqueline McCool That Valley Transit Authority may discontinue some routes and reduce frequency on others in response to a looming budget shortfall. Read More 4
February 4, 2019 SJ City Council to Review Series of Affordable Housing Proposals By Lloyd Alaban A slate of proposals could add hundreds of below-market-rate residential units to San Jose’s intractably deficient housing stock. Read More 13
January 30, 2019 With Measure B Tax Revenue Freed Up, Work Begins on Critical Transportation Improvements By Jennifer Wadsworth Two years after county voters OK’d the sales tax for transportation upgrades, the public will finally start to reap its rewards. Read More 14
January 10, 2019 Knight Foundation Names Chris Thompson as San Jose Director By Lloyd Alaban The Knight Foundation, a nonprofit promoting arts and culture, welcomed head of San Jose investments. Read More 1
December 11, 2018 San Jose Unveils ‘Tiny Homes’ Prototype Ahead of Vote on Pilot Homeless Shelter Program By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose expects to have 80 tiny cabins built by next summer to house homeless people until they find a long-term place to stay. Read More 18
December 7, 2018 VTA Considers Service Cuts, Fare Hikes, Employee Buyouts to Cope with Budget Shortfall By Silicon Valley Newsroom The VTA is bracing for employee buyouts, fare hikes and reduced bus service to cope with a $20 million deficit in 2019. Read More 15
November 16, 2018 Wildfire Smoke Prompts VTA to Offer Free Rides; South Bay Public Schools Remain in Session By Silicon Valley Newsroom As the air continues to register as hazardous in the South Bay, the VTA is offering free rides while schools promise to excuse absences. Read More 0
October 19, 2018 Silicon Valley’s Half-Cent Transit Sales Tax Clears Legal Hurdle By Silicon Valley Newsroom An appellate court has ruled that Santa Clara County’s half-cent sales tax known passed in 2016 as Measure B is legal. Read More 4
August 1, 2018 Public Agencies’ Secret Sexual Harassment Settlements Cost South Bay Taxpayers Millions By Jennifer Wadsworth While state agencies have undergone a reckoning over sexual harassment, local governments have largely escaped scrutiny—until now. Read More 21
July 9, 2018 Authorities Arrest Two Men Suspected of Multiple Sexual Assaults in San Jose, Milpitas By Silicon Valley Newsroom Police have arrested two accused sexual assailants who attacked several victims in San Jose and Milpitas in the span of a few days this past week. Read More 4
April 26, 2018 Op-Ed: Local Agencies Ask Public to Help Design Berryessa-BART Urban Village, N. 13th St. Corridor By Fred Buzo AARP, the city of San Jose and VTA host a design charrette for the Berryessa-BART urban village and North 13th Street business corridor. Read More 2
April 5, 2018 By the Numbers: Silicon Valley’s Long-Awaited BART Extension By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose Inside takes a look at the cost and impact of BART’s long-awaited extension into Silicon Valley. Read More 19
April 2, 2018 BART Backs One-Tunnel Option for Downtown San Jose Extension By Jennifer Wadsworth The long-awaited BART extension to San Jose’s urban core will involve one tunnel instead of two—a big win for downtown businesses. Read More 5
February 28, 2018 Did Two Politically Connected Developers Get a Pass on VTA Project’s Key Requirement? By Julia Baum Ties between developers and the VTA board suggest that political favors tainted bidding for a mixed-use project by the Tamien station. Read More 19