More than 10,000 comments submitted to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voice concerns about proposed open-pit mine at Juristac’s sacred tribal land.

Opponents of the revised Sargent Ranch plan say it would still disturb wildlife and tribal lands.

Santa Clara County planners released the draft Environmental Impact Report for the 403-acre project at the south end of the county.

Although the city lacks authority to deny the project, its symbolic gesture adds to a growing movement to preserve the land.

Lobbyists target county supes to push plan for mining operation on lands considered sacred by local Native Americans.

A battle is brewing between a local Native American tribe and a developer who wants to build a gravel mine just south of Gilroy.