San Jose squeezes more than half of its affordable housing in areas with some of the lowest household incomes in the city.
Boosters claim an economic revival is within reach for the heart of Silicon Valley. But those in the city’s core are skeptical.
Tenants have to pay at least 25% of their owed rent from the past year or apply for rental assistance to avoid evictions.
San Jose's quest to find more affordable housing sites has brought it to approve an unorthodox piece of real estate.
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Parking in some East San Jose neighborhoods is so difficult that residents place traffic cones along the curbs just to reserve a spot.
Fall visits to Campbell pumpkin fields help you score the best jack-o’-lanterns, but they may also inspire DIY costumes.
Kids haunt Campbell pumpkin patches and fields every fall to pick out the best jack-o-lanterns and to connect with nature.
The eviction moratorium, which protects tenants from being kicked out for not paying rent, ends on Thursday.
Marissa Santa Cruz was celebrating her 22nd birthday with her boyfriend Paea I'suva Tukuafu when the party abruptly ended.
San Jose is boosting housing and employment options for unhoused residents as part of a plan to address a growing homeless crisis.
San Jose is the largest city in California to ban flavored tobacco products in an effort to curb nicotine addiction among children.
The San Jose City Council will charge developers a fee if they use cranes taller than the city’s building height limit.
Tobacco products that come in eye-catching packages with fruity, sweet and minty flavors could soon be pulled off the shelves in San Jose.
Financial struggles and a torrent of lawsuits have all but killed the largest co-living building in the world.
A shuttered elementary school in San Jose may become an affordable housing site, much to the chagrin of nearby residents.
Between July 29 and Sept. 3, 464 people were hospitalized in the county due to COVID-19.
Councilmembers refused to advance San Jose Councilmember Matt Mahan's idea of creating modular prefabricated housing on county-owned land.
A plan called “Compassionate and Clean San Jose” would triple the number of emergency housing units in the city.
A coalition of San Jose residents are fuming that their elected leader left them out of the discussions.
San Jose Councilmember Matt Mahan has a solution to help end homelessness: Prefabricated homes on public land.
The COVID-19 pandemic hit San Jose tourist attractions hard, but some have found creative ways to bring back visitors.
Gov. Newsom announced the state is tripling the size of a post-pandemic initiative to provide emergency housing for residents.
Despite decades of robust efforts and hundreds of millions of dollars spent, San Jose's homelessness crisis continues to grow.
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As Santa Clara County emerges from COVID-19, workers are returning to their jobs, which means drive-time traffic jams are returning, too.
Southgate Liquors was a fixture in South San Jose that provided one of the largest selections of craft beer and liquor.
The City Council ousted Brian Doyle two weeks ago in a closed door meeting and did not explain why.
A preliminary report claims that the sheriff refused to turn over records of an aborted internal investigation.
San Jose activists pushed back against top city administrators who want to squeeze them out of a process to reform police.
Gabriela Chavez-Lopez learned about the power of organizing from an early age.
“By the end of two weeks we pretty much had everybody off-site and in temporary shelter,” HomeFirst CEO Andrea Urton said.
Those who refuse to get vaccinated without an approved exemption or balk at the requirement could face punishments up to termination.
San Jose wants to lower its greenhouse gas emissions and is looking at eliminating required parking spaces to get there.
Raymond Ramsey was baffled that he learned about a recent COVID infection in his building through the local gossip mill.
The city plans to transform the dilapidated flatlands at Columbus Park in North San Jose into a premier public park and plaza.
“It’s an exciting revamp of an iconic downtown structure—urban revitalization at its best.”
Trinh Trinh, an East San Jose resident, is one of the countless elderly residents who can’t leave the house for a vaccination.
“We had high hopes for the model, but as we got into it, it was a mixed bag.”
After 11 years at the helm, SOMOS Mayfair Executive Director Camille Llanes-Fontanilla is leaving.