San Jose Inside

Aaron Resendez may be the first person to ever run for a seat on the San Jose City Council while simultaneously planning to become a registered lobbyist. The question is: should he already be registered?

San Jose could lose a $255,000 annual allotment from the state, if Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to cut a statewide recycling program goes through.

Janet Gray Hayes, San Jose’s first female mayor and the first woman to lead a major US city, died Monday in the Saratoga home she shared with her daughter.

People looking for addiction treatment in Santa Clara County often have to wait for the help they need—or resort to an emergency room.

Public safety has been the number one issue on everyone’s mind during this critical election year. That myopic obsession has effectively forced other important issues off the radar. Luckily, we have a series of opportunities in the week ahead to shift the focus.

Our public education system is a disaster. It is not the teachers, students or even the curriculum. It is the SYSTEM. We need a new innovative approach that utilizes 21st century tools to keep our students competitive.

The San Jose Police Department blotter for April 14-15 includes carjackings, a shooting and several robberies.

The city is making headway on a development that will flip the site of a defunct mental institution into a mix of public schools, trails and sports facilities.

Two San Jose cops had sex while on duty, lied about it and still kept their jobs, according to an audit out this week.

After two months of discussion, a task force formed in the wake of hate crimes that allegedly victimized a San Jose State University freshman completed a set of recommendations.

Under a regulatory proposal making its way through City Hall, all but a handful of local pot clubs would have to shutter or relocate.

San Jose Parks Foundations and similar organizations across the country all have public events to celebrate the wonder and beauty of our public parks. It occurred to us that we need something, too, so ordinary citizens can gather together.