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Friday, January 30, 2026

A look inside San Jose politics and culture

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Campbell Police Chief Defends Planned BearCat Purchase

The BearCat has been on the Campbell Police Department’s wish list ever since it returned a V150 armored rescue vehicle to the DOD.

Gateway Tower has been controversial because it will demolish two century-old buildings in the low-slung SoFA arts neighborhood.

Hundreds of public defense attorneys from throughout the country speak out in solidarity with their colleague in Santa Clara County.

For decades, San Jose’s mayor has lacked the powers afforded to big-city counterparts across the country. But that could change this fall.

The chief also pledged to prevent cops fired for misconduct from being hired elsewhere, and affirmed his own willingness to do better.

Unsheltered people are dying in the streets, creeks, cars and shelters while “we” are more concerned about when we can get our next haircut.

It is time to build a new moral vision for our city, one centered on affordability and vibrancy. It’s time to build a Cupertino for all.

Santa Clara County health officials are looking to increase testing capacity to 1,300 a day. But they’ve hit a road block getting there.

The San Jose to Merced section of the HSR would connect Silicon Valley to the Central Valley with a reliable high-speed travel option.

Early reports indicate that rates of sexual assault and intimate partner violence are on the rise as people are forced to shelter in place.

Google’s parent company has reportedly halted negotiations to buy or lease more than 2 million square feet of real estate in the region.

Many among the rank-and-file at the long-embattled 4C Council fear that Ben Menor will run yet another nonprofit into the ground.

The county’s chief health officer talks about what would have happened had she not issued the nation’s first sweeping stay-at-home order.

There is a wide variety of face masks anyone can use, including rudimentary paper dust masks, often used for home DIY projects.

But if people ignore public health guidelines about staying six feet apart and at home as much as possible, as many as 16,000 could die.

As Santa Clara County public health authorities battle a mounting pandemic, what they don’t know can actually hurt us.