Voters have their pick of eight candidates in today's special election to fill San Jose's District 4 City Council seat.
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San Jose May Waive Fees for Street Peddlers
To encourage entrepreneurship and bring businesses into compliance, the city of San Jose may suspend permitting fees for all street vendors.
Drive-Through Voting Offered in San Jose’s D4 Special Election
Hoping to bolster returns in San Jose's District 4 council race, election officials have expanded hours and ballot drop-off sites.
Phillips 66 Oil Train Opponents Say San Jose Route Risks Lives
Residents, elected officials and environmental activists are painting a doomsday scenario of what an accident involving the proposed Phillips 66 oil trains would look like in downtown San Jose.
Santa Clara Councilman Can’t Get It Right in Raffle Controversy
Just days before Pat Kolstad won re-election to the Santa Clara City Council last fall, he used campaign funds to enter a raffle put on by the nonprofit Mission City Community Fund. Just about everything since then has gone wrong.
City Council to Vote on Mayor’s March Budget Message
In his budget message going before the City Council Tuesday, Mayor Sam Liccardo proposes opening libraries to six days a week, hiring more community service officers and having the Fire Department take over ambulance service.
City Audit Recommendations Ignored for the Most Part
In 2012, a city audit found that San Jose police working off-duty security jobs lacked accountability and, in some cases, abused the system. Three years after the audit called for "urgent reform and a cultural change," more than 80 percent of those recommendations have yet to be implemented.
Photo Gallery: Mayor Optimistic in State of the City Speech
Sam Liccardo delivered his first State of the City speech as San Jose mayor Saturday morning at Independence High School, and the message was one of better times to come.
Mayor Liccardo to Deliver His First State of the City Speech
Mayor Sam Liccardo will outline key initiatives and budget priorities for San Jose in his first state-of-the-city address this weekend.
Former San Jose Mayor Returns for State Pension Reform Effort
Ex-mayor and part-time lawyer Chuck Reed will take another crack at statewide pension reform, reviving a campaign to cut public retirement costs and bolster his political legacy.
San Jose Volunteers Set Record for Litter Cleanup in 2014
With the collective force of 6,000 litter picker-uppers, San Jose was able to haul away the equivalent of 44 filled-to-the-brim semis of trash last year.
San Jose Debates Endorsement of State Minimum Wage Hike
Two years after upping its local minimum wage, San Jose may back a statewide effort to raise the minimum to $13 an hour by 2017. Mayor Sam Liccardo, who voted against San Jose's minimum wage increase in 2012, says the policy makes more sense at a state level.
City Vies for Federal Grant to Restore Fire Department Staffing
San Jose is applying for a $3.3 million federal grant that would restore nearly a third of the firefighter positions lost in a round of layoffs in 2010.
Public Safety Unions Take Hard Line in Letter to Mayor, Council
If the rhetoric is fiercest on the brink of a breakthrough, maybe the latest set of demands from San Jose's public safety unions portends progress in their labor negotiations with the city. Or not.
Campos Meets with City Staffer; Revolving Door Concerns Raised
Last month ex-San Jose Councilman Xavier Campos joined a lobbyist and consulting firm. Less than two weeks later he took a meeting with a council member's chief of staff. City Attorney Rick Doyle says that's concerning when it comes to San Jose's revolving door policy.
City of San Jose Pays 3 Former Managers $333,000 to Go Away
A new twist has transpired in the city of San Jose’s executive purge, as interim City Manager Norberto Dueñas signed off on an unprecedented buyout late last month.
