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Thursday, September 24, 2026

A look inside San Jose politics and culture

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Santa Clara County Tightens Testing Order for Private and Nonprofit Healthcare Providers

County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody issued the revisions to the mandate, saying private providers need to step up to the plate.

Internal correspondence among the department's top brass consistently refer to the George Floyd demonstrators as "rioters."

The City Council on Tuesday voted 10-1, with Mayor Sam Liccardo dissenting, to keep the projectiles as an option for unruly protests.

Gunfire was reported around 10pm Tuesday on the 600 block of South Eighth and East Reed streets, by San Jose State University.

While the new videos offer some fresh perspective of the George Floyd demonstrations, there’s a lot missing from the official narrative.

It took a few months after the George Floyd protests to show the public even this limited footage. But, hey, it’s a start.

City and state leaders launched new initiatives to give struggling entrepreneurs a lifeline as the pandemic stretches into its sixth month.

It’s unclear when news of the decision would have reached defendants had SJI not inquired about the mayor shirking the same rule.

A bill that would’ve offered a lifeline to behind-schedule projects—like Google’s San Jose mega-campus—never made it to the governor’s desk.

Commercial developments in San Jose just got a little more expensive to build, but the extra costs will go to new affordable homes.

While cops used the blunt instrument of a time limit to disband protests, Sam Liccardo repeatedly flouted the curfew to squeeze in a bike ride.

The San Jose mayor applauded the proposal, calling SB 940 a watershed moment for the city and the pristine open space around it.

They also burned a flag and pelted the home with paintballs—all in apparent backlash to Sam Liccardo’s distaste for defunding police.

The linkage fee on commercial developments—offices, warehouses, hotels and retail shops—would fund affordable housing in the city.

The fires burning in the mountains south and west of San Jose have pushed 77,000 people to flee from Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties.

Mayor Sam Liccardo issued a statement Monday calling Rick Doyle, a lifelong civil servant, one of the city's “greatest champions.”