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A Voter’s Guide to California’s 17 Statewide Ballot Measures
Seventeen state initiatives have made their way onto the fall ballot, including some of the most complex laws ever put to a popular vote.
Plan for Century Dome Theaters Site Triggers Legal Challenges
Plans to redevelop the site of the Century theater domes have triggered opposition from preservationists, a neighboring city and a developer.
A Second Look at Steve Brown’s Meltdown, Bizarre Voting History
Steve Brown is a special guy. How else to explain his position to allow businesses to discriminate against gay people? Then there’s his voter record.
Op-Ed: Vote ‘Yes’ on A for Affordable Housing
Measure A is a monumental opportunity for our community to rise to the challenge and provide support to our community members who need our help.
Volunteers Needed for 32nd Annual Coastal Cleanup Day
A recruitment effort is underway to bring thousands of litter picker-uppers to South Bay creeks for Coastal Cleanup Day this weekend.
San Jose Looks at Ways to Bolster Disaster Preparedness
San Jose—home to the highest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the United States—is woefully underprepared for emergencies.
San Jose Council Candidate Crashes Press Event, Denies Claims of LGBT Discrimination
Council candidate Steve Brown crashed a press conference convened to denounce his views on discrimination against the LGBTQ community.
San Jose’s District 2 Voters Have Tough Call on Brown, Jimenez
Both Steve Brown and Sergio Jimenez come from humble, if not hardscrabble, beginnings, and these origins led them to vastly different views of the world.
Protest Held at Jail after Release of Stanford Rapist Brock Turner
Brock Turner walked out of jail after three months of incarceration for sexually assaulting a woman last year after a campus party.
DA Jeff Rosen Reports Back on His 2015 Tour of German Prisons
District Attorney Jeff Rosen will deliver a presentation about his 2015 tour of German prisons, which are considered a model of progressivism.
San Jose Expected to Declare Police Staffing ‘Emergency’
To address a critical police staffing shortage, San Jose is expected to suspend union protections to reassign detectives back to patrol.
Letter to the Editor: Selective Enforcement Is Unconstitutional
One of the men arrested in a gay cruising sting wonders how San Jose’s understaffed police force prioritized undercover ops at Columbus Park.
Campbell Councilman Arrested on Domestic Violence Charge
Campbell Councilman Jeffrey Cristina was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of domestic violence, according to city officials.
LGBTQ History Comes out of the Shadows, into K-12 Classrooms
Five years after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the FAIR Education Act, California’s public schools are now rolling LGBTQ history into the coursework.
New Laws Attempt to Keep Youth Offenders Out of Justice System
A spate of new laws will reduce penalties for minors as part of a push by policymakers to keep kids out of the criminal justice system.
