Authorities continue to warn of harmful air quality as smoke drifts into Santa Clara Valley from numerous wildfires burning around the region.
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Hours of Terror Ended, Thanks to Neighbor ‘John,’ Two Strangers and a Dog Named Brown
“This was a ... heroic thing that that resident did,” Sheriff Jim Hart said about the civilian intervention that apprehended a dangerous gunman.
Election 2020: Seven Candidates Vie for Open Seat in California’s 15th State Senate District
In the last installment of our primary election series, we move to the 15th State Senate District, where seven people are in the running.
2019: A Year in Review
A guide to all the stories you missed, forgot or wanted to forget in the Year of Our Lord MMXIX.
Gilroy Shooting Victims Share Harrowing Stories of Survival
Attendees caught in the gunfire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on that tragic day last month now face a long road to recovery.
San Jose Council Mulls Plans for Coyote Valley, Measure T Funds
San Jose officials will discuss conservation plans for one of the largest remaining expanses of wild land in Silicon Valley.
Oak Grove Unified School District Poised to Close Four Campuses
The struggling San Jose school district still does not have a long-term solution, either for declining enrollment or its financial struggles.
Amah Mutsun Native Americans Partner with Feds on Land Deal
Under a new pact, the Amah Mutsun tribe of Native Americans have equal authority over a vast expanse of their ancestral lands.
2015: A Year in Review
A year in review is rarely pretty, and 2015 was no exception. Here’s a brief list of the some of the biggest stories that made it a year to remember, and soon leave behind.
Winter Is Coming: Scientists Compare Past El Niño Storms
One thing is certain: It’s going to rain this winter. Possibly a lot. And maybe, in a way Northern California hasn’t seen in decades.
Tiny Homes Present Big Ideas for Transforming Urban Ecosystems
Houslets, a project offering open-source prototypes of tiny homes, is one of nine San Jose finalists vying for a slice of $5 million in grant money being distributed across the country by the Knight Cities Challenge.
Driving a Deadly Weapon Requires Following the Law
Food for Thought
Why is it that every time we get behind the wheel of a powerful automobile weighing thousands of pounds we think it gives us the individual right to break the laws that were put in place to protect everyone? Last week’s avoidable vehicular killing of a young girl by an unlicensed driver in the Rose Garden neighborhood may be the latest example, but is by no means an isolated incident, as statistics from across the country show.
Single Gal and What I’m Thankful For
With the approaching Thanksgiving holiday, it is always a good use of time to reflect on what is important to you and those you care about. In addition to the obvious, friends and family, here are some things that I’m thankful for this year:
Remembering Leonard McKay
It has been a year since our good friend, fellow columnist and in-house San Jose historian Leonard McKay passed away suddenly. There isn’t a day that goes by that we don’t think of him and his preservation work for our community. I certainly miss the almost-daily chats I had with him the last couple of years of his life. I don’t think I ever learned so much from one person in such a short period of time. I would like to take this opportunity to remember my friend Leonard and his efforts to preserve our history—buildings, artifacts, documents and stories—for future generations of San Jose citizens. I am reprinting one of his last columns below as a tribute.
How Andrew P. Hill Saved the Redwoods
Have you ever been to Big Basin Park and stood under a giant redwood, the tallest living trees on earth, and wondered how and why they are still here? This is the story of the man who saved them: artist and photographer Andrew Putnam Hill.
Hill came to California in 1867 at the age of 14, just before the continental railway was built. His father, Elijah, had made the journey just before Andrew was born, but before he reached the golden land, Elijah and a companion were attacked by Indians. Elijah survived the fight, but he died a week later of exposure and exhaustion.
The Promise of San Jose
I do like give and take; it’s healthy, it’s in my nature, and I believe that is the tradition of San Jose—a hallowed one. But if our next mayor’s race becomes the traditional American election, one full of personalities but short of vision, replete with attacks, more thunder than light, then we all lose. Our city needs the next campaign to be about ideas and issues rather than platitudes and endorsements and who is the “nicest.” With that goal in mind, I’d like to speak about issues and an idea or two—those things that we need to be the focal points of the next mayoral election, namely growth, a big park, safety and ethics.
