Former San Jose Councilor and Santa Clara County Supervisor candidate Johnny Khamis shares his perspective on construction delays
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Study of Western Wildfires Links COVID-19 Cases to Smoke
The authors of a Harvard University study said they found evidence linking smoke from wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington in 2020 to rising COVID cases and deaths.
Santa Clara County Files Petition Urging EPA To Enact Nationwide Ban of Leaded Aviation Gasoline
The petition, which was filed with a nationwide coalition of community groups, follows a study commissioned by Santa Clara County that found aviation gasoline emissions increase blood lead levels in children.
VTA Light Rail Trains Return, Passengers Are Next, Possibly This Week
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority began to run trains along selected test routes in preparation for restoring passenger service as early as the end of the week.
VTA Employee Who Witnessed Mass Killing in San Jose Dies of Apparent Suicide
The 10-year employee was a paint-and-body worker at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard, scene of the May 26 attack by a fellow worker who shot and killed nine VTA colleagues before turning a gun on himself.
Family of San Jose Hit-and-Run Victim Pleads with Public to Help Find Suspect
San Jose Polce released a video of the car involved in the tragic hit-and-run death of wheelchair-bound mother of five more than four months ago, on eve of noon rally today at City Hall.
VTA Union Says Managers Are Pressing Too Hard to Return to San Jose Offices
VTA light-rail service continues to be suspended, as the mass transit agency is still reeling from the murders of nine VTA employees May 26 by a co-worker who shot and killed himself.
San Jose ‘Opportunity Housing’ Plan Creates Growth Nightmare
A one-size-fits-all housing policy fits no one at all. San Jose needs structured, smart growth, not more opportunities for displacement.
Clean Air District Gets More State Money for Incentives to Junk Polluting Gas Guzzlers
The program seeks to reduce pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions throughout the Bay Area, while simultaneously working toward the goal of equitable access to electric vehicles and clean transportation.
Alternate Bus Service for VTA Light Rail Route Resumes Aug. 2
The resumption of the VTA “bus bridges” could ease a summer of frustration for thousands of mass transit commuters, who had been told in mid-June that light rail might resume this month.
Outgunned: Why California’s Groundbreaking Firearms Law is Failing
A 20-year-old California would remove guns from people deemed too dangerous to be armed. The measure, plagued by problems, has not achieved its promise.
Feds Give $55.5 Million in COVID Relief Aid to Mineta San Jose International Airport
The money was included in the American Rescue Plan (ARP), which Lofgren supported and the House passed at the end of February. The ARP was signed into law by President Biden in March. The airport is in the San Jose Congress member’s district.
Affordable Housing and a Big Vegetable Garden to Grow near Santana Row and Valley Fair
Santa Clara city and county officials cheer the “Agrihood” plan for affordable housing begun 15 years ago, in groundbreaking ceremonies at the North Winchester Boulevard site. at the boundary of San Jose and Santa Clara.
Backroom Meetings Shroud Rejected Santa Clara Housing Development across from SCU
Since its 2015 inception, ReMet's developers, Santa Clara lobbyists and elected officials had at least 17 closed door meetings
Roller Skaters Fight Eviction from City Hall Plaza
San Jose’s commitment to activating the city’s public spaces gets tested at civic plaza.
VTA Says It Will Miss Aug.1 Restart of Light Rail Service
The VTA this week gave no new date for a resumption of service suspended since the May 26 mass killing at the VTA rail yards in San Jose.
