The city wants to create a new land use designation for mobile home parks and apply it to two of them: Westwinds and Mountain Springs.

As of today, Dave Cortese held strong with nearly 33 percent of the vote against 20 percent for former FEC chair Ann Ravel.

In District 8, Councilwoman Sylvia Arenas is squaring off with her old Evergreen School Board colleague, Jim Zito.

The D8 challenger’s sudden loss of endorsements follows an online attack paid for by the San Jose Police Officers’ Association PAC.

The San Jose City Council meets at 1:30pm Tuesday inside the council chambers at City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara St.

With the measure heading toward the ballot box, the council voted 9-2 to approve a spending plan authored by Mayor Sam Liccardo.

If voters pass the measure, it would take effect on July 1, 2020, and generate up to $70 million a year for the city general fund.

Home security cameras are a bonanza for public safety as police gain ability to request and view Amazon/Ring video clips.

The public safety power shutoff, which is being enacted by the utility giant to curb fire risk, is expected to last from Saturday to Monday.

Scott Knies’ words about how some council members invoked the “issue of race” prompted outrage from at least two local electeds.