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8 San Jose Finalists Named in Knight Cities Challenge
After sorting through thousands of applicants vying for a piece of some $5 million in grants, the Knight Foundation has narrowed the field to 158. Eight of those finalists are from San Jose. Pitches...
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SJ Mayor Hospitalized After Colliding with SUV While Cycling
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo struck an SUV while riding his bike on New Year’s Day, according to a statement from City Hall. The collision took place around 12:30pm on the 600 block of Salt Lake Drive,...
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Op-Ed: Mayor’s Bonebreaking Bike Collision Was No ‘Accident’
On New Year’s Day, Sam Liccardo, the mayor of San Jose, fractured his sternum and two vertebrae due to a traffic accident after colliding with an SUV while riding his bike. Thank goodness he’s OK—but...
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Upcoming Planning Commission Appointment Will Test San Jose’s Commitment to...
As San Jose’s elected leaders quibble about equity in the city’s budget, another test of their fidelity to the principle is on the horizon with the next person they appoint to the currently all-white...
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New Study Identifies San Jose’s Most Dangerous Intersections
Nearly 8,000 intersection-related traffic collisions took place in San Jose from 2013 to 2017, leaving 103 people dead and another 10,118 wounded. The most dangerous neighborhood in terms of car...
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Quest to Make San Jose Streets Safer Crashes into Worsening Pedestrian,...
Not a day goes by when Brandon Alvarado doesn’t encounter something or someone blocking downtown San Jose’s new protected bike lanes. Trash bins. Idling Uber and Lyft drivers. Package courier vehicles....
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SVO Disbands PAC Amid Backlash to ‘Blatantly Racist’ Campaign Ad
It’s official. The campaign arm of Silicon Valley’s chamber of commerce is no more. “As a first step toward restoring its 130-year reputation, the Silicon Valley Organization voted to immediately...
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What’s the Future of South Bay Transit Post-Pandemic?
When Silicon Valley came under a shelter-in-place order last March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, its typically gridlocked roads went quiet as businesses shuttered or moved their employees...
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