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December 22, 2025 by

Mountain View backs plan for more housing south of El Camino Real

Amid objections from some community members, the Mountain View City Council has backed a plan to allow for more...

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December 22, 2025 by

‘A charming little place’: Willow Glen dog boutique is closing

Willow Glen’s main drag is about to lose its bark, and dog lovers are devastated. Gussied Up Dog...

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December 22, 2025 by

San Jose shopping cart crackdown could be costly

As part of a year-long effort to rein in San Jose’s problem with abandoned shopping carts, the city...

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December 21, 2025 by

Los Gatos’ youngest mayor brings new perspective

At age 27, Rob Moore brings a fresh perspective to the Los Gatos Town Council as the youngest...

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December 20, 2025 by

State recognizes San Jose’s Japantown as a cultural district

For community leaders in San Jose’s Japantown, receiving statewide recognition as a cultural district affirms what they already...

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December 19, 2025 by

Santa Clara County homeless deaths are declining

Homeless deaths have dropped more than 20%, even though homelessness continues to rise in Santa Clara County. Approximately...

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Kumar: Rebuttal to Larry Stone’s ‘The assessor is not a political position’

For decades, residents of Santa Clara County have endured inconsistent assessments, a broken appeals process and unprocessed refunds — all from an Assessor’s Office that has refused to modernize, standing in stark contrast to Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge innovation while maintaining a laser focus on extracting higher tax revenues from the very people who elected the assessor. Santa Clara County today needs an assessor who can modernize, not merely inherit, a dysfunctional system. Larry Stone portrays the assessor’s office as a purely technical, apolitical institution best run by insiders. But after 30 years in office, he overlooks a central truth: The...

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The Podlight

The cost of cutting SNAP: Families on the brink in Silicon Valley

The cost of cutting SNAP: Families on the brink in Silicon Valley

With federal SNAP benefits stalling, food insecurity is rising sharply across Silicon Valley. In this episode, we sit down with Leslie Bacho, CEO of Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, to talk about the growing demand for food assistance, the human toll of federal funding cuts and what can be done to ensure no one in our community goes hungry.