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February 2, 2026 by

Santa Clara County residents rally against ICE ahead of Super Bowl

Silicon Valley community and government leaders gathered to denounce the expected arrival of federal U.S. Immigration and Customs...

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February 2, 2026 by

Mountain View launches pop-up program due to downtown vacancies

On a recent Saturday afternoon in downtown Mountain View, groups of people filled the outdoor seating at restaurants...

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February 2, 2026 by

San Jose boosts incentives to convert offices to housing

San Jose wants to make it easier to convert its underused office buildings into housing with new financial...

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February 1, 2026 by

Silicon Valley Black residents face deep-rooted barriers

Disproportionately high levels of mass incarceration affect Black people and their families. Local criminal justice advocates are fighting...

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January 31, 2026 by

Beloved Silicon Valley costume store takes final bow

The clustered racks of Natasha’s Attic were bustling with Victorian noblemen and Renaissance fairies looking for their evening...

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January 30, 2026 by

Santa Clara County may ditch camera vendor amid privacy issues

Cities across Silicon Valley may be on the cusp of cutting ties with a surveillance company linked to...

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Park: San Jose’s ‘AI for All’ is a strong start, but California must go further

San Jose is preparing residents for the largest technological shift since the rise of the internet. With the launch of “AI for All,” the city signals that artificial intelligence should be accessible to everyone. But San Jose is not alone in facing this moment. Across America, two forces are shaping the next generation. One is the rapid advance of AI and the companies building it. The other is the daily work of education: the teachers, parents and students who will inherit this transformation. Together, they define our future. The question is whether we will let these worlds drift apart or...

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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.