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Why these Santa Clara County officials have AR-15s

A state transparency law is shedding light on the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s cache of semi-automatic weapons...

Cash-strapped San Jose school district narrows down closures

Hundreds of North San Jose parents, students and teachers are joining forces to fight school closures in their...

Santa Clara mayor may have violated city rules serving another term

Eight years ago, Santa Clara approved a policy to prohibit anyone from serving more than two terms on...

Downtown San Jose road could close for new pedestrian mall

San Jose officials want to recreate the success of downtown gathering spaces like San Pedro Square and Paseo...

Santa Clara County veterans still need housing

Santa Clara County has made strides to house homeless veterans, but the work isn’t over. The county reached a milestone...

Here’s who’s vying to be downtown San Jose’s next councilmember

San Jose officials are at a crossroads over how to fill the City Council seat left vacant by...

The Podlight

Sunnyvale & Santa Clara election analysis

Sunnyvale & Santa Clara reporter B. Sakura Cannestra sits down with host Nick Preciado to break down the races this election season in the two cities.

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Diridon: The future is sidetracked, but still possible

Diridon: The future is sidetracked, but still possible

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, with numerous Nobel laureates and other internationally renowned climate scientists, reported in 2018 that global warming was occurring because of humans — and rapidly advancing. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared, in 2018 and more firmly in 2023, that climate change was advancing more rapidly than projected. By the early 2030s it may become irreversibly terminal for most life on earth. He then declared a code red on climate and asked the countries of the world to join the mandate — most have. The Stanford University School of Medicine’s world-renowned chief biologist Dr....