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San Jose tenants protest poor living conditions

San Jose tenants are fed up with years of longstanding problems at their apartment complex — and took...

Silicon Valley VTA strike from a commuter’s lens

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VTA strike strands Sunnyvale high school students

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San Jose leader made unusual move to change staff email addresses

A San Jose politician directed the city to change the email addresses of three staffers who went to...

VTA board chair absent in first week of strike

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Former Silicon Valley lawmaker lands job with national PAC

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The Podlight

Meet Silicon Valley’s first Vietnamese-American county supervisor

Betty Duong made history in November by becoming the first Vietnamese-American leader elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Host Nick Preciado chats with Duong about her background and vision for the future.

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The exterior glass doors to a library in downtown San Jose

Ramos: Closing the budget gap shouldn’t mean closing library doors

Our libraries are under siege — from coordinated book bans to funding cuts that threaten their very existence. Last Friday evening, the president signed an executive order to reduce funding to the Institute of Museum and Library Services, specifically threatening the Grants to States program which provides funding to local libraries. In San Jose, all departments have been asked to trim their budgets by 12% in an effort to close a $46 million budget deficit. With library funding already stripped to the bone, this would result in devastating layoffs and the loss of vital library programs for children and families....