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Vietnamese News - San José Spotlight
Sep 4, 2024 · A worker in the San Jose mayor’s office is caught in a political storm surging through Little Saigon’s war refugee generation over claims of communist sympathies. Tara Dang, who conducts neighborhood outreach for Mayor Matt Mahan in a city with the largest Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam, sued 8 people in May for defamation.
Community News - San José Spotlight
Oct 7, 2024 · San Jose police program in the spotlight after officer death. Police officers across Silicon Valley are mourning San Jose’s first community service officer killed in the line of duty — a gesture to how integral these officers have become in a city that struggles to fill its police ranks. Long Pham, a community service officer with the San ...
San Jose Politics & Government News - San José Spotlight
6 days ago · Santa Clara County elections officials have taken down a Vietnamese language billboard in San Jose’s Little Saigon neighborhood, after passing drivers noticed it advertised the wrong election date. Until this month, the billboard on Story Road read “Bầu cử sơ bộ (Primary election)” and “Ngày 5 tháng Ba, 2024 (March 5, 2024).”.
Sunnyvale News - San José Spotlight
Sep 27, 2024 · The Sunnyvale City Council will make decisions on housing, transit and the city’s budget in the near future — and candidates seeking elected office are sharing their approaches to governing. Sunnyvale voters attended a candidate forum on Sept. 18, hosted by San José Spotlight, where two mayoral candidates and five of six council candidates ...
San Jose Housing News - San José Spotlight
Oct 10, 2024 · San Jose tiny home site to double beds for homeless. After months of delay, a tiny home project in South San Jose is expanding to help more people off the streets. By this time next year, 107 units will be added to the tiny home site at 5898 Rue Ferrari, with the capacity to house up to 146 homeless people — more than doubling its current...
In the Spotlight - San José Spotlight
Feb 10, 2024 · These stories spotlight the people who make San Jose a remarkable place to call home. From unsung heroes to community leaders, we catch up with San Joseans who are doing amazing things — and we share the awe-inspiring stories behind their struggles and successes. We are telling the unique, ever-changing, diverse story of San Jose.
San Jose Elections & Election News - San José Spotlight
Aug 11, 2024 · Silicon Valley voters this November will cast ballots in one of the region’s most consequential elections: From deciding who to send to Washington to a historic county supervisorial election, there is no shortage of major decisions up and down the ballot. Elections Sunnyvale. October 11, 2024 by B. Sakura Cannestra.
Here’s who’s running for San Jose City Council and mayor
Dec 21, 2023 · Half of the San Jose City Council’s seats—all the even-numbered districts—are up for election this cycle, as well as Mayor Matt Mahan’s seat. Districts 2 and 6 are open seats, with current officeholders terming out, while Districts 4, 8 and 10 have incumbents running for reelection: David Cohen, Domingo Candelas and Arjun Batra ...
San Jose water rates keep going up - San José Spotlight
Aug 21, 2024 · San Jose Water’s Jan. 2 proposal aimed to raise average residential rates from $107 to $120 a month in the first year. Rates would now go from $117.91 to $122.94 per month, according to San Jose Water representatives, even if the settlement shrinks the increase. The company serves 1 million customers across San Jose, Cupertino, Campbell ...