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Santa Clara County weighs women-only safe parking site for domestic violence survivors
5+ hour, 51+ min ago (568+ words) HOMELESS WOMEN face exacerbated safety risks on the streets, and Santa Clara County officials are considering a safe parking site for'women who become homeless to escape intimate partner violence. This year presents a unique opportunity to implement the idea, as…...
Prefabricated affordable housing units arrive in Marin City; crane work may impact traffic
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (213+ words) Heads up. There will be a large crane and extra construction vehicles temporarily changing traffic flows in Marin City for the next few weeks. Groundwork is complete. The developer will assemble the modular buildings onsite starting Jan. 22, and anticipates completion…...
San Jose scraps firefighter drug oversight program days after council voted to restore it
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (485+ words) SAN JOSE OFFICIALS have quietly killed a firefighter drug oversight program just days after reinstating it. This comes after a paramedic drug theft scandal exposed patients to tampered narcotics and sparked backlash against funding cuts that originally dissolved the initiative....
Time’s up to resolve San Jose Viet Museum dispute over board control and reopening
2+ week, 51+ min ago (242+ words) SAN JOSE COMMUNITY LEADERS have until Wednesday to end a battle for control of the Viet Museum at History Park, or they'll be iced out of managing the cultural landmark for good. Tran confirmed the dispute hasn't changed and the…...
San Jose pushes for denser housing as Duino family moves to sell former golf course
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (808+ words) EAST SAN JOSE'S LONGTIME Duino family is ready to let go of its 115-acre former golf course. But they're caught between clashing visions over the future of the property. City leaders want more density than developers and some neighbors had…...
California data centers scrutinized as report flags rising emissions, strain on energy grid
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (918+ words) CALIFORNIA IS A MAJOR HUB for data centers " the facilities that store and transmit much of the internet. But just how much these power-hungry operations affect the state's energy use, climate and public health remains an open question for researchers....
San Jose homeless hotel neighbors complain of public safety and sanitation problems
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (334+ words) SAN JOSE PLACED people swept from its largest homeless encampment in motels earlier this year, but neighbors near one location are raising safety concerns. Neighbors said they found wiring cut from electrical access boxes, leading to four street lights going…...
San Jose moves to block ICE from city properties, tighten immigrant protections
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (345+ words) SAN JOSE CONTINUES to strengthen protections for its immigrant communities by prohibiting federal immigration agents from hiding their identity and advancing plans to prevent ICE from using city-owned properties for enforcement. Should federal immigration agents fail to comply, the city…...
Santa Clara County reports record number of homeless residents; 58% newly unhoused
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (665+ words) MORE SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENTS are falling into homelessness for the first time as the cost of living rises. The loss of a job or income is the primary reason people report becoming homeless, at 27%. Divorce or breakups are also…...
People’s Park student housing remains on schedule as UC Berkeley enrollment grows
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (275+ words) BERKELEY'S PEOPLE'S PARK,long a flash point of political and community activism, has been barricaded by stacked shipping containers for more than a year " but construction on UC Berkeley's student housing project on the site is moving ahead. The project,…...