21+ hour, 25+ min ago  (282+ words) A historic Japanese American farmhouse has found a new home after an eight-mile journey from what were once the orchards of North San Jose to the city's History Park. The farmhouse, built around 1920 at the intersection of Seely Avenue and…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (578+ words) A LONG-STANDING MEXICAN RESTAURANT is relocating after San Jose converted the motel next door'into a homeless shelter. "At this time, it's just time to go," Bernadette Garcia, who manages the restaurant, told San Jos" Spotlight. "We can't serve our customers…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (526+ words) NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSITION against a proposed seven-story apartment complex in Willow Glen has entered a new phase, after one resident launched a lawsuit intended to force the city into conducting a more thorough review of the development's potential impact on the…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (555+ words) Best-selling East Bay author Vanessa Hua started'writing'her new novel "Coyoteland" in the spring of 2021, a year into the pandemic, when she was'frequently'outdoors in her neighborhood.' "It got me really thinking about territory, about the interface between wildlife and suburbia. But'also'territory…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago  (827+ words) Hosted by the League of Women Voters of Marin County, the online debate revealed the diversity of Marin's residents and concerns. Moderator Linda Deer asked candidates about the core issues the county is facing " housing costs, childhood education, immigrant protections,…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago  (285+ words) San Leandro voters are being asked to decide the fate of a charter amendment on the June 2 ballot that will change the structure of future City Council elections. The move was in response to a letter from lawyers representing Robert…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (470+ words) SAN JOSE'S NEWEST PARK will bear the name of a pioneering Chinese American business leader. As councilmembers prepared to vote on the park plan, which supporters said will bring sorely needed open space to a densely populated residential area just…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (587+ words) The Alameda County Taxpayers Association filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the city of Oakland improperly coordinated with union leaders in an effort to place a new parcel tax on the June ballot and is withholding public records related to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (703+ words) DESPITE YEARS OF EFFORT to rein in spending on police overtime and reduce 9-1-1 call response times, San Jose continues to struggle on both fronts, according to a new report from the City Auditor's Office. "We have been on an endless…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (499+ words) COLONIZATION, FORCED DISPLACEMENT AND VIOLENCE against Indigenous'people in the U. S. have left years of generational trauma. Now, a first-ever report quantifies these impacts on Bay Area Native communities. Half of the survey respondents said they had a missing relative " with many…...