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3 天之前 · San Jose City Hall abuses its power by asking for confidential sources. The criminal investigation related to Councilmember Omar Torres has taken an ugly political turn — with people lining up to either defend or denounce the downtown politician. San José Spotlight knew that would happen when we broke the news Torres was being accused of ...
Vietnamese News - San José Spotlight
2024年9月4日 · 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.
San Jose Elections & Election News - San José Spotlight
2024年8月11日 · Congressional candidate Evan Low was driving to a Friday night meet-and-greet when he got the alert. An out-of-state billionaire put seven figures behind Low’s opponent. The news that former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg threw $1.5 million at former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo fired him up. He arrived at the the fashionable Menlo...
San Jose Politics & Government News - San José Spotlight
5 天之前 · State gives San Jose millions to clear homeless camps. The state plans to give San Jose $4.8 million to help clear encampments and provide support to unhoused residents. But it’s a mere drop in the bucket compared to what the city needs to tackle homelessness. Gov. Gavin Newsom doled out $130.7 million last week to assist in reducing the ...
Community News - San José Spotlight
2024年10月7日 · San Jose is on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars after being sued over a planned concert venue at its historic but blighted St. James Park. Yet the plans are undeterred – and poised to start this year. The San Jose City Council on Aug. 27 is slated to approve a $400,000 settlement to... San Jose Spotlight is a nonprofit news ...
San Jose Business News - San José Spotlight
2024年10月1日 · The Biz Beat: San Jose restaurant Trifecta serves more than sushi. While working at Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto’s restaurant Nobu in San Jose, Bradley Gallego learned some of the hard-edged discipline of making sushi. “He would come by and check out your knives,” Gallego told San José Spotlight. “He’d go up to a random station and ...
New San Jose programs approve permits in days—not months
2023年10月3日 · Lisa Joiner, deputy building division director, said Best Prepared Designer allows experienced professionals to receive a permit within days rather than months. “Once people are enrolled in the program and submit their plans, we can get that permit issued within five days,” Joiner told San José Spotlight. “It reduces it from what ...
UPDATE: San Jose plans to reopen beloved water park
2024年2月15日 · The operator plans to invest $6 million into the park for renovations, food trucks and an outdoor wine garden. After the park opens, the city will take in 6% of its gross revenue, a slight increase from the previous operator’s agreement at 5.5%. Neil Rufino, assistant director of the city’s parks department, said the majority of the revenue ...
San Jose Local News - San José Spotlight
6 天之前 · San Jose police have served a search warrant on Councilmember Omar Torres on suspicion of child sexual abuse material and underage relationships, multiple sources have told San José Spotlight. A San Jose Police Department spokesperson confirmed Thursday night that a criminal investigation is underway into a councilmember, but declined to say why.
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