More drama unfolds in the CD16 race replacing Rep. Anna G. Eshoo. As a recount begins Monday for a request filed by Jonathan Padilla “on behalf” of Evan Low. Silicon Valley leaders are demanding transparency. Jana Kadah and Ramona Giwargis have the latest sanjosespotlight.com/whos-behind-re…

“The marginalization and silence must stop on this issue. I’m calling on everyone to get to work now and don’t stop until the final plane comes in for landing on the East Side.” sanjosespotlight.com/licon-east-san…

Ridership is climbing back up across Bay Area airports after COVID-19 sent traffic plummeting, and the battle for airway dominance is intensifying sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-airpo…

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Santa Clara County nurses threaten a second walkout sanjosespotlight.com/santa-clara-co…

Nurses say another walkout is on the table. It all comes just months before the planned closure of East San Jose’s only trauma unit at Regional Medical Center, which is expected to nearly break the public hospital system with life-threatening ambulance delays.

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Former San Jose church leader arrested for alleged child abuse sanjosespotlight.com/former-san-jos… learn more brandon pho San José Spotlight

BREAKING: After San José Spotlight first reported on child sex abuse allegations against a prominent former Silicon Valley youth pastor, Brett Bymaster has been arrested and charged with six felony counts of child sex abuse.
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Two men from different counties have pushed for a recount in a highly-scrutinized Silicon Valley congressional race. Here’s a closer look at who they are and what’s at stake sanjosespotlight.com/whos-behind-re…

A prominent leader and former pastor has been arrested and charged with six felony counts of child sex abuse, after being under investigation this year for allegations that surfaced about his time as a youth ministry leader at a popular South Bay church sanjosespotlight.com/former-san-jos…

Thousands of nurses across Santa Clara County’s strained and overburdened public hospital system may go on strike again — just weeks after taking to the picket line sanjosespotlight.com/santa-clara-co…

Nationwide changes in the way real estate agents are compensated might not make a difference in Silicon Valley sanjosespotlight.com/silicon-valley…

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San Jose is updating its 311 app that tracks resident complaints to more efficiently address thousands of requests about abandoned vehicles sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-to-la…

“I’m confident that our County Vector Control is on the case and working to treat areas where mosquitoes are congregating, as well as educating residents about dumping standing water.” - Peter Ortiz

Santa Clara County officials are prepping to remove a foreign, invasive and aggressive yellow fever mosquito species that’s returned to the region just in time for peak mosquito season sanjosespotlight.com/santa-clara-co…

Cupertino is inches away from securing approval of its state-mandated housing plan more than a year past the deadline — and following a legal battle due to its noncompliance sanjosespotlight.com/cupertinos-blu…

“All Californians deserve robust government services that provide strong infrastructure, safe neighborhoods and rapid emergency and disaster response.” - Ruth Silver Taube sanjosespotlight.com/silver-taube-v…

“Democracy is not just elections, it’s the citizens participating in the government and policymaking. The more you engage with the residents, your policies will be very appropriate to your residents because they are contributing to the policy making.”

Sunnyvale is in the market for a better way to have residents flag issues in their neighborhoods online sanjosespotlight.com/sunnyvale-offi…

”Who is actually paying for this, and under what auspices?” Rep. Anna G. Eshoo told San José Spotlight. “The voters of my congressional district deserve to know this, just as I have always been required to disclose amounts of money and from whom.”