Campbell|News|
San José Spotlight's Lawsuit Against City, Mayor Heads To Court
A judge will consider requiring the city to explain what it’s withholding, and why, in a court hearing next month.

San José Spotlight is the city's first nonprofit news organization dedicated to independent political and business reporting.
A judge will consider requiring the city to explain what it’s withholding, and why, in a court hearing next month.

Polarizing pandemic-era policies aimed to help depopulate the jails are expiring at the end of July.
In the heart of Silicon Valley, an individual making minimum wage needs to work nearly four hourly jobs to pay the rent.
A major West San Jose development is moving forward with hundreds of apartments and a hotel instead of office space.
The mine proposed at Sargent Ranch, called Juristac in the language of the local Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, is considered sacred.
The Youth Liberation Movement aims to improve San Jose’s approach to housing, education, mental health and criminal justice.
Now, with the family’s blessing, it’s becoming a space for education, historic preservation and housing for young adults.
A new survey claims San Jose is the top metropolitan area in the country for working millennials, but those in the know say that's not true.
A major West San Jose development will bring the city's Urban Village plan closer to reality — with hundreds of apartments and a hotel.
Charles “Chuck” Cantrell is fighting.
The Saratoga High School band was stranded in the Czech Republic for close to a week following a European tour.
A plan to transform a vacant building near downtown into a homeless hub may fall apart unless advocates raise a miraculous sum of money.
The local decision to nix the use of leaded gasoline came after county officials voted to close the East San Jose airport.
Saldy Suriben’s mother gifted him with an understanding of how to make friends easily and the importance of hard work.
Officials at Santa Clara County's largest water supplier are on the defense.
The story of Mexico Bakery begins with Melchor Landin.
These past couple of years in particular, school leaders have gone above and beyond the usual scope of their role.
Affordable housing is a rare find in Silicon Valley, but one policy could make it more attainable.
The San Jose City Council will come back to review one of the biggest land deals this fall and take up police and election reform again.
Amid an ongoing housing crisis, thousands of San jose homes are sitting empty—but City Hall has no plan to address it.