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San Jose Mayor Raises Funds For Mahan, Mum On Endorsement
Outgoing San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has not endorsed a successor, but based on campaign donations a favorite has emerged.

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Outgoing San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has not endorsed a successor, but based on campaign donations a favorite has emerged.

San Jose voters are already casting their ballots for the primary election next week, but some aren't excited about their choices.
Valley Water has agreed to pay $8.25 million to the victims of a devastating 2017 flood in San Jose.
Commissioners added a condition that any bricks removed from the warehouse must be recovered, stored and protected.
San Jose is exploring changes to how city employees accused of misconduct are investigated.
Santa Clara County officials want to create a department focused on hate crimes, but local leaders have questions about how it would work.
Jon Gustafson is leading a major expansion of Sharks Ice and opening the South Bay’s newest ice arena.
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo wants to revise how city employees are investigated once accused of misconduct.
The PAC and San Jose’s city attorney say city code “does not prohibit” Liccardo from opening and fundraising for a PAC.
The historic San Jose H.G. Wade Warehouse was gutted by a catastrophic fire last year, but its walls are still standing.
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Candidates Rolando Bonilla, Van Le and Matt Mahan are dismayed by these acts of vandalism and theft, but said it won’t discourage them.
The mayor of San Jose may have broken state and local campaign rules when he raked in six figures for a political action committee.
When a disgruntled employee fatally shot nine coworkers at a VTA rail yard last year, Silicon Valley officials vowed to take action.
“I am honored to have earned the support and confidence of my colleagues across the state, from the Mexico border to the Oregon border.”
Time will tell whether parents take their children to get the jab.
Plans for a major retail center redevelopment in West San Jose are on track for final approval.
The suit seeks damages for various claims, including negligence, assault, battery, false imprisonment and wrongful death.
The VTA community gathered to mourn workers killed in a mass shooting one year ago—and to find a path toward healing.