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Milpitas unveils 102 affordable apartments near Great Mall
MILPTIAS — Angelique Chisom spent years living out of her car, searching for an affordable place in the Bay Area to call home. Discouraged with her options, she reached out to local housing services for help. With thousands of people in need of housing in Santa Clara County, she...
Santa Clara County jails report seventh in-custody death of the year
SAN JOSE – A 24-year-old inmate at the Main Jail in San Jose died in the hospital on July 10, five days after he was found unresponsive in his cell, according to authorities. On July 5, the man was arrested and booked on “two counts of robbery, possession of...
Mineta Transportation Institute issues recommendations for vehicle miles traveled program
The Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) at San Jose State University recently developed policy recommendations for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) for an equity framework for the proposed Equitable VMT Mitigation Program. The proposed program would provide a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) mitigation option for local government agencies and developers. The intention is to […] The post Mineta Transportation Institute issues recommendations for vehicle miles traveled program appeared first on Transportation Today.
Santa Clara County Coroner: 3-year-old Ellie Lorenzo died from ‘head trauma’
Ellie Lorenzo, the 3-year-old whose body was found Saturday at a San Jose recycling plant, died from “craniocerebral injuries due to Blunt head trauma,” the Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner reported. San Jose police Tuesday identified Ellie’s father, Jared Lorenzo, as a suspect in Ellie’s...
Here’s who funded the Congressional District 16 recount
For months, questions have swirled around who funded the contentious Congressional District 16 recount that broke a stunning tie for second place. New campaign finance reports filed this week finally revealed that most of the money came from allies of former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo. The March primary race...
Capitol Idea: Saving an Important Historical Replica
As the Santa Clara County Fair prepares to celebrate 80 years of history, the ghost of Clyde Arbuckle lingers in a boarded-up building near the eastern fringe of the fairgrounds. Some residents might not know that San Jose was the first capital of California, following statehood, when a group of...
South Bay child therapist to be sentenced for insurance fraud
(KRON) — In two separate workers' compensation insurance fraud cases, a Santa Clara County child therapist, as well as two San Jose businessmen, are slated to be sentenced for committing felony fraud. Mark Anthony Ramos, 50, of Escondido, owner of Stars Bay Area Therapy Group, will be sentenced in August to three years in prison, […]
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