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San Jose's Tiny Home Initiative: Locations and Details
In a decisive move to combat homelessness, San Jose is set to add 784 tiny homes over the next 18 months. This initiative is a crucial part of the city’s long-term strategy to provide affordable housing and support for those experiencing homelessness. Below are the designated locations for these tiny home developments:
San Jose kicks off 1st weekend of October amid heat wave
It is sizzling in the South Bay, but the heat didn't seem to stop people from enjoying events outside.The football games at Santa Teresa High School went on in the heat.New this season at schools across the state is a tool, called a "Wet Bulb Globe Temperature."Scott Young is the Athletics Director for Santa Teresa High School."It's a good piece of mind in that we have a number to go off of," Young said.It measures direct sunlight, temperature, wind speed and other factors for to determine heat stress for outdoor activities.TIMELINE: Here's when Bay Area will see relief from persistent...
A Santa Clara vineyard owner refused to evict a worker. Now he’s fighting California’s rigid zoning laws
Affordable housing can be hard to find in California, so vineyard owners Michael and Kellie Ballard got creative when a long-time employee lost his lease. They allowed him and his family to live rent-free in a trailer on their land. The solution hurt no one. The trailer is safe, well-maintained and hidden from view at the back of the Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards, a 60-acre winery the Ballards have owned for nearly 30 years in Santa Clara County. ...
‘Other districts receive twice what we do’: SJ school district proposes measure for more funding
(KRON)—The East Side Union High School District in San Jose, self-described as having one of the lowest levels of funding in the nation, believes that inequality in school funding puts its students at a competitive disadvantage to their county peers. “ESUHSD receives nearly half of the funding that many of our county peers to provide […]
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