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Silicon Valley college district first to provide free meals

VietValley — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:30:12 +0000

Leilany Huerta-Hernandez remembers her throbbing headaches in the late afternoons because she couldn’t afford to purchase food as a West Valley College student. Her hunger was ever-present, but she felt ashamed to ask for help. Students like Huerta-Hernandez will soon be able to cross this one worry off their list. West Valley-Mission Community College District …

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VTA finalizes contracts with three unions, excludes frontline workers

VietValley — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 03:30:14 +0000

Three of VTA’s four unions ratified new contracts for the next four years, leaving the transit agency’s frontline workers hanging. Service Employees International Union Local 521, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 1101 and Transportation Authority Engineers and Architects Local 21, which represent about 575 workers combined, reached agreements with VTA as …

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Santa Clara County Office of Education appoints new superintendent

VietValley — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:30:14 +0000

The Santa Clara County Office of Education’s embattled elected board has found a new superintendent. Board of Education Trustees appointed David M. Toston on Wednesday after five months of political instability and division following the controversial firing of former superintendent Mary Ann Dewan in October. He will begin his new role May 1. Toston was …

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San Jose Downtown Farmers’ Market returns

VietValley — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:30:13 +0000

The San Jose Downtown Farmers’ Market is returning after a three-year hiatus, with vendors planning to sell fresh corn, tomatoes, citrus fruit and more delights on Wednesdays near the Hammer Theatre. Paolo Obillo, manager and site operator of the Regional Farmers’ Market Association, said the original Downtown Farmers’ Market was put on pause in 2022 …

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San Jose officials weigh ballot measure for maintaining parks

VietValley — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 23:30:18 +0000

San Jose’s most passionate parks advocates say city leaders need to create a new stream of funding to address the multimillion-dollar maintenance backlog and ongoing disparity in park quality for residents who live in areas like East San Jose. On Tuesday, the San Jose City Council revisited the idea of a 2026 ballot measure that …

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Santa Clara County puts ranked choice voting on back burner

VietValley — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 01:30:15 +0000

Santa Clara County officials aren’t killing the idea of ranked choice voting — they just need to sort out an “existential crisis” before seismically shifting Silicon Valley elections. Ranked choice voting proponents wanted the idea to gain momentum at a Tuesday meeting of the county Finance and Government Operations Committee meeting. But Supervisors Betty Duong …

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San Jose Downtown Association CEO departs

VietValley — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:30:14 +0000

The dynamic leader of a nonprofit focused on revitalizing downtown San Jose has stepped down. After three years at the helm of the San Jose Downtown Association, CEO Alex Stettinski has left “to pursue his next professional chapter,” according to the organization. The association represents more than 2,000 businesses, nonprofits and property owners. It aids …

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San Jose District 3 candidates still competing for second place

VietValley — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:30:19 +0000

Two candidates continue to swap between second and third place nearly a week after polls closed in the special election for San Jose City Council District 3 — with ballots still being processed and a potential recount looming. As of 4 p.m. Monday, Gabby Chavez-Lopez, executive director of the Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley, still …

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License to Kill

VietValley — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:30:14 +0000

The California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways. Too often they go on to kill. Many keep driving even after they kill. Some go on to kill again. By Robert Lewis, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Court research …

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San Jose parents upset over special ed program consolidation

VietValley — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 16:30:13 +0000

Special education students and their families will have to leave their neighborhood schools as San Jose’s largest school district consolidates classes. San Jose Unified School District is closing Special Day Class (SDC) programs at Graystone, Schallenberger and Empire Gardens elementary schools next school year due to low enrollment. The program helps students with a specific …

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Ruling to end VTA strike upheld by appeals court

VietValley — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 01:30:14 +0000

An appellate court judge has denied an appeal from a union representing bus drivers and light rail operators with VTA — doubling down on the decision to end a historic worker strike. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 filed the appeal after Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Daniel Nishigaya ruled March 26 the union had …

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Are San Jose voters rejecting mayor’s agenda?

VietValley — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 22:30:13 +0000

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has plans to end homeless camping and appeal to California’s center-right political sphere. But his efforts hinge on the City Council’s help to pass his policies — and some question whether the District 3 special election has exposed cracks in that support. Early election results have been shaky for Mahan’s …

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Democrats accuse Trump and his allies of profiting from tariff flip

VietValley — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:30:14 +0000

Democrats want to know whether President Donald Trump and his GOP allies financially benefited from implementing and then pausing recent tariffs — a move some said was effectively insider trading. “It happened in front of our eyes,” Sen. Ruben Gallego told NOTUS. “This hurt the economy in the end. People on Main Street are going …

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San Jose special election likely headed to June runoff

VietValley — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 23:30:14 +0000

Gabby Chavez-Lopez continues to maintain her lead in updated results for the San Jose City Council District 3 special election, but it’s not enough of the vote to secure a win outright. As of 4 p.m. Thursday, Chavez-Lopez, executive director of the Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley, still holds on to a solid 29% of …

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Santa Clara County weighs ranked choice voting for some elections

VietValley — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:30:13 +0000

The pieces are in place to seismically shift Silicon Valley elections — and Santa Clara County supervisors are holding all the cards. For the first time in almost a year, the Board of Supervisors is expected to discuss a potential switch to ranked choice voting at its April 15 finance and government committee meeting. There, …

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