Bay Area residents, do you really know what belongs in your recycling carts? If you said “yes,” you may very well be right — unless you live in San Jose. Recycling contamination has become a growing problem in the Bay Area’s largest city. A city survey in 2022 found that 57% of waste deposited in … Read more
More than three centuries after the legendary San Jose galleon sank off the coast of Colombia while laden with gold, silver and emeralds, the nation has officially approved a plan to recover the wreck and its treasures, officials announced this week. Dubbed the “holy grail” of shipwrecks, the 316-year-old wreck has been controversial since it was discovered … Read more
South Bay residents shocked by last fall’s price jump for the San Jose BART extension — from $9.1 billion to $12.2 billion — may need to brace themselves again. In a turn of events that could have major consequences for an extension already struggling with exploding prices and timeline delays, an independent assessment set to … Read more
In a major win for the city’s labor faction, San Jose’s City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a new ordinance that aims to prevent wage theft at construction sites, despite pushback from some in the industry. An effort years in the making, contractors and developers who have unpaid wage judgments will no longer be able … Read more
With local elected officials across the Bay Area debating whether to weigh in on the Israel-Hamas conflict, it appears the largest city in Northern California apparently is unable to do so even as residents call for its councilmembers to take a stand. A bylaw dating back to the 1970s prohibits San Jose City Council from … Read more
