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Thousands of San Jose city workers have voted to authorize their bargaining representatives to call a strike, ratcheting up the pressure on City Hall amid a protracted contract dispute.

A new East San Jose housing development is providing homeownership pathways for working families. The Kirk, an 18-home community, offers interest-rate incentives for qualified first-time homebuyers.

A new state bill could cut a year off the redevelopment of Diridon Station in San Jose by exempting it from California's landmark environmental law — and the state lawmaker at the forefront of the effort is determined to keep it on track.

San Jose Mobile Home & RV Park residents are fighting back against a landlord who they claim is retaliating against them for standing up for their rights.

San Jose is considering a major overhaul of its land use laws that would allow more apartments, townhouses or duplexes in single-family neighborhoods, streamline development along transit routes, and permit housing on school and church lands.

Parents in an East San Jose school district are speaking out about plans to hire a controversial healthcare provider to teach students relationship skills.

San Jose tops the nation in lawyer salaries, but the high pay masks a tradeoff with steep living costs and student loan debt pushing more graduates toward private practice — making public service work harder to sustain in one of the country's most ex

Across San Jose, nonprofits running food distributions are seeing their lines explode. A combination of inflation, changes in federal work requirements for people receiving food aid and economic headwinds — along with spreading word of local food pan

For years, thousands of music fans have packed the Latin Tropical Stage at San Jose Jazz Summer Fest, turning downtown into an open-air dance floor where salsa has long been one of the festival's defining traditions.

A San Jose school district is finding itself in choppy waters as it weighs the best way to provide teachers and other employees with affordable housing.

A new grocer has come to downtown San Jose, erasing its reputation as a food desert. The 5,000-square-foot Sakura Market location focuses on quality, accessibility and everyday convenience by offering a curated selection of ready-to-enjoy meals, meat

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