Following hours of raucous debate that featured protesters chaining themselves to chairs, the San Jose City Council voted unanimously to approve a $111 million land deal with Google with the potential to dramatically remake the downtown area of the 10th largest U.S. city and capital of Silicon Valley and shape the future of corporate sponsored urban redevelopment.
Read moreA Ninth Circuit panel on Friday revived claims brought by a Marriott worker whose union negotiated a waiver to a San Jose, California, ordinance mandating a $10 minimum wage.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit granted attendees of a Trump rally who suffered violence at the hand of protesters a win on Friday, denying qualified immunity to the police who they say directed them into the path of danger.
Read moreA Ninth Circuit panel appeared poised to allow President Donald Trump supporters pursue their negligence claims against San Jose, California, regarding a dust-up between them and protesters at a campaign rally in 2016.
Read moreThe Small Property Owners Association—San Jose and 17 of its members brought a federal complaint against San Jose, challenging a “Rent Registry” ordinance that asks intrusive questions about each “rent-stabilized unit” in the city, in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Read moreSan Jose and Santa Clara cinched a real estate deal with Google on Thursday that figures to pave the way for a transformation of the capital of Silicon Valley, but not all area residents are pleased.
Read moreCiting the overwhelming influence of industry players, the mayor of San Jose resigned from an advisory panel designed to provide feedback to the Trump administration on how to expand broadband access for Americans.
Read moreA Barclays Capital banker will appear before a federal judge Wednesday on charges that he orchestrated a self-serving options trade for Hewlett-Packard that cost the company millions.
Read moreTwo of Silicon Valley’s largest cities have agreed to settle a border war that involved large billion-dollar commercial projects, the persistent problems of affordable housing in the region and an ever-worsening transportation situation.
Read moreHomeowners this week filed six lawsuits accusing the Santa Clara Valley Water District, Santa Clara County and San Jose of damaging their homes through a poorly maintained dam during the worst flooding to hit San Jose in a century, in February 2017.
Read moreCourthouse News’ western bureau chief waxes eloquently about the thrill of live sports – specifically soccer – in his latest dispatch, from California’s Santa Clara County.
Read moreIn yet another show of the depth and breadth of the housing crisis in Silicon Valley, the San Jose City Council passed an urgency ordinance that provides renters with immediate protections against no-cause evictions.
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A student filed a federal lawsuit against campus police at California State University, San Jose, claiming officers roughed him up and then yelled at him to “stop bleeding all over” the squad car.
Read moreThe city of San Jose said over-reliance on faulty information was responsible for its failure to warn residents of an impending flood that led to the evacuation of about 150,000 people and caused widespread property damage in three different areas of its downtown corridor.
Read moreText messages and emails about government business sent from officials’ private phones are public records that the people have the right to see, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Read moreIn the heart of Silicon Valley, two agencies are battling over the slow response to widespread flooding due to a series of monster storms that struck California during one of the wettest winters on record.
Read moreThousands of people evacuated from a flood in San Jose, California, returned home Thursday amid warnings to be careful about hygiene and handling food that may have come into contact with flood water.
Read moreA federal judge appeared inclined to toss a lawsuit brought by workers at the Hotel Marriott who claim the company failed to pay them overtime wages mandated by a local ordinance.
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