💰 Two affordable studio condos for sale in Los Altos — apply by April...
The City of Los Altos is offering two below-market-rate studio condos at 425 First Street for $192,392 and $197,801 through its BMR Purchase Program. These homes are reserved for low-income, first-time homebuyers earning up to $111,700 for one person or $127,650 for two people (80% of the area median income for Santa...
West San Jose Mega Makeover: El Paseo Towers Start Climbing Skyward
The bare dirt at El Paseo de Saratoga is finally giving way to concrete and steel. Heavy equipment and cranes are now reshaping the long-planned West San Jose site, and after months of demolition and excavation, the first towers and retail boxes are poking above the fence line along Saratoga Avenue.
San Jose warns of blight woes at foreclosed housing tower site downtown
SAN JOSE — City officials are poised to crack down on a site of blight in downtown San Jose where a housing tower was once proposed but never built, a stalled process that led to a foreclosure of what the owner called a rat-infested property. In the wake of...
Mosquito spraying in San José neighborhoods
The County of Santa Clara will begin mosquito spraying in parts of San José to reduce the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can spread dengue and Zika. Treatments will take place between Cortez Avenue and Orlando Drive starting March 26–27, and between Cypress Point Court and Fairway Glen Lane starting April 2–3, weather...
Santa Clara County supermom supervisors pave the way
It’s a delicate dance balancing work and motherhood, especially if you’re a politician. For Santa Clara County Supervisors Margaret Abe-Koga, Sylvia Arenas, Betty Duong and Susan Ellenberg, life as a super mom is both challenging and rewarding. All four women learned early on the sacrifices that come with public...
Masked Master-Key Mail Bandits Rattle One San Jose Block
Masked thieves with what appear to be stolen postal master keys are repeatedly raiding mail in San Jose’s Almaden neighborhood, and now federal postal inspectors are on the case. Residents on Almaden Walk Loop say that since September, two men have been slipping in overnight, opening a community mailbox with a master...
BART Calls Milpitas ‘New’ On X, Transit Diehards Aren’t Having It
BART tried to give Milpitas Station a little social media shine this week, and transit watchers wasted no time pointing out a small problem: the station is not actually new. Today, the BART's official X account replied to a user with a short message calling Milpitas "a new station" and inviting riders to "come check...
DUI checkpoint results on Great Mall Parkway
The Milpitas Police Department held a DUI and Driver’s License Checkpoint on Great Mall Parkway near S. Abel Street over the weekend. A total of 1,141 vehicles passed through, and 477 drivers were screened. The operation led to one DUI arrest and several citations for unlicensed and suspended drivers.
Motorcyclist dies in San Jose vehicle collision
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — An investigation is underway following a deadly collision involving a motorcyclist and a vehicle in San Jose Tuesday afternoon, according to police. The San Jose Police Department said units were in the area of Meridian Avenue and Blackford Lane to probe the crash, which occurred at 1:21...
2nd San Jose daycare owner convicted after toddlers drown in pool
(KRON) — Jurors deliberated for just two hours on Tuesday before returning a guilty verdict for the co-owner of a San Jose daycare where two toddlers drowned. The jury convicted Shahin Gheblehshenas, 67, of felony child endangerment for criminal negligence that led to unattended toddlers drowning in a backyard pool...

















