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Jackie Krentzman is a Bay Area-based writer and editor. For several years, Kristina Scarola has been living on street corners and in public parks. And every night, she worries about criminal activity and the constant blare of police sirens. When storms hit last winter, the local nonprofit Silicon Valley Independent...

The wave of tech layoffs sweeping the Bay Area shows little sign of slowing, with new filings revealing job cuts at two major technology firms, along with smaller reductions at a biotech firm.

Residents of Sunnyvale and Santa Clara are on high alert after the discovery of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes near Robbia and Chopin drives, an area not previously known to host this invasive species. According to the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety, these mosquitoes, which are distinct for their daytime biting...

(KRON) — An hours-long standoff with an armed veterans housing resident in the South Bay Wednesday night was peacefully resolved, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. The man, who was not identified, faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a firearm and resisting arrest. The...

A new FoodMaxx grocery store opened in Santa Clara Wednesday. The new store is located on El Camino Real in Santa Clara at the site of a former Lucky grocery store. The store's grand opening was meant to send a simple message to residents: a low-cost supermarket has arrived. The...

After more than a decade of planning and delays, a 15-story, 100% affordable apartment building known as The Gateway Tower is set to break ground in downtown San Jose’s SoFA District early next year. The breakthrough comes after developer The Core Companies announced it had secured all necessary funding...

With an unusually high concentration of smoke shops in East San Jose, Councilmember Peter Ortiz cannot be accused of using hyperbole when he says that if you throw a rock there, you are likely to hit one of those stores. But after years of attempting to rein in the problem,...

Thirty-six days into the government shutdown — now the longest in U.S. history — two local businesses are dipping into their own funds to provide free and discounted food to the community for those with a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, card. Following the government shutdown in...

Hoping to turn down the lights at night to protect wildlife and reduce glare from neighboring properties, Palo Alto officials are set to adopt a “dark sky” ordinance with a broader reach and more stringent requirements than the law they were mulling earlier this year. In doing so,...

Two tech companies have decided to eliminate a combined 180 Bay Area jobs, adding to a growing tally of layoffs affecting the region, new state labor reports show. Hitachi Vantara announced it would cut 128 jobs at the company’s offices on Augustine Drive in Santa Clara, the cloud-based data storage and software...