Tag: california
CPUC awards $33.2m to expand broadband
The California Public Utilities Commission has approved more than $33.2 million in grant funding to expand high-speed internet access to nearly 1,300 unserved homes...
Construction paused at proposed Gilroy ICE center as lawsuit moves forward
Construction on a proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Gilroy has been temporarily paused while federal attorneys prepare their response to...
Community Solutions named District 28 Nonprofit of the Year
Community Solutions—which provides critical human services for individuals and families who have experienced trauma and are living at risk of financial emotional or physical...
Guest View: Gilroy must promote more housing for all incomes
Since my last housing post in July 2025, Gilroy continues to make strides to plan and promote housing opportunities for our community that are...
Letter: Send High-Speed Rail into bankruptcy
Elevated, subterranean or ground level, California High Speed Rail Authority’s SuperMassive Black Hole is still the mother of all boondoggles, up there with VTA’s...
Election results: Incumbents hold solid leads in local June 2 ballot...
Votes have been cast for the 2026 California statewide direct primary election, and unofficial preliminary results from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters...
Royal Clothiers named Small Business of the Year
Downtown Morgan Hill’s Royal Clothiers, owned by Carlos Perez, is named the 2026 Senate District 15 Small Business of the Year in recognition of...
Letter: Mountain lions under intense territorial pressure
In my last letter, I used conservative data from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to argue that mountain lion populations are exceeding...
Guest View: Get on the Bus in support of education
As your State Senator representing the 15th Senate District in the California State Legislature, I am grateful to serve such an involved, engaged and...
Letter: It’s time for state’s billionaires to pay taxes like us
Every year around tax time, I come home from a long shift, still in scrubs, and sit down with my pay stubs, trying to...
