July 7, 2020 San Jose Airport Gets Creative with Pandemic-Related Health and Safety Measures By Emanuel Lee Once the coronavirus pandemic hit, the SJC staff worked around the clock to implement new health and safety measures. Read More 0
July 1, 2020 SJPD’s Condemnation of Bigoted FB Posts Gives New Resonance to 2018 Islamophobia Lawsuit By Jennifer Wadsworth Nabil Haidar says he’s thrilled to see SJPD denounce bigotry. He just wishes the agency held the accused in his case to the same standard. Read More 21
June 29, 2020 Q&A: SJ City Attorney Rick Doyle Reflects on 20 Years of Service By Grace Hase SJI caught up with Rick Doyle, who recently announced his retirement, to talk about his decades of service for the nation’s 10th largest city. Read More 3
May 26, 2020 Independent Media Exec Bob Kieve Left a Legacy in San Jose By Dan Pulcrano Bob Kieve, who died Sunday at the age of 98, believed that signs were critical to economic prosperity, and he set out to change the rules. Read More 7
March 12, 2020 WATCH: Coronavirus Update at San Jose International Airport By Silicon Valley Newsroom Silicon Valley officials held a press conference at SJC to share updates about the outbreak and demand answers from the federal government. Read More 1
March 12, 2020 Coronavirus: California Advises Banning Crowds of 250 or More By Jennifer Wadsworth The guidance applies to all non-essential work and social events that draw people into a shared space at the same time—both indoors and out. Read More 2
November 1, 2019 Verizon Breaks Ground on Coleman Highline Campus By Nicholas Chan The telecom giant plans to employ 3,400 people at the site, which is part of a larger campus by the Mineta San Jose International Airport. Read More 2
August 20, 2019 San Jose Weighs Impact of Closing Reid-Hillview Airport By Grace Hase The East Side airport’s potential closure has been the subject of impassioned public discussion for the better part of the past year. Read More 1
August 19, 2019 San Jose Lawmakers Hear Next Steps for Reid-Hillview Closure By Grace Hase The City Council on Tuesday will review the land’s potential uses and the impact it would have on Mineta San Jose International Airport. Read More 14
July 18, 2019 Public Bank Advocate Jumps in San Jose’s D6 City Council Race By Nicholas Chan Green Party candidate Jake Tonkel has joined Andrew Boone in challenging incumbent Dev Davis for the San Jose’s District 6 City Council seat. Read More 13
March 11, 2019 SJ Mulls Ways to Offset Cost of Upping Downtown Height Limits By Lloyd Alaban As part of its quest to raise downtown building heights, San Jose will consider a unique funding proposal to offset costs to the airline industry. Read More 4
March 4, 2019 Op-Ed: San Jose’s Proposed Light Tower Leaves Us in the Dark By David Poeschel Will light be cast onto the wildlife-sensitive streams by this San Jose Light Tower? Who’s to say? But it won’t be you or me. Read More 9
February 11, 2019 San Jose City Council Talks Sustainable Building, Clean Energy, Homeless Housing By Lloyd Alaban As the city hammers out a spending plan for Measure T, the mayor wants to earmark some of the bond money to fund sustainable buildings. Read More 5
February 1, 2019 Op-Ed: We Need a Cohesive Vision for Silicon Valley’s Airport By Ken Pyle It's time to reimagine the Mineta San Jose International Airport as more than just a place that facilitates the movement of people and goods. Read More 22
January 30, 2019 San Jose Weighs Economic Benefits, Safety Risks in Push to Elevate Downtown Skyline By Lloyd Alaban An unprecedented surge of new development in San Jose has sped up plans to raise the limits of the historically low-lying cityscape. Read More 23
January 16, 2019 San Jose Proposes Short-Term Loans for Furloughed Workers By Jennifer Wadsworth The mayor wants to offer no-interest loans to the 500 federal airport employees who have been working sans pay amid the shutdown. Read More 16