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Congressman Mike Honda’s Wake-up Call
Mike Honda sits in what’s been billed as a town hall meeting in Fremont, surrounded by healthcare experts. The congressman starts to drift as they answer questions about the the Affordable Care Act’s...
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Remembering Janet Gray Hayes, San Jose’s First Female Mayor
Janet Gray Hayes, San Jose’s first female mayor and the first woman to lead a major U.S. city, died Monday in the Saratoga home she shared with her daughter. The former mayor was healing from pneumonia...
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The Future of San Jose Politics: Change or the Status Quo
The November election will either shift the body politic in San Jose toward change or provide a continuation of the status quo. With the problems facing the city, change should be in the air. Consider...
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Statue Featuring Rod Diridon Sr. in Works for Diridon Station
A curious cultural taboo has been openly flouted over the last two decades in San Jose, and it seems one local institution could soon double down. Valley residents who return home by plane land at...
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Inauguration of San Jose Elected Officials Has a Bit of Everything
Inaugurations have a way of oscillating between solemn occasions and celebrations. And then there’s the slightly absurd—a San Jose specialty. Tuesday night’s swearing-in of Mayor Sam Liccardo and four...
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Mike Honda Raises Campaign Cash during Birthday Weekend
Just three months after conceding the 17th Congressional District race to seven-term incumbent Mike Honda (D- San Jose), Ro Khanna accepted his first campaign check for the 2016 re-match. Honda himself...
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Don Edwards’ Indelible Legacy
People running for elected office in Santa Clara County often asked Alan Cranston for his endorsement. The former U.S. senator’s answer was always the same: “What does Don Edwards say?” Even though...
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Op-Ed: San Jose Should Name a Street after Barack Obama
In the winter of 2008, I was walking through an economically depressed neighborhood of Cleveland, one like many others in America decimated by the mounting recession. For millions of Americans, it...
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San Jose’s Annual Comedy of Errors Channels Mamma Mia!, Game of Thrones in...
With no striptease, crotch-kicking or ball-gags and the same tired jabs about stinky Milpitas, San Jose’s 26th Monday Night Live! packed less of a punch this time. But Will Springhorn Jr., Allison Rich...
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Evan Low Joins the ‘Yang Gang’
A little more than a month out from Super Tuesday, Assemblyman Evan Low has been tapped as the national co-chair of Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign. The District 28 Democratic rep joins the ranks...
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Mineta and Other Mentors in Local Poltiics
Norm Mineta will turn 82 on Nov. 12. His accomplishments from mayor of San Jose to U.S. cabinet secretary under two administrations are legendary. San Jose’s airport is named after him. But Mineta’s...
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Statue Featuring Rod Diridon Sr. in Works for Diridon Station
A curious cultural taboo has been openly flouted over the last two decades in San Jose, and it seems one local institution could soon double down. Valley residents who return home by plane land at...
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Mahan’s Edge: San Jose Has a History of Close Mayoral Races
San Jose, a million-person city in which a fifth of its residents choose the mayor, has a history of close elections. Only three of the past seven open elections could be called lopsided victories. The...
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