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Serving San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)Vol. 1, No. 8

EditionSaturday, Oct. 31, 2026 · Vol. 1, No. 5 · Patchy Fog then Mostly Cloudy, high 66°F, low 47°F

Dumped furniture, including a couch, a chair and a dresser, along with tires, wood scraps and a plastic kiddie pool, sits on a sidewalk beside a chain-link fence on a residential street.
Dumped furniture, tires and other trash sit on the sidewalk along South Willard Avenue in San Jose in May 2009.  This is a file photo. — Photo:  BVNA / Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, CC BY-SA 2.0
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San Jose hauled 24.4 million pounds of trash in a year as illegal dumping keeps growing

City, state and water-district crews split the cleanup of streets, creeks and freeways.  Records show why trash piles up, what is being tried and what it costs.

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San Jose Unified weighs building teacher housing on Hillsdale site or buying 337 downtown condos

Both options would use Measure R bond money.  The district says it has not decided to buy anything.

Former SiliconSage CEO from San Jose sentenced to 18 months for defrauding investors

Sanjeev Acharya hid the real estate company's debts while raising money in 2020, prosecutors said.  Investors lost more than $2.2 million.

Franklin-McKinley board censures Trustee Marc Cooper, asks him to resign over remarks about Muslims

The board's resolution says Cooper called the 9/11 attackers "cowardly, radical Muslims."  He says he will not resign.

Newsom names Santa Clara County schools chief David Toston to state behavioral health commission

The county superintendent, a former school psychologist, will help oversee California's mental health and substance use system.

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