The San José Police Department wants your help in fighting crime by taking part in the Camera Registry Program (CRP). The CRP allows residents and business owners to register the locations of their video surveillance systems with SJPD. When a crime occurs, police will be able to identify the locations Read more…
There is a proposal to develop the Cheim Lumber property on West San Carlos and Sunol.
San José’s first green colored pavement in a marked bikeway – a mile and a half bike lane on Hedding Street, connecting the future Berryessa BART station in East San José to the Guadalupe River Park and Trail, which runs north-south through downtown. [Press Release] [Bike Plan Map]
Every “Second Sunday” of the month, Plant 51 resident volunteers work (one hour only) on cleaning up the White Street area between the VTA station and the Plant 51 complex. Time permitting, volunteers also clean-up other exterior areas of the complex. The focus is on the White Street side for a variety Read more…
At the VTA Board meeting on Nov. 29, 2012, the Board gave the green light to moving forward with both the Optimal and Revised BRT alternatives. Big thanks to Brian Darrow of Working Partnerships for turning out several excellent speakers and Barbara Fukumoto from Sunnyvale Cool for her letter to Read more…
This past weekend (Dec. 1, 2012), we experienced the third and strongest in a series of winter storms. Along with record winds and rain, there were numerous power outages, affecting over 300,000 Bay Area customers. At this time, I would like to share with you some useful advice from PG&E to Read more…
There is a longstanding plan to divert traffic away from the Alameda and our neighborhood, and would include using Coleman as main access to downtown and the Arena from 880. Coleman is planned to be widened to six lanes and also Autumn would connect Coleman to Park. Last year the railroad Read more…
Re-Imagining San Jose Parks By James P. Reber, Executive Director, San Jose Parks Foundation I had an incredible experience this past July, attending the Greater & Greener Conference in New York City, the largest gathering ever of Park and Trail Professionals, Advocates, and Supporters – over 900 people from 200 Read more…
Since the Caltrain/HSR blended system came up at GNC, I thought you might be interested in the feasibility analysis conducted by Caltrain this spring which allowed the HSR board to approve a blended approach. The consultants presented some of this material at the Dec 2011 community meeting. Here is the Read more…
Citizens Against Airport Pollution [CAAP] has filed a lawsuit against the City of San Jose because the City recently approved a major amendment to the Airport Master Plan without an Environmental Impact Report describing what adverse affect these amendments will have on the environment. The suit alleges that the City Read more…