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• Bankrupt hotel in downtown San Jose might not reopen in 2021 SAN JOSE — A bankrupt hotel in downtown San Jose might not reopen until December — if then — based on a new proposed timetable for the hotel’s owner to file a plan to revamp its shattered finances, court papers show. The current schedule eyed by the owner of the bankrupt Fairmont San Jose, located in the city’s downtown hotel district, is pushing the timetable for final approval of a plan to reorganize the hotel until sometime after Nov. 30.…
• Opinion: A’s must include affordable housing like other developers Oakland, like the rest of the Bay Area, has a housing crisis rooted in the fact that so much office, retail and entertainment space was built without enough homes for the people who work in them — especially low-wage workers. As a result, Oakland has over 4,000 unhoused people, a population that has grown more than 86% in the last five years, even as the minimum wage has gone up. And yet at a City Council hearing earlier this month…
• Photos: Discovery Cube LA reopens in Sylmar Children play at the Discovery Cube Los Angeles during the reopening in Sylmar, Calif. on July 22, 2021. (Photo by Shae Hammond, Contributing Photographer) Children play at the Discovery Cube Los Angeles during the reopening in Sylmar, Calif. on July 22, 2021. (Photo by Shae Hammond, Contributing Photographer) Children play at the Discovery Cube Los Angeles during the reopening in Sylmar, Calif. on July 22, 2021. (Photo by Shae Hammond, Contributing Photographer) Children play at the Discovery Cube Los Angeles…
• More than 100 California cities and counties have banned flavored tobacco. What about San Jose? When it comes to tobacco products, San Jose leaders appear to agree — the fruity, minty and candied flavor kind should be taken off the shelves across the city and far away from the eyes of easily-enticed kids. So why — a week before San Jose was expected to join more than 100 cities and counties across California in banning flavored tobacco — did they decide to delay the vote by more than three months? Public records reveal that the…
• Buy Now Pay Later Report: Market trends in the ecommerce financing, consumer credit, and BNPL industry Buy now, pay later solutions are continuing to grow in popularity as people seek alternative methods of financing. The BNPL industry will rack up $680 billion in transaction volume worldwide in 2025 Do you work in the Payments & Commerce industry? Get business insights on the latest tech innovations, market trends, and your competitors with data-driven research Buy now, pay later (BNPL) solutions, which allow consumers to pay in interest-free installments, are continuing to grow in popularity as people seek…
• San Jose: Public asked to help identify driver in fatal hit-and-run SAN JOSE – Authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying the driver of a luxury sedan involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision over the weekend in San Jose. The car, described as a black 2015 Infiniti Q50 with tinted windows and dark gray aftermarket wheels, was first spotted at about 2:30 a.m. July 17 on the 1900 block of Alum Rock Avenue, the San Jose Police Department said in a news release. The driver sped away when an…
• Coroner releases cause of death for 7-year-old San Jose boy found dead on Nevada road By Shannon Miller | KVVU LAS VEGAS, Nevada – The Clark County Coroner’s Office has released the cause and manner of death for 7-year-old Liam Husted, whose body was found near Mountain Springs southwest of Las Vegas. An undated photo of Liam Husted provided by his grandfather, Chris Husted. The seven-year-old San Jose boy was found deceased in a remote area outside Las Vegas late last month. His mother Samantha Moreno Rodriguez has been arrested in Denver. (Courtesy of Chris…
• San Jose Earthquakes must settle for draw with Sporting Kansas City KANSAS CITY — Sporting Kansas City used a stoppage-time goal to draw with the San Jose Earthquakes 1-1 in a contentious match Wednesday night at Children’s Mercy Park. A total of 35 fouls were called in the match. Five yellow cards and one red card were issued. San Jose scored in the 53rd minute when Nathan Cardoso found the corner of the net on a header from the left side of the six-yard box following a corner. Sporting appeared to…
• San Jose State defense earns preseason all-Mountain West honors San Jose State senior defensive lineman Cade Hall was voted Mountain West preseason defensive player of the year and three other Spartans appeared alongside him in the all-conference media poll’s first team entering the 2021 season. The accolades continue to roll in for Hall, an All-American last season and the Mountain West’s defensive player of the year. The three-year starter — and product of San Jose’s Bellarmine Prep — was named last week to the preseason watch list for the…
• Godinez honored as LA’s Firefighter of the Year, rekindling ceremony postponed by pandemic The LA City Firefighters Association recognizes retired Capt. Rick Godinez as Firefighter of the Year at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Downtown Los Angeles , Calif. on July 22, 2021. (Photo by Shae Hammond, Contributing Photographer) The LA City Firefighters Association recognizes retired Capt. Rick Godinez as Firefighter of the Year at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Downtown Los Angeles , Calif. on July 22, 2021. (Photo by Shae Hammond, Contributing Photographer) The LA City Firefighters Association recognizes retired Capt.…