Commentary Home prices across the Western U.S. continue to skyrocket. The median price for a single-family home in the region reached $502,300 in May, according the National Association of Realtors. It represents an increase of $81,000—or 19.2 percent—from the 2019 median price. Unsurprisingly, home prices in the West are up 17.7 percent from the year-ago…
Western US Home Prices up 19 Percent Since 2019
June 23, 2021
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Bipartisan Mayors Coalition Supports California’s $4 Billion Homelessness Proposal
June 11, 2021
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With California’s expected $75.7 billion dollar budget surplus, the mayors of California’s 13 largest cities said they support spending $4 billion to address the state’s homeless crisis. Elected officials from Santa Ana and Anaheim on June 10 joined a coalition of mayors to endorse a proposal to put $1 billion each year toward helping the homeless. “The City of Santa Ana…
California Rail Yard Gunman Amassed Weapons Cache at Home He Torched
May 29, 2021
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The transit employee who fatally shot nine co-workers at a rail yard in San Jose, California, had amassed a collection of 12 firearms, multiple Molotov cocktails, and 22,000 rounds of ammunition at his home before setting it on fire, the local sheriff said on Friday. But an FBI official said the blaze that incinerated the…
LIVE: VTA Holds News Conference on San Jose Shooting Victims
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) holds a news conference about the San Jose shooting victims.
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A ninth shooting victim dies after Wednesday’s shooting in San Jose, California. What do neighbors have to say after finding out they lived next to the suspected gunman? The Senate passes a bill calling on the Biden administration to declassify intel on the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab. A GOP senator says intelligence agencies need…
Victims of San Jose Rail Yard Shooting Identified; Police, FBI Seek Motive
May 27, 2021
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SAN JOSE, Calif.—Police and federal investigators sought on Thursday to determine why a Northern California transit employee opened fire on his co-workers, killing nine people in the latest mass shooting to haunt the United States. The accused gunman shot himself as police closed in on him, minutes after gunfire erupted at about 6:30 a.m. Pacific…
9 Victims of San Jose Rail Yard Shooting Identified; Police, FBI Seek Motive
May 27, 2021
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SAN JOSE, Calif.—Police and federal investigators sought on Thursday to determine why a Northern California transit employee opened fire on his co-workers, killing nine people in the latest mass shooting to haunt the United States. The accused gunman shot himself as police closed in on him, minutes after gunfire erupted at about 6:30 a.m. Pacific…
Multiple People Dead in Mass Shooting Near San Jose VTA Light Rail Yard: Sources
By Rick Hurd From The Mercury News SAN JOSE, Calif.—Multiple people are dead in a mass shooting early Wednesday morning near a VTA light rail yard and the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, according to authorities. The shooter is also dead, authorities said. Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office spokesman Russell Davis confirmed the shooters’ death but…
San Jose to Remove Homeless Camps for Trail Renovation
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Homeless people who live along the Coyote Creek Trail in the San Francisco Bay Area may soon need to relocate, as the city of San Jose is planning to remove their encampments. The Coyote Creek Trail in San Jose stretches about 19 miles. Many homeless individuals have made part of this trail their…
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Strong Economic Growth Forecast for San Jose and San Francisco
Commentary Employment information jobs in San Jose, San Francisco and Seattle increased five percent in 2020, despite a large number of anecdotal evidence to the contrary—and also despite a six percent decrease of information jobs across the U.S. during the pandemic-ravaged year. Broadly speaking, “information jobs” includes employment in traditional media such as publication, telecommunications,…