D10 Leadership Coalition's Rich Crowley says we've seen it all before: in 2022, SJ City councilmembers deprived San Joseans (D8, 10) of their rights to select their representative. The same actors are at it again, Crowley says, attempting to ram through an appointment process instead of elections to fill the vacant D3 seat. From an email sent to residents.

More in Silicon Valley than perhaps anywhere else, we wrestle with what being “human” means amidst technological advancements, AI debates, and a fast-moving culture. Below, Opp Now gathered exclusive perspectives from art faculty on this fundamental conflict of “authentic” vs. “technical”—and overcoming it, with our hands, our eyes, and our fellowship with others across space and time.

Many folks read San Jose news and feel they're manipulating our emotions for engagement—whether via “rage bait” or shallow fan service. (No wonder San Jose pols are turning to film and fiction for wisdom!) On Substack, documentarian Michael Nayna argues media shouldn't see its consumers as profit machines or moldable clay, but fellow thinkers.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and Irene Smith (runner-up in 2022 D3 council election) call for a special election to determine who will occupy the now-vacant position.

California has enough rainfall to address local droughts, claims CPC's water policy director Edward Ring—but the State regularly and wastefully dumps water into SF Bay to try to save the Delta smelt fish. Why, decades after this program began, is the smelt fish population no better off—while Bay Areans are being forced into strict water rationing? From a 9.4 newsletter.