San Jose State University News

Tonight will be one for the history books in Campbell. The City Council is expected to select the Evan Low as their new mayor, making him the city's youngest openly-gay mayor and youngest Asian American mayor in the country.

The San Jose police officer caught on video Tasering a San Jose State University student has a history of using force.

Didn't get around to a 'Things to Be Thankful For' column this year, and we can all be thankful.

At 5am shoppers look for bargains at Toys R Us in San Jose Friday Nov. 28, 2008.

Lowell Elementary School, in San Jose, has a recent addition to their campus in the form of an art mural residing on the corner of South 7th and Margaret Way.

The governor's pick of Abel Maldonado as the new lieutenant governor won't win easy confirmation in the Legislature.

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Hello California Library Association members! As your President for 2009/10, I've had an eventful three weeks since the gavel was passed at Conference.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's choice of moderate Republican Abel Maldonado for lieutenant governor is unwelcome news for two Valley politicians seeking the same job in the 2010 election.

Nobody was surprised by the selection: former Mayor Dianne McNutt , who was Wasserman's vice mayor.

San Jose Police Chief Rob Davis speaks as city council member Nora Campos, left, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, right, and community leaders look on during a press conference at the Alum Rock Youth Center in San Jose Thursday Nov.

I am on a personal mission to evangelize emerging technology in higher education.

Responding to growing concerns about the use of force by San Jose police, a City Council committee Thursday turned to officials outside the department to examine the issue.

Cell phone video footage appears to support a San Jose State University student's claim he did not resist arrest when struck by police after an alleged scuffle his roommate.

A newly enhanced video of the arrest of a San Jose State University student further deepens the questions about why police repeatedly struck him with batons and shocked him with a Taser gun, as the student never speaks defiantly to the officers.

Only 1 in 5 likely voters believe District Attorney Dolores Carr has performed her job well enough to be re-elected, compared with nearly 1 in 3 who think highly enough of Sheriff Laurie Smith to keep her in office.

Tom Campbell, Silicon Valley's onetime Golden Boy, is still, well, golden. In a San Jose State University poll released Monday, Campbell, a former Silicon Valley congressman seeking the GOP nomination for governor, crushed his competition - former eBay chief Meg Whitman and state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, a valley entrepreneur.

I am on a personal mission to evangelize emerging technology in higher education.

The Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University has released a report that explores the safety needs of women who use transit, the extent to which transit agencies are meeting these needs, and programs and practices in the United States and abroad that address womena s concerns about safe travel.

San Jose State University is once again shrinking the size of its freshman class a ' accepting all qualified students from Santa Clara County but limiting entry by nonresidents, and toughening standards for the most popular majors, such as engineering, business and nursing.