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San Jose Council Candidates Square Off Over Fair Elections, Transportation at...
Eight candidates running for three San Jose City Council districts faced off over the Fair Elections Initiative and a regional transportation measure Friday at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s...
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San Jose City Council to Review New Plans For Diridon Station
After more than a year of design work by four local agencies, preliminary plans for a re-envisioned Diridon Station have been unveiled. The city of San Jose, the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board,...
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San Jose Poised to Oppose Diversion of Measure B Funds
Advocates urging the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) to reallocate dollars from a recent tax measure to boost public transit funding may not get support from the San Jose City Council...
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Coronavirus Updates, March 25, 2020: Officials Say Actual Case Count is...
Scroll from the bottom up to read in chronological order. And click here to catch up on the rest of our coronavirus coverage. 5:08pm: One more deputy falls ill. A fifth Santa Clara County sheriff’s...
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‘Zoom Bombers’ Shout Epithets, Flash Obscene Images in VTA’s Virtual Board...
Tonight’s Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) board meeting was crashed by so-called “Zoom bombers,” hackers who yelled the N-word, projected a swastika and flashed pornographic images...
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VTA to Require Face Masks Starting Next Week
While Santa Clara County health officials haven’t mandated face masks in public, anyone looking to board VTA buses or light rail starting Monday will be required to cover their face to slow the spread...
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All Aboard! BART Finally Sets Date for San Jose Service
At long last, it’s official: BART is finally coming to the South Bay. Officials from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and BART made the announcement today, saying the Milpitas and...
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Santa Clara County Supervisors to Discuss Caltrain Tax Measure
The COVID-19 pandemic has put the future of Caltrain in grave danger and it’s now up to Santa Clara and San Francisco counties to save it. On Tuesday, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will...
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VTA May Double GM’s Contract Signing Authority to $1 Million
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) officials are poised to bump up the agency director’s contract signing authority to $1 million. If the Board of Directors approves the recommendation...
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Bay Area Public Transit Agencies Struggle to Survive the Economic Toll of the...
The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on every aspect of day-to-day life, but one part people may not fully realize until it’s too late is the destruction the virus is inflicting on public transit...
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Deputies Seek Suspect After VTA Worker Hit by an Arrow
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office is seeking information and a suspect after a Valley Transportation Authority employee was hit in the back by an arrow Tuesday afternoon. The employee was...
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VTA Shuts Down All Light Rail Service at Noon Today
The shift to yellow tier opens light rail and buses to more travelers, who must still wear masks and stay 3 feet apart beginning May 26. The post VTA Shuts Down All Light Rail Service at Noon Today...
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Shooter Down, Multiple Fatalities at VTA Transit Maintenance Yard
Multiple injuries and multiple fatalities were reported today in an early morning mass shooting by a lone gunman at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority maintenance yard on Younger Ave. in...
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Nine Killed, including Gunman, at Valley Transportation Authority Yard in San...
The VTA attack was the worst mass shooting in the Bay Area since 1993. Wednesday's killer set fire to his own house before the deadly assault. The post Nine Killed, including Gunman, at Valley...
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VTA Shooting Victims Identified: All Male Transit Workers
Investigators were seeking a motive for the morning attack by a Santa Clara VTA transit supervisor on his co-workers, leaving eight dead and seriously injuring at least one other. The post VTA Shooting...
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Ninth Shooting Victim Dies, Police Discover Multiple Explosive Devices at...
Alex Ward Fritch, 49, who had been in critical condition since being taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Wednesday morning, died from his injuries, the County of Santa Clara Medical...
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Victims Were Dedicated to Their Families, Their Co-workers and Their Communities
Many of you have reported the names of the employees who were lost. To us here at VTA they are friends and our family and we want to honor their memory. The post Victims Were Dedicated to Their...
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Gunman Had Hostile Personality, People Who Knew Him Say
The man identified by California law enforcement officials as the gunman in a mass shooting at a San Jose rail yard on Wednesday lived alone and had a hostile personality, according to interviews with...
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Feds Learned of Gunman’s Anger Toward VTA Five Years Ago
“Based on recent developments in the investigation we can say that the suspect has been a highly disgruntled VTA employee for many years, which may have contributed to why he targeted VTA employees.”...
View ArticleVTA, IN MEMORIAM: Adrian Balleza of Gilroy, a True Family Man
Adrian Balleza was known for lighting up any room with a big smile and sharing his signature goofy jokes. He was a family man first and foremost, and his proudest moment was becoming a father, The post...
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