San Jose State University News

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.

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San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, who is heading into re-election with no serious challengers, is enjoying a 67 percent approval rating, according to a poll by the Survey and Policy Research Institute at San Jose State University.

Leaders of the city's ethnic communities are calling for the immediate resignation of Chief Rob Davis, accusing him of fostering a climate of distrust and fear between officers and minorities.

More than two-thirds of the people living in San Jose approve of the job Mayor Chuck Reed is doing.

Authorities are investigating a series of small fires that have broken out in a San Jose State University dormitory this month.

Silicon Valley, California's high-tech mecca best known for giving the world laptops and iPhones, is emerging as a breeding ground for a lower-tech product: the political candidate.

San Jose State University is once again shrinking the size of its freshman class - 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.

Every day there is a tense stare down at the border separating North and South Korea.

This month, Judy Rickard will permanently leave the United States in order to reunite with her partner, Karin Bogliolo, a UK national.

Silicon Valley consumer confidence remains low, with perceptions of current conditions up while future expectations are down, according to a new survey by the Survey and Policy Research Institute at San Jose State University .