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A Milpitas family recently became the victims of a viral TikTok prank.  Called the “door-kick challenge,” the prank consists ...

Thank you for your recent letter regarding the Milpitas Food Pantry. Your candid acknowledgment of the rising number of vulnerable residents and our growing homeless population highlights a reality we ...

In a city defined by massive tech corridors, bustling retail centers, and soaring Silicon Valley real estate values, it is remarkably easy for local prosperity to mask local pain. While luxury ...

Prior to my family immigrating to the United States we were housed in a refugee camp where food was scarce. I’ve lived my life thanking the U.S. for not only saving our lives, but for creating the ...

In 2014, when I served on the city council, I reduced the $1,600 monthly rent to help the food pantry better serve the most vulnerable members of our community to a $1.00 a month. For some time now ...

Grace Hase is a Bay Area-based freelance journalist. She previously worked as a reporter for Metro Silicon Valley/San Jose Inside where she covered San Jose City Hall, transportation, housing policy ...

David Newman is an award-winning Bay Area journalist whose proudest achievement may be placing 4th in his middle school speech contest in which he gave a stirring plea to “Save the Whales”. He ...