Eyes welled with tears as people lit candles and spoke the names of Santa Clara County homeless residents who died this year at a Friday memorial — a reminder of the harsh reality of living on the streets and the urgency to get more people housed.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Homeless advocates in Santa Clara County are remembering the nearly two hundred unhoused residents who died this year. On Friday, several events marked a grim milestone with pledges to continue working to solve the problem.

Santa Clara County is nearly two years behind on receiving state approval for its housing plans, allowing developers to push projects forward in unwanted ways. County officials submitted their fourth draft of the housing element on Nov.

A body was located near where a missing person was last seen more than two weeks ago outside of Gilroy, authorities said.

Santa Clara County’s top educator says a series of investigations into his ousted predecessor have revealed even more issues — beyond major allegations of misspending public funds and malfeasance — and now the findings are being turned over to authorities.

The Cupertino-based tech giant has more than 1,400 outstanding property assessment appeals with Santa Clara County, creating a $33.6 billion discrepancy between what the company thinks the value of its local properties should be and what the county assessed them at, according to county data obtained by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

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