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Top San Jose news: BART receives funding from the FTA; American Idol auditions coming to town; more

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Published on August 30, 2019
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'American Idol' auditions coming to San Jose

Think you have what it takes to be the next "American Idol?" An open call for auditions is coming to San Jose!

Read the full story on ABC Bay Area, KGO.

Activists in San Jose demanding beloved mural be restored on the anniversary of its removal

About a dozen community organizers and local activists shut down a dental office in San Jose, demanding that the murals that once graced the building and another building, both within two miles from each other be restored.

Read the full story on ABC Bay Area, KGO.

Google helps PATH buy San Jose site to develop housing for homeless seniors

Acting through an affiliate, People Assisting the Homeless, or PATH, has bought the former Dick’s Supermarket site at 1020 N. Fourth St. in San Jose, paying $6.8 million.

Read the full story on Mercury News.

BART to San Jose gets a federal funding boost

The Federal Transit Administration announced its decision to fund Phase II of the Valley Transit Authority's plan to take BART into Silicon Valley on Wednesday. This phase will add four more BART stations to the San Jose area, on top of the Berryessa and Milpitas stations which are already set to open by the end of this year.

Read the full story on SFGATE.


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