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By Winston Chu May 20, 2026 Ryan Park Art In the intersection of Second and San Carlos Street in Downtown San Jose stands a towering three-floor parking garage. This is no ordinary car garage, however. Its ground floor was home to a venue of film showings, live theater and musical productions that brought liveliness and happiness to countless theatergoers. Established in 2018 by Scott and Shannon Guggenheim, a husband and wife duo who has been producing live ente

By Ayush Deshpande May 20, 2026 Ryan Park Art On March 26, the members of the San Jose Unified School District (SJUSD) Board of Trustees convened and voted to close five schools in a narrow three-to-two decision. This concluded a months-long process of numerous board hearings, community meetings and protests. Empire Gardens, Canoas, Gardner, Lowell and Terrell elementary schools will be closing as early as the end of the 2025-26 school year. SJUSD deeme

By Liliana Chai April. 5, 2026 Juliana Shin Art With a bat emblem sewn across his chest and a billowing black cape trailing behind him, a masked superhero emerges out of the shadows onto the streets of San Jose, fighting injustice. Known as the Batman of San Jose, the activist has spent nearly eight years supporting the unhoused population and speaking out on civic issues affecting vulnerable communities. With just under a million residents, San Jose faces a per

By Dylan Xie April. 5, 2026 On Jan. 30, hundreds of students across the Bay Area walked out of classrooms in a coordinated protest against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in response to the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Prettiby ICE officials in Minnesota on Jan. 7 and Jan. 24, respectively. What began as social media posts turned into a full-scale movement that mobilized students across the nation, including around 300 students from L

By Ariel Lee Feb 15, 2026 On Dec. 3, 2025, an Instagram photo of eight Branham High School students forming a Nazi swastika with their bodies on the school’s football field circulated the internet, prompting reports of a possible hate crime and an investigation by their school and district. This image, taken on the same day it was posted, included a caption quoting Nazi leader Adof Hitler’s Reichstag speech in German, which supported the extermination of Jews. A