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Author Archives: Lorraine Gabbert, San Jose Spotlight

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South Bay reentry program changes lives of formerly incarcerated

by Lorraine Gabbert, San Jose Spotlight January 28, 2023January 26, 2023

Mark Ashford has been in and out of the criminal justice system for 26 years, never staying out for more than five months at a time. A few years ago, everything changed with the help of a support program and reentry services. “It is possible for people to change,” Ashford, 46, told San José Spotlight. […]

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With one election over, San Jose politicos look to the next

by Lorraine Gabbert, San Jose Spotlight and Jana Kadah, San Jose Spotlight December 8, 2022December 7, 2022
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Energy facility proposed for Coyote Valley

by Joseph Geha, San Jose Spotlight and Lorraine Gabbert, San Jose Spotlight November 23, 2022November 22, 2022
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‘It’s hard for me not to be jaded’: Why some SJ residents didn’t vote in midterm election

by Lorraine Gabbert, San Jose Spotlight November 15, 2022November 14, 2022
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Santa Clara County races to stop fentanyl overdoses

by Lorraine Gabbert, San Jose Spotlight October 25, 2022October 25, 2022
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Hicklebee’s bookstore in San Jose up for sale

by Lorraine Gabbert, San Jose Spotlight August 10, 2022August 9, 2022
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San Jose LGBTQ leaders: Monkeypox ‘not a gay disease’

by Lorraine Gabbert, San Jose Spotlight August 3, 2022August 2, 2022
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Santa Clara County mine project threatens 400 acres of sacred tribal land and wildlife

by Lorraine Gabbert, San Jose Spotlight July 30, 2022July 29, 2022
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San Jose candidate denies allegations of criminal history: ‘It’s not me’

by Lorraine Gabbert, San Jose Spotlight July 27, 2022July 27, 2022
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Saratoga teens head home after being stranded in Prague for 5 days

by Lorraine Gabbert, San Jose Spotlight July 26, 2022July 26, 2022

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