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Fire Chief to Report on Response Times; Survey Questions Racial Biases of Police
San Jose’s Fire Department has some explaining to do. The 33-station agency serves 1 million people in the third-largest city in the state, but it has no accurate idea of its average emergency response...
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Show Me the Money: City Employee Salaries for 2012
San Jose released its annual list of city salaries late last week, reminding us once again where the bulk of the municipal budget goes. Like most municipalities, payroll accounts for the city’s single...
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San Jose Fire Chief Leaving for Las Vegas
San Jose Fire Chief William McDonald will step down from his position after he was selected to serve as the head of Las Vegas’ fire department. McDonald was nominated to become the Las Vegas fire chief...
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San Jose Fire Chief Leaves for Las Vegas Amid Unanswered Questions
A funny thing happened after Willie McDonald announced in a June 10 email to San Jose Fire Department staff that he was staying on as fire chief. He decided to send another email, only in this message,...
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Cortese Slams San Jose Fire Department for Lagging Response Times
In a press conference that probably wouldn’t have happened if he wasn’t running for mayor, county Supervisor Dave Cortese on Monday lambasted San Jose for cutting fire department staff to the point...
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