By Mark Gomez, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Dec. 5--Every morning before sunrise, Erwin Arnold would leave his sister's house in South San Jose and walk to a nearby bus stop on Almaden Expressway. Arnold, 59, used public transit to get to a downtown job center.

By Gary Richards, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Jul. 9--Q I was disappointed to hear that improvements on southbound Highway 101 between Tully Road and Capitol Expressway were canceled because of financial cutbacks.

By Leslie Griffy, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Feb. 12--A church near the apartment building gutted by a fire last week is taking donations for the 150 residents that the blaze left without a home.