{"id":497129,"date":"2026-10-15T17:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/497129\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T17:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:24:14","slug":"san-jose-leaders-zero-in-on-flood-risks-preparedness-amid-strong-el-nino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/497129\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose leaders zero in on flood risks, preparedness amid strong El Ni\u00f1o"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">As a strong El Ni\u00f1o season heightens flood risks throughout California, some\u00a0in San Jose\u00a0are raising the alarm that shaky coordination between South Bay government agencies could hamstring emergency preparation efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a Tuesday joint meeting between the Valley Water board of directors and San Jose City Council, a chorus of officials and residents warned that fuzzy jurisdictional boundaries often make it unclear who is responsible for dealing with floods risks when they arise along San Jose\u2019s 140 miles of waterways.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading for FREE<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">This is NOT a paywall. We just want to make sure you\u2019re a human. Sign in to read this story and receive the weekly regional roundup in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to manage your account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a strong El Ni\u00f1o season heightens flood risks throughout California, some\u00a0in San Jose\u00a0are raising the alarm that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[166945,36326,10648,36802,187421,44960,644,88,90,89,881,198,35539],"class_list":["post-497129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-anderson-dam","tag-coyote-creek","tag-el-nino","tag-emergency-preparedness","tag-flood-prevention","tag-flood-risk","tag-flooding","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-spotlight","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-valley-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}