August 15, 2019 Gov. Newsom Appoints San Jose SPUR’s Teresa Alvarado to California Water Commission By Silicon Valley Newsroom The governor announced his pick of Teresa Alvarado, the San Jose director of SPUR since 2016, in a news release this week. Read More 2
April 11, 2019 SJ’s First Police Auditor, Teresa Guerrero-Daley, Dies at 67 By Jennifer Wadsworth The retired judge, who served for more than a decade as police auditor and spent a dozen years on the bench, died in her home Sunday. Read More 2
March 11, 2019 SJ Mulls Ways to Offset Cost of Upping Downtown Height Limits By Lloyd Alaban As part of its quest to raise downtown building heights, San Jose will consider a unique funding proposal to offset costs to the airline industry. Read More 4
January 30, 2019 San Jose Weighs Economic Benefits, Safety Risks in Push to Elevate Downtown Skyline By Lloyd Alaban An unprecedented surge of new development in San Jose has sped up plans to raise the limits of the historically low-lying cityscape. Read More 23
December 13, 2018 Former SCC Supervisor Susie Wilson, a Trailblazer in Silicon Valley Politics, Dies at 90 By Jennifer Wadsworth Susanne Boothe Wilson, who dedicated her life to public service, died in her San Jose home after a months-long battle with cancer. Read More 1
April 10, 2017 San Jose May Revise Urban Village Policy to Advance Affordable Housing Projects By Jennifer Wadsworth The City Council on Tuesday will consider relaxing requirements that have stymied the type of development prescribed by the General Plan. Read More 21
May 4, 2016 Teresa Alvarado Joins SPUR after Awkward Water District Exit By The Fly Teresa Alvarado retired from Santa Clara Valley Water District, but not before trying to wring a few more dollars out of the Golden Spigot. Read More 31
November 19, 2015 Water District Refuses to Release ‘Smoking Gun’ Email, So Here It Is By The Fly The Santa Clara Valley Water District plays by its own rules, which is especially easy when its rules were made to be broken. Read More 8
October 9, 2015 Water District CEO Beau Goldie On Chopping Block, Travels to Savannah, Georgia to Duck Board By Josh Koehn Beau Goldie will get on a plane to Georgia. By all accounts it should be an extraordinary trip, and the timing for the trip is no less extraordinary. Read More 53
October 2, 2015 DA Confirms Investigation into Water District Deal with RMC By Josh Koehn The District Attorney’s office confirmed Friday it has launched an investigation into conflicts of interest and allegations of fraudulent billing involving the Santa Clara Valley Water District and consultant RMC Water and Environment. Read More 9