News June 29, 2016 Mass Eviction—San Jose’s Largest—to Displace 670 People By Jennifer Wadsworth Plans to replace a rent-controlled apartment complex with market-rate housing near Santana Row leads to largest eviction in San Jose history. Read More 209
News June 27, 2016 Ballot Measure Would Boost Hours for Part-Time Workers By Jennifer Wadsworth A measure up for a vote this fall would require San Jose employers to offer more hours to part-time workers before bringing on new hires. Read More 13
News June 20, 2016 San Jose May Increase Business Tax to Avoid Ballot Measure By Jennifer Wadsworth Prodded by a ballot measure to increase the city’s business tax, San Jose trotted out an alternative plan that’s less costly to local companies. Read More 43
News June 17, 2016 Assemblyman Low Confronts NRA, Advances Gun Control Bills By Jennifer Wadsworth Days after the mass shooting at at a gay nightclub in Orlando, anger gave way to action as California lawmakers advanced a raft of gun laws. Read More 28
News June 16, 2016 San Jose Schedules Memorial for Fallen Officer Michael Katherman By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose will hold a public memorial service Tuesday for Officer Michael Katherman, who died in a traffic collision earlier this week. Read More 2
News June 16, 2016 San Jose Agrees to Spend $100 Million on Creek Cleanup By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose agreed to spend $100 million to cut down the amount of trash and sewage that flows into local creeks and rivers. Read More 7
News June 15, 2016 Veteran San Jose Police Officer Dies in Motorcycle Crash By Jennifer Wadsworth Michael Katherman, a San Jose police officer and 34-year-old father of two young children, died in a motorcycle crash Tuesday while on patrol. Read More 3
News June 15, 2016 Stanford Rape Case Raises Vital Questions of Justice, Consent By Jennifer Wadsworth Stanford students hope to foster a nuanced dialogue about justice and sexual consent in the wake of Brock Turner's controversial sentencing. Read More 51
News June 13, 2016 Silicon Valley Mourns Victims of Orlando Terrorist Attack By Jennifer Wadsworth Silicon Valley hosts vigils to memorialize one of the worst mass shootings in American history, which left 49 people dead and 53 wounded. Read More 19
News June 13, 2016 San Jose’s New Budget Proposal Accounts for Sales Tax Bump By Jennifer Wadsworth A voter-approved tax hike will help San Jose hire more police officers, repair potholed streets and stopgap projected budget deficits. Read More 10
News June 10, 2016 Incumbent Loses Lead in San Jose’s District 4 Council Race By Jennifer Wadsworth Councilman Manh Nguyen lost his lead to two-time challenger Lan Diep, who surpassed the District 4 incumbent by a 12-vote margin Friday. Read More 3
News June 8, 2016 Voters Approve New Sales Tax, Oppose Deregulating Pot Clubs By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose voters overwhelmingly approved a new quarter-cent sales tax and shot down a separate measure that would have deregulated the city's pot clubs. Read More 14
News June 8, 2016 San Jose Council Incumbents Win Re-Election; Frontrunners for 3 Open Seats Head to Fall Runoff By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose's two City Council incumbents managed to win another four years in office, one in a landslide victory and the other by only a slim margin. Read More 10
News June 8, 2016 Why Silicon Valley Conservatives Have Fallen for Donald Trump By Jennifer Wadsworth Donald Trump’s message resonates with a surprisingly diverse set of Bay Area residents, many of whom feel cheated out of the region’s prosperity. Read More 27
News June 7, 2016 California’s Long-Awaited Primary Election Day is Here By Jennifer Wadsworth Election Day is here. After months of waiting, Californians have until 8pm to cast their vote in the presidential primary. Read More 3
News June 6, 2016 Lenient Sentencing in Stanford Rape Case Sparks Outrage at Judge, Mercury News Columnist By Jennifer Wadsworth A sexual assault perpetrated by a Stanford University athlete has ignited public outrage after he came away with just a six-month jail sentence. Read More 58