News November 20, 2020 Santa Clara County Reports Alarming Rise in Fentanyl Deaths By Silicon Valley Newsroom Fatal fentanyl overdoses are on track to double this year in the South Bay compared to 2019, officials announced Friday. Read More 3
News November 11, 2020 SJ2020 Was to Close SJ Schools’ Achievement Gap, But It’s Absent By Larry Slonaker In spite of all the staff time and taxpayer money that went into SJ2020, Santa Clara County students have benefited not one whit. Read More 14
News November 10, 2020 San Jose: Shooting Off McKee Marks 38th Homicide of 2020 By Silicon Valley Newsroom Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the San Jose Police Department’s Homicide unit at 408.277.5283. Read More 3
News November 9, 2020 Silicon Valley Leaders Celebrate Biden-Harris Victory By Silicon Valley Newsroom For the Bay Area, the festivities took on greater resonance because of Kamala Harris, an Oakland native and now the first woman VP. Read More 9
News November 5, 2020 Ex-Code Enforcement Officer Booked on Multiple Counts of Sexual Assault, Extortion By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose police say William Gerry self-surrendered on Tuesday and was booked into the Santa Clara County jail on a $550,000 bail. Read More 6
News November 4, 2020 SJ Bolsters Police Oversight, Expands Planning Commission By Silicon Valley Newsroom Measure G grants greater authority to the Independent Police Auditor and adds several members to the city Planning Commission. Read More 2
News November 4, 2020 Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Open Space Authority’s Measure T By Silicon Valley Newsroom By extending the $24-a-year parcel tax, voters signaled a desire to support the continued preservation of local wildlands. Read More 1
News November 3, 2020 Activists Shut Down Part of 11th Street in Downtown San Jose By Silicon Valley Newsroom Organizers parked a pair of U-Haul box trucks at San Antonio and San Carlos streets while blocking traffic across 11th at San Fernando. Read More 36
News November 3, 2020 Election Day 2020: Live Updates By Silicon Valley Newsroom Santa Clara County got off to a strong start with early voting, with 62 percent of ballots cast before the polls even opened today. Read More 8
News November 2, 2020 App Shows How to Walk, Bike or Bus to Nearest Vote Center By Silicon Valley Newsroom Just open the app and zoom in to see a check mark designating each of the 99 ballot drop-off locations in Santa Clara County. Read More 2
News October 28, 2020 Hundreds More Seniors, Disabled Residents Avail Themselves of Parcel Tax Exemptions This Year By Silicon Valley Newsroom For many disabled and elderly folks, the average savings of $49 to $820 a year is nothing to sneeze at. Read More 0
News October 28, 2020 South County Man Arrested for Possessing Explosive Devices By Silicon Valley Newsroom Darren Dorrell, 53, was arrested after he was released from the hospital for treatment of serious injuries to his right hand. Read More 0
News October 26, 2020 Former Hope’s Sober Living Manager Arrested on Suspicion of Multiple Sexual Assaults By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose police say Justin Abraham Lopez, 32, assaulted at least one woman while he worked at the Evergreen area halfway house. Read More 7
News October 25, 2020 Stubblefield Sentenced to 15 Years to Life in Prison By Silicon Valley Newsroom Former NFL star Dana Stubblefield was convicted of raping a disabled woman at his Morgan Hill Home. Read More 11
Culture October 21, 2020 San Jose International Short Film Festival Kicks Off with Big Names By Daedalus Howell Woods' film, ‘David,’ is one of the 100-plus line-up of shorts that are part of the 12th Annual San Jose International Short Film Festival. Read More 0
News October 21, 2020 What Propositions Are On California’s Ballot? By Grace Hase, Janice Bitters, Josh Koehn and Will Carruthers California’s ballot measures can be as opaque as they are varied, which is why we waded through the morass to make your decision easier. Read More 2