June 24, 2020 South Bay’s Small Businesses Less Likely to Secure PPP Loans By Emanuel Lee Fewer than three in 10 local small businesses that applied for one of the loans are receiving one, according to a new survey. Read More 0
June 22, 2020 South Bay Malls Open with New Safety Measures, ‘Ninja Service’ By Emanuel Lee The lines that snaked outside Eastridge and Santana Row for their reopening left no doubt that people are eager to shop at malls again. Read More 2
June 19, 2020 South Bay Businesses Slowly Reopen, With Some Vacancies By Silicon Valley Newsroom Local businesses, like emerging butterflies, slowly began unfolding out of their cocoons this week, and are still cautiously testing their wings. Read More 4
June 17, 2020 Pandemic to Influence Design in 12-Story Santa Clara Building By Silicon Valley Newsroom The project includes a 1,031,957-square-foot headquarters-style office building plus an eight-level parking garage for nearly 3,600 cars. Read More 0
June 8, 2020 Stores, Restaurants, Offices Grapple with ‘New Normal’ as Public Health Rules Ease Up By Silicon Valley Newsroom No more cash. No more happy hours. Or large-group meals. No more break rooms, or conference rooms. No more handshakes. Or hugs. Read More 4
June 5, 2020 Tight Security Wards Off Would-Be Thieves From San Jose Cannabis Dispensaries By Emanuel Lee While weed stores in some parts of the U.S. have been hard hit by looting this week, only two of San Jose’s 16 dispensaries reported break-ins. Read More 1
June 3, 2020 Vandals, Looters Target Downtown Businesses By Emanuel Lee All told, 21 businesses were vandalized on Friday and Saturday nights, according to the San Jose Downtown Association. Read More 9
May 28, 2020 Chronic Town: Will Covid Pandemic Sap Weed-Biz Hype? By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside MedMen will go down in the annals as a symbol of the early days of the legal-weed industry: a meteoric rise and a spectacular crash. Read More 5
May 21, 2020 San Mateo-Based Pier 1 Closing All 1,000 Stores Nationwide By Erik Chalhoub On March 23, the San Mateo-based company furloughed 65 percent of its workforce in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Read More 0
May 13, 2020 Decades of Community-Building at Stake as San Jose’s Cultural Districts Fight to Survive By Jennifer Wadsworth From Little Saigon to Little Italy, will Silicon Valley’s treasured ethnic enclaves be recognizable once the pandemic runs its course? Read More 6
October 15, 2019 San Jose Water Co. Finalizes Merger with East Coast Utility By Jennifer Wadsworth Locals who’ve kept a close eye on the company, however, say regulators failed to determine whether the tie-up serves the public interest. Read More 6
October 3, 2019 San Jose Draws Scrutiny From State Leaders, Other Cities Over Tax-Sharing Pact with eBay By Jennifer Wadsworth Locally, however, the only controversy over the treaty involved how, exactly, to divvy up the money once it starts pouring into city coffers. Read More 1
September 13, 2019 Law Requiring More Gender Equity on Company Boards Sparks Sweeping Change By Silicon Valley Newsroom It’s clear now, a year since California passed SB 826, that there is momentum toward closing the gender gap in company boardrooms. Read More 1
August 16, 2019 Trade War Hits Silicon Valley as Cisco Lays Off 5 Percent of Employees in San Jose, Milpitas By Silicon Valley Newsroom Cisco is Santa Clara County’s largest private sector employer, with more than 10,000 local employees. Read More 21
July 15, 2019 Canna Cycle Aims to Reduce Waste in the World of Weed By Tom Gogola and Matt Weir Canna Cycle founders JJ Kaplan and Sam Penny launched their fledgling business to make the pot industry more sustainable. Read More 1
July 7, 2019 Santa Cruz Good Times Buys Watsonville Register-Pajaronian By Silicon Valley Newsroom Good Times is an affiliate of New SV Media, which publishes the Gilroy Dispatch—a sister publication of Metro and San Jose Inside. Read More 1