November 13, 2020 San Jose Woman Admits to Setting Fire, Faking Assault as Cover for Embezzlement By Bay City News Police say Janice Carlstrom, who was found bound and gagged at a Saratoga office last year, confessed to stealing more than $580,000. Read More 4
November 13, 2020 California Issues Travel Advisory Amid Uptick in Covid-19 Cases By Grace Hase On top of the travel advisory, state health officials are also urging residents to limit interactions with other households. Read More 2
November 13, 2020 Property Tax Ballot Measures Were a Mixed Bag for Voters By Janice Bitters While one measure, Prop. 15 failed, another ballot measure to change the tax system passed, marking a bittersweet election for everyone. Read More 3
November 12, 2020 South Bay Small Businesses Just Got More Time to Pay Back Rent By Grace Hase Small businesses now have until March 21, 2021, to pay back 50 percent of past-due rent, a reprieve that comes as Covid-19 cases spike. Read More 5
November 12, 2020 Health Officials Issue Covid-19 Guidelines for the Holidays By Grace Hase Bay Area health officials recommend limiting any Thanksgiving gathering to no more than three households. Read More 3
November 12, 2020 First Openly Gay Man Confirmed to California Supreme Court By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Martin Jenkins was nominated by Gov. Gavin Newsom to replace former Associate Justice Ming Chin, 77, who retired Aug. 31. Read More 2
November 12, 2020 New ‘Silicon Alleys’ Book Relishes Bizarro Side of San Jose By Gary Singh Singh, a “skinny, long-haired dude who roams the streets” picked out hundreds of 'Silicon Alleys' columns over 15 years for the book. Read More 16
November 11, 2020 SVO: There Was ‘No Intent to Do Harm’ With Racist Campaign Ad By Jennifer Wadsworth Leaders of the regional chamber of commerce refused to name the people responsible and offered little else in the way of context. Read More 18
November 11, 2020 Sunnyvale Election Full of Firsts By Emanuel Lee The city voted for its first directly elected mayor as well as its first Muslim-South Asian and openly queer councilors. Read More 6
November 11, 2020 Hung Wei, Kitty Moore Projected to Win Council Seats in Cupertino By Emanuel Lee Cupertino voters elected two candidates who fall on opposite sides of the pro-or-slow-growth debate. Read More 8
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 13
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
November 10, 2020 San Jose: Woman Dies in Two-Car Crash Early Tuesday By Bay City News The driver of the gray Lexus was ejected from the car and pronounced dead at the scene. Her name was not immediately available. Read More 0
November 10, 2020 With 60 Percent of Votes, Otto Lee Succeeds Dave Cortese in Santa Clara County’s District 3 By Jennifer Wadsworth The former Sunnyvale mayor, U.S. Navy Bronze Star recipient and intellectual property attorney starts his newest gig in a few short weeks. Read More 3
November 10, 2020 DA Charges Gilroy Liquor Store Owners With Human Trafficking By Erik Chalhoub An investigation estimates that the suspects had stolen more than $150,000 in wages from the victim and three other employees. Read More 6
November 10, 2020 With Cohen’s Win in D4, San Jose Mayor Loses Council Majority By Jennifer Wadsworth The impending ouster of North Side rep Lan Diep flips the one-vote advantage on the 11-member City Council from business to labor. Read More 1