August 18, 2020 Downtown SJ Blackout Leaves Thousands Without Power By Janice Bitters More than 10,000 PG&E customers in the heart of San Jose were left in the dark late Tuesday in the middle of a days-long heatwave. Read More 6
August 18, 2020 Anti-Masker’s Meltdown at Campbell Marshalls Goes Viral By Jennifer Wadsworth An unmasked patron at a South Bay bargain store threw a fit of such epic proportions that it landed him above-the-fold placement on TMZ. Read More 41
August 18, 2020 WATCH: City Hall Camera Offers Fresh Look at San Jose Protests By Silicon Valley Newsroom While SJPD withholds footage from body cameras and helicopters, San Jose has been releasing security footage caught from outside City Hall. Read More 18
August 18, 2020 Silicon Valley Rep Demands Criminal Probe into Alleged Election-Rigging at USPS By Jennifer Wadsworth As calls mount for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to reverse disruptive policies, Rep. Anna Eshoo urges the California AG to investigate. Read More 6
August 18, 2020 SJPD Reports Drop in Domestic Violence Calls; Nonprofit Advocates See Upward Trend By Grace Hase While law enforcement may be getting fewer calls about family violence, community organizations have been inundated with pleas for help. Read More 3
August 17, 2020 San Jose Police: Woman Who Coughed on Baby Claimed to be Victim of Mistaken Identity By Jennifer Wadsworth Nancy Nordland told police that they have the wrong suspect, reportedly asking: “Do I have a twin walking around somewhere?” Read More 16
August 17, 2020 San Jose Mayor Accuses PG&E of Deflecting Blame for Outages By Grace Hase PG&E said blackouts would last just a few hours, but many San Jose residents said they were left without power for much longer than that. Read More 11
August 17, 2020 Rose Garden Resident Urges City to Ramp Up Code Enforcement, Even During Pandemic By Emanuel Lee Since the pandemic mandated working from home as much as possible, code enforcement has responded to only urgent service requests. Read More 13
August 17, 2020 Four Candidates, Two San Jose Council Seats: $200,000 Combined Fundraising Haul By Grace Hase D6 Councilwoman Dev Davis raised the most, with $81,341. Her opponent, Jake Tonkel, meanwhile, had the most individual donors. Read More 4
August 16, 2020 Californians Told to Limit Energy Use, Avoid Rolling Blackouts By Janice Bitters Californians are being asked to reduce energy use through Wednesday, but officials called off a second night of rolling blackouts in the Bay Area. Read More 6
August 16, 2020 Lightning Sparks Fires as Winds Fell Power Lines Throughout the Region in Rare Summer Storm By Silicon Valley Newsroom Forecasters warned of dry lightning, but the storms that materialized before dawn today were stronger and wetter than anticipated. Read More 2
August 16, 2020 Hazy Science: Medical CBD Proponents Rely on Anecdotes But Push For Research By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside CBD Nation is a documentary based largely on anecdotes, but refreshingly, the filmmakers are up front about that as research lags. Read More 1
August 15, 2020 Rolling Blackouts Ripple Through State Saturday During Heat Wave By Janice Bitters PG&E customers in parts of Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Joaquin Counties will have their power cut starting Saturday night. Read More 1
August 15, 2020 Mapping Downtown San Jose’s Road to Recovery By Janice Bitters Downtown leaders aim to help small businesses on the brink and may even take on a bigger role in curbing the growing homeless population. Read More 11
August 15, 2020 It’s Official: Here’s Who Qualified for South Bay’s Fall Ballot By Silicon Valley Newsroom Voters have a lot of important decisions to make this election cycle, which features a host of consequential local, state and national races. Read More 3
August 14, 2020 USPS Sends Mixed Messages About Plans to Remove Dozens of South Bay Collection Boxes By Jennifer Wadsworth Some residents worried that discarding the signature blue bins was part of a broader effort to undermine mail delivery ahead of election day. Read More 12