January 7, 2021 UPDATE: Four-Alarm Fire Burns in Downtown San Jose By Silicon Valley Newsroom The flames engulfed a vacant building on San Fernando Street. Read More 0
January 6, 2021 San Jose Mayor Calls for Sedition Charges Against Donald Trump By Jennifer Wadsworth Sam Liccardo’s comment comes as chaos grips Washington D.C., where a mob contesting the 2020 election results stormed the U.S. Capitol. Read More 86
January 6, 2021 Do You Recognize This Man? SJPD Seeks Stalking Suspect By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose police describe the suspect as a brown-haired, brown-eyed white man who appears to be in his 30s or 40s. Read More 1
January 6, 2021 Kaiser Faces $44,000 in Fines for Handling of San Jose Outbreak By Jennifer Wadsworth The county has launched an investigation into the hospital’s handling of the superspreader event that infected at least 60 people and killed one. Read More 5
January 6, 2021 Valley Christian High, Ex-Coach Sued for Sexual Abuse By Jana Kadah, Bay City News An ex-student-athlete is suing former varsity basketball coach Greg Marshall for abuse that she said took place in the early 2000s. Read More 1
January 6, 2021 SiliconSage CEO Denies SEC’s Fraud Charges, Blames Pandemic for Firm’s Financial Woes By Jennifer Wadsworth Developer Sanjeev Acharya says federal regulators rushed to judgment when they charged him with running his company like a Ponzi scheme. Read More 3
January 5, 2021 Santa Clara Co. DA Jeff Rosen Cracks Down on EDD Fraud By Silicon Valley Newsroom In the South Bay, according to prosecutors, it’s being perpetrated by organized rings involving people locked up in local jails. Read More 25
January 5, 2021 California Extends Deadline for Small Business Relief Grants By Keith Burbank and Lisa Hix, Bay City News Santa Clara County, meanwhile, is inviting small businesses to apply for low-interest loans of up to $100,000. Read More 6
January 4, 2021 One Dead, 43 Others Infected in San Jose Kaiser Covid Outbreak By Jennifer Wadsworth The South Bay hospital outbreak comes amid a post-holiday season explosion in coronavirus cases throughout California. Read More 23
January 4, 2021 Bay Area Public Schools Build Community Wireless Networks to Bridge the Digital Divide By Ali Tadayon, EdSource Districts throughout California are replacing hotspots for a more reliable, long-term alternative. Read More 1
January 3, 2021 Dozens of Staffers at San Jose Kaiser Test Positive for Covid By Bay City News The medical center is using contact tracing and will personally notify and test any staff member or patient who were potentially exposed. Read More 2
January 1, 2021 How Food Banks are Coping With the Pandemic’s Hunger Crisis By Jennifer Wadsworth, Todd Guild and Jacob Pierce Hunger has long been a harsh reality in Silicon Valley, but the pandemic has broadened and deepened the destitution. Read More 19
December 31, 2020 2020: The Lost Year By Silicon Valley Newsroom It’s been a millennium and a decade since two identical numbers divisible by 10 paired together in such a beautiful fashion. Read More 1
December 30, 2020 Appeals Rules Against Santa Clara in Voting Rights Act Case By Janice Bitters The ruling released Wednesday affirms an earlier decision that split the South Bay city into six parts for future elections. Read More 10
December 30, 2020 Watch Now: SJ Mayor Liccardo Delivers State of the City By Janice Bitters The mayor promised a message of "hope" after an unprecedented and challenging year in the South Bay city and the country. Read More 3
December 27, 2020 Calif. School Districts, Charters Get $6.8 Billion in Federal Aid By John Fensterwald and Daniel J. Willis, EdSource The latest relief package offers about four times as much as the $13.5 billion in aid that went to K-12 schools under the CARES Act. Read More 4