May 29, 2019 Dems in California Have All the Power—and Much of the Turmoil By Ben Christopher You might think a political party riven with infighting would be in a bad spot politically. But California Democrats are doing just fine. Read More 32
May 28, 2019 SJSU Eyes Old Alfred E. Alquist Building Site for Student Housing By Silicon Valley Newsroom State Sen. Jim Beall and Assemblyman Ash Kalra have asked the state to make the property available for a university housing highrise. Read More 7
May 28, 2019 County Wants to Downsize San Martin Mosque Proposal By Jaqueline McCool Planning commissioners rejected the mosque as proposed and directed staff to return with plans for a drastically scaled-down project. Read More 3
May 27, 2019 Audit: Alum Rock School District Broke State Law, Local Policy By Jennifer Wadsworth The East Side school district hammered for years by investigations and claims of corruption took yet another hit in the latest state audit. Read More 17
May 24, 2019 Santa Clara Unified Names Dr. Stella Kemp as Superintendent By Silicon Valley Newsroom The SCUSD board has unanimously chosen a successor to Stanley Rose as he brings his near-half-century career in education to a close. Read More 9
May 23, 2019 San Jose Councilman Johnny Khamis Wants Metal Detectors Installed at City Hall By Jennifer Wadsworth The District 10 councilman pitched the idea in a May 22 budget memo, citing a protest against a Google land-buy as the catalyst. Read More 15
May 23, 2019 Vote on Jail Calls Contract Tests County’s Commitment to Landmark Surveillance Policy By Jennifer Wadsworth A proposal granting prosecutors on-demand access to inmate calls became a test of the county’s fidelity to its own oversight standards. Read More 7
May 23, 2019 South Bay Mosque Proposal Heads to Planning Commission By Jaqueline McCool The project has been in the works for 13 years and is now in the final stages of approval. Read More 4
May 22, 2019 Milpitas Mayor Eschews County Race to Run for State Assembly By Jennifer Wadsworth Rich Tran says he’ll withdraw from the Santa Clara County supe race to pursue an even higher office. Read More 8
May 22, 2019 Santa Clara County Takes 49ers to Court Over Stadium Tax Fight By Jennifer Wadsworth County Assessor Larry Stone is suing over what he calls a stunningly flawed decision to give the NFL team a massive tax break. Read More 16
May 21, 2019 With California’s Most Closely Watched Housing Bill on Life Support, What’s Next? By Matt Levin, CALmatters SB 50 would have prevented cities from banning mid-rise apartments around public transit, but it failed to advance past a key committee. Read More 3
May 21, 2019 Trump Wants to Open Santa Clara Valley Land for Oil Wells By Silicon Valley Newsroom The feds plan to open about 800,000 acres of public lands and underground federal mineral rights across across California to new oil drilling. Read More 19
May 20, 2019 San Jose Considers Whether to Back Public Banking Bill AB 857 By Lloyd Alaban San Jose’s elected leaders are debating whether to endorse a state bill that would give Californians an alternative to mega-banks. Read More 25
May 17, 2019 Trump Yanks Billions From California High-Speed Rail By Jaqueline McCool This will pull over $2.5 billion in federal grants from the $79 billion transportation project, which has never been fully funded. Read More 19
May 17, 2019 Despite Taking Thousands of People Off the Streets, San Jose Sees 42% Jump in Homelessness By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose’s homeless population went from 4,350 in 2017 to 6,172 this year. For Santa Clara County, it grew by 31 percent. Read More 43
May 16, 2019 Downtown San Jose’s Safeway Slated to Go Dark by Mid-June By Silicon Valley Newsroom Once the grocery chain lost its free parking hook-up below “The 88,” everyone knew its days were numbered. Read More 10