March 25, 2019 San Jose Resident Launches Petition to Save Hillsborough’s Famed Flintstone House By Rachel Sandler The Change.org petition has already racked up over 12,000 signatures, and it seems likely to reach its goal of 15,000. Read More 7
March 25, 2019 Survey: 44 Percent of Residents Consider Leaving Silicon Valley By Silicon Valley Newsroom More and more South Bay residents dreaming of cheaper pastures, according to a new poll by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Read More 12
March 22, 2019 California Lawmakers Start Debating How to Prevent Another College Admissions Scandal By Felicia Mello, CALMatters Though a hearing this week generated talk of crackdowns, there are limits to what the government can do to prevent future scandals. Read More 5
March 21, 2019 South County Family’s Name Tied to Nursing Unions’ Labor Dispute By Silicon Valley Newsroom Two unions repping nurses in the expanded county-run hospital system are at odds over differing interpretations of a labor-relations law. Read More 2
March 21, 2019 Highly-Paid Tech Workers Still Have a Hard Time Renting in SJ By Rachel Sandler San Jose rents are still crazy expensive—even for IT professionals making six figures, according to a new report by RentCafe. Read More 20
March 20, 2019 Traffic Court’s Ticketing Glitch is Latest in Long Line of Missteps Linked to Tyler Technologies By Jennifer Wadsworth Sources say court officials downplayed the scope of a software bug that charged too much or too little for some traffic violations. Read More 8
March 19, 2019 Ex-Peru President Wanted by Interpol Arrested in Menlo Park By Silicon Valley Newsroom Alejandro Manrique, who now lives in Los Altos, was booked on suspicion of public drunkenness and released the next morning. Read More 5
March 19, 2019 Hillsborough Sues Owner of ‘Flintstone House,’ Calling $3 Mil Abode a ‘Public Nuisance’ By Rachel Sandler Media mogul Florence Fang has 30 days to respond to the lawsuit, which claims her house is not only tacky but a safety hazard. Read More 7
March 19, 2019 2020 Ballot Initiative Would Give Voters Say Over El Camino Healthcare District’s Expansion By Silicon Valley Newsroom Workers battling the multi-city health and hospital district over its acquisition of five clinics want voters to weigh in on future growth. Read More 0
March 18, 2019 SJ Mayor Sam Liccardo Calls for More Tax Cuts for Developers By Lloyd Alaban To help the city meet its lofty affordable housing goals, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo wants to slash construction taxes on new development. Read More 37
March 15, 2019 As Residents Build Bigger Homes, Cupertino City Planners Turn to Software to Manage By Rachel Sandler Driven by an influx of wealthy residents looking to rebuild their homes, the city has turned to software to make zoning easier to grasp. Read More 3
March 14, 2019 Santa Clara County Coroner Seeks Help in ID’ing Man’s Body By Silicon Valley Newsroom Authorities are asking the public to assist in identifying a transient whose body was found on a fall morning last year in Milpitas. Read More 1
March 14, 2019 Rocketship Warned for Violating Charter with Late Audits, Costly Lapse in Teacher Credentialing By Jennifer Wadsworth The charter chain came under fire for submitting late financials two years in a row and losing track of credential status for some instructors. Read More 9
March 13, 2019 How California’s Broken Prison System Exacts Punishment on Families of the Incarcerated By Jonah Raskin A new documentary airing next week on KQED looks at the impact of mass incarceration on spouses, partners and children. Read More 6
March 13, 2019 Yeager Suspends State Senate Bid to Lead BAYMEC Foundation By Jennifer Wadsworth Decades after founding the Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee, Ken Yeager will take the helm as its PAC’s first executive director. Read More 6
March 12, 2019 Wealthy Silicon Valley Parents Among 50 Indicted in Sweeping College-Admissions Scandal By Jennifer Wadsworth A Stanford coach, tech execs and several Mid-Peninsula families are among the dozens implicated in the nationwide bribery scheme. Read More 14
