July 13, 2018 Officials Have Yet to Disclose Identity of San Jose Inmate Who Died in Custody This Past Week By San Jose Inside A 53-year-old Santa Clara County inmate was pronounced dead at 7:33pm on this past Sunday at the Main Jail in San Jose. Read More 2
July 11, 2018 CEQA Racket Extracts 11th Hour Payoffs Amidst Housing Crisis By Jennifer Wadsworth A landmark law designed to protect California’s environment has enabled profiteers to hold up critical projects. Read More 20
July 10, 2018 San Jose Water Company’s Merger With Connecticut Utility Sparks Bicoastal Bidding War By Jennifer Wadsworth A planned tie-up between San Jose Water Company and another private utility on the East Coast has morphed into a four-way merger battle. Read More 10
July 10, 2018 Domestic Violence Deaths on the Rise in Santa Clara County By Winona Rajamohan Santa Clara County saw a steep increase in domestic violence-related deaths in 2017, which saw six more fatalities than in 2016. Read More 3
July 9, 2018 Authorities Arrest Two Men Suspected of Multiple Sexual Assaults in San Jose, Milpitas By Silicon Valley Newsroom Police have arrested two accused sexual assailants who attacked several victims in San Jose and Milpitas in the span of a few days this past week. Read More 4
July 6, 2018 Final Election Results In, Voter Turnout Up in Santa Clara County By Silicon Valley Newsroom More Santa Clara County voters cast ballots in the June election than in 2014 and slightly more than in the Tea Party-dominated 2010 primary. Read More 0
July 6, 2018 Spike in Child Drownings Prompts Santa Clara County Officials to Issue Public Safety Warning By Winona Rajamohan A spike in child drownings and drowning scares has prompted Santa Clara County health officials to issue a public warning. Read More 2
July 5, 2018 South Bay Police Struggle to Enforce Laws Against Stoned Driving in Wake of Legalization By Grace Hase Families who lost loved ones to drugged driving worry that the state’s inability to consistently enforce DUI laws will put other lives at risk. Read More 10
July 3, 2018 San Jose Police Union Withdraws Endorsement of John Hirokawa’s Bid to Unseat Sheriff Smith By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose’s police union pulled its endorsement of retired undersheriff John Hirokawa’s campaign to unseat his former boss, Sheriff Laurie Smith. Read More 9
July 3, 2018 Santa Clara County’s Property Tax Roll Hits Record $483 Billion By Silicon Valley Newsroom The value of Santa Clara County’s taxable property hit an all-time high of $483.2 billion, according to the latest assessment. Read More 15
July 3, 2018 Rep. Anna Eshoo Travels to U.S.-Mexico Border to Witness Immigration Detention Firsthand By Winona Rajamohan Rep. Eshoo said she was troubled by how ill-prepared federal agencies are to deal with the influx of immigrant families—especially children. Read More 3
July 2, 2018 Demonstrators March in San Jose to Protest President Trump’s Family Separation Border Policy By San Jose Inside Protesters gathered in downtown San Jose last week to speak out against federal immigration policies separating children from their parents. Read More 7
June 30, 2018 Mass Shooting Survivor Inspired by Parkland Student-Activists Joins Fight for Gun Reform By Kristin Lam March for Our Lives inspired San Jose resident Alan Hinman to channel his long-repressed personal trauma into community activism. Read More 5
June 29, 2018 Palo Alto Sets Aside $3 Million for Teacher Housing Project By Kaylee Lawler The Palo Alto City Council voted unanimously to allocate $3 million to subsidize as many as 120 sub-market-rate rental units for teachers. Read More 0
June 28, 2018 Report: Suspect in 1974 Killing of Arlis Perry Fatally Shot Himself By Silicon Valley Newsroom A man believed to have killed Arlis Perry in 1974 reportedly shot himself to death this morning as police closed in on his apartment. Read More 3
June 27, 2018 Sheriff Candidate John Hirokawa Says He Willfully Ignored His Campaign Funder’s Bigoted Texts By Jennifer Wadsworth Retired Undersheriff John Hirokawa has changed his mind about whether the county should have fired one of his biggest supporters. Read More 25