February 20, 2018 Health Inspectors Temporarily Shut Down McCormick & Schmick’s Steakhouse By San Jose Inside The popular San Jose steakhouse was shut down for a day after health inspectors observed vermin in the food prep facilities. Read More 11
February 20, 2018 Poll: San Jose Voters Support Proposed Google Village By Jennifer Wadsworth A new poll shows that San Jose voters largely favor Google’s plans to build a massive new headquarters in downtown. Read More 10
February 20, 2018 San Jose Unified School District Seeks New Area 4 Trustee By San Jose Inside San Jose Unified School District is looking to fill the Area 4 position since trustee Paymon Zarghami stepped down earlier this month. Read More 2
February 19, 2018 Most Government Offices Closed in Observance of Presidents Day By Silicon Valley Newsroom Local government offices are taking the day off to celebrate the national holiday. Here's a partial list of what's open and closed today. Read More 1
February 16, 2018 Santa Clara County Board of Education Appoints New Superintendent, Trustee By San Jose Inside The Santa Clara County Board of Education has appointed Dr. Mary Ann Dewan as superintendent and Kathleen King as its new Area 2 trustee. Read More 49
February 16, 2018 San Jose Finds Three Potential ‘Tiny Homes’ Sites for Homeless By San Jose Inside After months of intense debate, San Jose has proposed three possible sites for tiny homes for the homeless. Read More 13
February 16, 2018 San Jose Hit with String of Mailbox, Mail Truck Break-Ins By Stephen Perez The U.S. Postal Inspection Service says there has been an increase of cluster box and postal truck break-ins over the last several weeks. Read More 1
February 14, 2018 Dozens of South Bay Couples Say ‘I Do’ on Valentine’s Day By Stephen Perez Santa Clara County’s Clerk-Recorder Office typically performs about 20 marriages a day, but that easily doubled on Valentine’s Day. Read More 0
February 14, 2018 Q&A: Gavin Newsom Makes His Case for California Governor By Jennifer Wadsworth Lieutenant Gov. Gavin Newsom swung through the South Bay to talk about education, tech, income inequality, Trump and more. Read More 9
February 13, 2018 Silicon Valley NAACP Calls for Resignation of Deputy Sheriffs’ Union President Don Morrissey By Jennifer Wadsworth NAACP chapter president Rev. Jethroe Moore accused the head of the Santa Clara County sheriff deputies union of sending racist texts. Read More 11
February 13, 2018 Santa Clara County Filing Period Opens for June Primary Election By Silicon Valley Newsroom The nomination period is open through March 9 for candidates running in the June 2018 primary election. Read More 1
February 12, 2018 More Coyote Creek Flood Victims Come Forward with Their Stories By Kristin Lam Victims of last year’s Coyote Creek flood held a second news conference last week to talk about why they're suing local agencies. Read More 0
February 12, 2018 San Jose City Council to Vote on Google Village Pricing Agreement By Jennifer Wadsworth Now that San Jose has settled on a price for several properties Google wants to buy, it’s up to the City Council to approve the agreement. Read More 1
February 12, 2018 Protesters Disrupt San Jose Mayor’s State of City Speech By Stephen Perez Sam Liccardo touted the city’s collaborative ethos and acknowledged its struggle to address housing affordability in his annual address. Read More 5
February 9, 2018 LGBTQ Candidates Win Early Endorsements from BAYMEC By San Jose Inside The Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee has announced early endorsements for three candidates running in the June primaries. Read More 4
February 9, 2018 Bay Area News Group Hammered by More Layoffs, Resignations By Jennifer Wadsworth Bay Area News Group—the chain that includes the Merc and South Bay community newspapers—went through another downsizing. Read More 50
