March 19, 2018 San Jose Falls Far Short of State-Set Affordable Housing Goals By Jennifer Wadsworth A new report coming before the City Council shows just how far San Jose has fallen short of its state-assigned affordable housing goals. Read More 9
March 18, 2018 Consumers Up Against Lobbyists in Fight over San Jose Water Company’s Proposed Rate Hike By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose Water Co.’s latest pitch to raise rates comes before the CPUC Thursday, and irate customers are gearing up for a showdown. Read More 9
March 17, 2018 South Bay’s First Transgender Health Clinic Set to Open This Fall By San Jose Inside Santa Clara County will soon have a free health clinic dedicated to serving transgender and gender non-conforming patients. Read More 2
March 16, 2018 San Jose Unified Appoints New Trustee to Fill Area 4 Vacancy By Kristin Lam San Jose Unified School District Board of Trustees appointed data scientist Michael Melillo to temporarily fill the Area 4 seat. Read More 3
March 16, 2018 Donations More Than Double for San Jose Catholic Girls School Accused of Ignoring Sex Abuse By Jennifer Wadsworth Donors angered by the accusers have reportedly chipped in $126,000 to Presentation High School’s crowdfunding campaign. Read More 5
March 15, 2018 Silicon Valley Students Take a Stand Against Gun Violence By Silicon Valley Newsroom Thousands of students throughout the Bay Area walked out of their classes on Wednesday to take a stand against gun violence. Read More 2
March 14, 2018 Bitcoin Boosters Find New Disciples at South Bay Meetups By John Flynn The Bitcoin bubble may be bursting, but local cryptocurrency klatches still draw hundreds of curious attendees. Read More 9
March 14, 2018 By the Numbers: Silicon Valley Bears Brunt of New Tax Law By Silicon Valley Newsroom A new report has come out showing that the five metro areas hardest hit by the new federal tax overhaul are in California. Read More 11
March 13, 2018 Q&A: Antonio Villaraigosa on Immigration, Healthcare and Collaborative Pension Reform By Jacob Pierce Antonio Villaraigosa says Jeff Sessions isn’t welcome in California if he’s going to mischaracterize the state’s immigration policy. Read More 4
March 13, 2018 South Bay Lawmaker Wants to Outlaw Gay Conversion ‘Therapy’ By Stephen Perez Assemblyman Evan Low authored a bill that would brand so-called gay conversion therapy as fraud under consumer protection laws. Read More 7
March 12, 2018 San Jose Mayor’s Draft Budget Calls for $15Mil Rainy-Day Fund By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo rolled out a spending plan that would plunk $15.5 million into a rainy-day fund to brace for future deficits. Read More 3
March 12, 2018 Citing Transparency Issues, San Jose May Part Ways with Santa Clara County Housing Authority By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose wants to wrest control of its subsidized rent programs from the Santa Clara County Housing Authority. Read More 10
March 11, 2018 ‘Justice for Stevie’ March Demands Answers in Gilroy Resident’s In-Custody Death By Silicon Valley Newsroom The family of Gilroy resident Steven Juarez and about 100 neighbors and friends took to the South County city’s streets on Saturday. Read More 4
March 9, 2018 Filing Deadline Closes with No Formidable Challengers in San Jose’s 2018 Mayoral Race By Jennifer Wadsworth The deadline to jump in the San Jose mayor’s race closed Friday with no realistic challengers for Sam Liccardo. Read More 12
March 9, 2018 Schools Trustee Admonished for Undermining Board Colleagues By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County Board of Education trustee Joseph DiSalvo came under fire for what some viewed as an effort to subvert his colleagues. Read More 31
March 8, 2018 Facebook Fights Fakery by Burying Real Reporting By Daniel Walters For years, media outlets desperately chased the clicks promised by Facebook; now the social media giant threatens to destroy them. Read More 2