March 8, 2017 ‘A Day Without a Woman’ Rally Draws Hundreds to City Hall By Vicente Serna A diverse crowd of several hundred came together Wednesday at San Jose City Hall for the “A Day Without a Woman” rally. Read More 10
March 8, 2017 Santa Clara County Offers Lifesaving Treatment to Combat Rise in Opioid Overdose Deaths By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County is trying to equip the public with a lifesaving antidote that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. Read More 10
March 7, 2017 New Emails Show Water District Limited Flow of Information to City Days before San Jose Flood By Dan Pulcrano Newly released emails show the SCV Water District and city were communicating well ahead of the flood. Then the communication ended. Read More 9
March 7, 2017 San Jose Police Chief: ICE Makes No Promises on Possible Raids By Josh Koehn Last month, the top cop for the 10th largest city in the nation called up Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and set up a meeting. Read More 20
March 6, 2017 San Jose to Discuss Investment Policy, Social Responsibility By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose will consider revising the social responsibility clause in its investment policy for the first time since the Great Recession. Read More 13
March 3, 2017 SJ Flood Evacuation Orders Failed to Reach Many Recipients By Jennifer Wadsworth According to a Santa Clara County memo, not everyone in the mandatory evacuation flood zones actually got the order to leave. Read More 6
March 1, 2017 Floodgate: How the Water District and City’s Comedy of Errors Became a Local Tragedy By Jennifer Wadsworth and Josh Koehn An inside look at how thousands of homes in San Jose were evacuated due to heavy flooding and a comedy of errors that became a tragedy. Read More 23
February 27, 2017 San Jose’s Police Watchdog to Leave for Chicago Oversight Job By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose’s police watchdog, Walter Katz, is on his way to Chicago after little more than a year on the job. Read More 11
February 27, 2017 San Jose to Request Federal, State Aid for Flood Cleanup By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose says it needs federal aid to recover from the flood that forced thousands of people to flee their homes last week. Read More 13
February 24, 2017 San Jose’s Urban Villages Plan Faces Transportation Obstacles By Chuck Carroll City planners admit there are serious obstacles to turning San Jose into a vibrant, interconnected system of urban villages. Read More 27
February 24, 2017 Supervisor Yeager Slams Trump on Transgender Bathroom Stance By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County’s first openly gay elected official rebuked President Donald Trump for rescinding protections for transgender students. Read More 11
February 23, 2017 Floods Prevent Nearly 4,000 in San Jose from Returning Home By San Jose Inside Thousands of people in San Jose remain barred from returning to their homes, but city officials are optimistic that conditions will continue to improve. Read More 4
February 23, 2017 Op-Ed: Legislature, Educators Unite to Support CA Students By Evan Low and Brian Murphy The state’s education leaders have made clear that we will not abandon our students, regardless of their immigration status or religious beliefs. Read More 8
February 23, 2017 Daughter Searches for Father after San Jose Storms, Floods By Jennifer Wadsworth With the floods displacing thousands of San Jose residents, including the homeless, families say some of their loved ones are unaccounted for. Read More 7
February 22, 2017 Ro Khanna to Hold First Town Hall By Silicon Valley Newsroom Congressman Ro Khanna on Wednesday will hold his first town hall meeting since the election at Ohlone College in Fremont. Read More 1
February 21, 2017 Flooding in San Jose Prompts Evacuations, Rescue Missions By Jennifer Wadsworth Rising waters have prompted daring rescues and forced evacuations of residents, homeless people and office buildings in the South Bay. Read More 21