April 29, 2016 Santa Clara County Considers $750M Affordable Housing Bond By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County will explore the idea of putting a $750 million affordable housing bond on the fall ballot. Read More 19
April 28, 2016 Brothers Held Without Bail in Double-Murder of Parents By Jennifer Wadsworth Two sons of a Bangladesh-born San Jose couple shot to death in their home on Sunday have been booked on murder charges. Read More 13
April 27, 2016 Santa Clara County Jail Inmate Dies While in Custody By Silicon Valley Newsroom A 36-year-old Santa Clara County inmate died at the hospital Monday, authorities confirmed. Read More 4
April 26, 2016 Measure B Returns Yet Again: Labor, Business Unite to Back 1/4-Cent Sales Tax Measure By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo joined labor leaders to tout the measure as a fix for the city’s short-staffed police force. Read More 8
April 25, 2016 Police Watchdog Urges SJPD to Resume Use-of-Force Tallies By Jennifer Wadsworth In his inaugural report as SJPD watchdog, Walter Katz urges the city to take better accounting of how and when officers resort to force. Read More 5
April 25, 2016 Audit: Recycled Water Program Needs More Financial Oversight By Jennifer Wadsworth A new report says South Bay Water Recycling, which provides reclaimed water to San Jose, needs to get a better handle on its accounting. Read More 10
April 22, 2016 Atheist Sues City of Santa Clara over Christian Cross By Jennifer Wadsworth An avowed atheist has sued the city of Santa Clara for disregarding his demands to remove a Christian cross from a public park. Read More 52
April 21, 2016 Study Shows Regional Impact of Minimum Wage Increase By Silicon Valley Newsroom A new study found that a quarter of local workers would see a 20-percent pay bump if the region upped its minimum wage to $15. Read More 5
April 20, 2016 San Jose City Council Lowers Rent Control Cap to 5 Percent By Jennifer Wadsworth In a split decision that closed out a marathon meeting, San Jose’s City Council lowered a cap on rent hikes for the first time in four decades. Read More 8
April 19, 2016 Ex-SJ Mayor Chuck Reed to Join Forces with Pot Clubs on 4/20 By Jennifer Wadsworth Chuck Reed spent half his tenure as mayor of San Jose battling pot clubs. Now he’s joining forces with collectives for 4/20. Read More 68
April 18, 2016 Rent Control Proposals Come to San Jose City Council for Vote By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose's City Council will decide this week whether to cut allowable annual rent increases for one-third of the city’s apartments. Read More 24
April 14, 2016 Knight Cities Challenge Names 2 Winners from San Jose By Silicon Valley Newsroom The Knight Foundation awarded six-figure grants to a proposal to host a night market in downtown San Jose and cultural events in the East Side. Read More 4
April 13, 2016 Facebook to Test New ‘Terragraph’ Wi-Fi in San Jose By Silicon Valley Newsroom Facebook has offered to speed up San Jose's free wi-fi with a new technology called Terragraph. The test run is set to launch later this year. Read More 4
April 13, 2016 Radio News Purge Continues as KLIV Shifts Format to Country By Josh Koehn News is an expensive business, but anyone in need of comfort will have the robots to rock them to sleep. Read More 25
April 12, 2016 Rep. Mike Honda Creates Trust Fund for Ethics Probe Defense By Josh Koehn Rep. Mike Honda’s congressional ethics probe is nearing its first birthday, so he’s chosen to create a trust fund. Read More 9
April 11, 2016 San Jose Looks at Lessons Learned from Super Bowl 50 By Jennifer Wadsworth When Super Bowl 50 packed up and left, the conversation centered not so much on the game but on how the Bay Area handled the cavalcade. Read More 7