March 11, 2016 CA Dem Convention Reaffirms Transgender Community’s Rights By Kris Hayashi and Rick Zbur Delegates at the California Democratic Convention held last month in San Jose reaffirmed the rights of transgender people. Read More 17
March 4, 2016 Councilman Peralez Undeterred by Critics of Permanent Housing Project by Saint James Park By Randle Aubrey When it comes to popular support for housing the homeless, there are two types of people: those who want it, and those who want it somewhere else. Read More 33
February 26, 2016 SJPD’s White Privilege Problem By Josh Koehn SJPD has a White privilege problem, which starts and ends with officer Phil White. But if not addressed properly it could infect the rest of the force. Read More 58
February 19, 2016 San Jose’s ‘Shelter Crisis’ Policy for Homeless Makes an Impact By Randle Aubrey San Jose made a bold move to help the homeless by implementing California's “shelter crisis” code. By most accounts, it appears to be working. Read More 30
February 11, 2016 Op-Ed: ‘Big City’ Santa Clara Needs Full-time Leadership By Rich Robinson Santa Clara needs to come to terms with its new identity as a big city and update the way it does business. Read More 19
February 9, 2016 Op-Ed: Down and Out in Silicon Valley’s ‘Super Bowl City’ By Randle Aubrey In the South Bay—the actual Super Bowl City—it was “don't ask don't tell” when it came to the issue of homelessness. Read More 23
February 2, 2016 San Jose: Street Vendors Not ‘Clean’ Enough for Super Bowl 50 By Randle Aubrey Making San Jose easier to swallow for Middle America’s diabetic masses shouldn't involve sanitizing the streets of local color. Read More 10
January 27, 2016 A High-Speed Chase with San Jose Police at 1,000 Feet By Josh Koehn We don’t know that the stolen car barreling down a residential street lined with grade schools contains two minors, one just 13 years old. Read More 20
January 15, 2016 Water District CEO Beau Goldie Resigned, and We’re Better For It By Josh Koehn The Santa Clara Valley Water District put a happy spin on CEO Beau Goldie “retiring/resigning,” but let’s cut to the chase: He got canned. Read More 25
January 11, 2016 Soccer Fields—Yes, Soccer Fields—Hold up Super Bowl’s Billion Dollar Extravaganza By Rich Robinson NIMBYs in Santa Clara are attempting to detract from Super Bowl 50 under the guise of fighting for children, Rich Robinson writes. Read More 23
January 11, 2016 SJ Libraries Waste Money with New Screening of Volunteers By Robert Miller Instead of using all of its new funds to address pressing needs, the San Jose Library System decided to fingerprint all of its volunteers. Read More 23
January 8, 2016 Violent Past of Darcie Green’s Husband Deserves Scrutiny By Josh Koehn The husband of Assembly candidate Darcie Green has a long history of abusing women. For a variety of reasons, the story should not be ignored. Read More 64
December 21, 2015 Rocketship Schools Join Nationwide ‘Hour of Code’ By LaToya Fernandez Elementary students at Rocketship schools across the Bay Area celebrated Computer Science Education Week by joining in the Hour of Code. Read More 1
November 23, 2015 Uber, Lyft Keep It in Family with Help from the Guardinos By Rich Robinson The Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO and his lobbyist wife used their combined political power to help clients in the taxi-TNC fight. Read More 7
November 18, 2015 Silicon Valley Tech Awards Winners Actually Save the World By Josh Koehn Silicon Valley has always suffered from a split personality, and for that it can be thankful that it only half-resembles Wall Street. Read More 2
October 30, 2015 Time to Hold Uber to Same Standards as Traditional Taxis By Rich Robinson The traditional taxi industry has been through much of what Uber is experiencing now, which is why ridesharing companies must be properly regulated. Read More 53
