The Fly February 10, 2021 Cupertino Planning Commission Picks Roil Residents By The Fly The new slate of commissioners prompted blowback from critics, who call the board’s makeup a slap in the face to voters. Read More 7
News February 10, 2021 San Jose Again Mulls Scrapping Highrise Fire Safety Code By Jennifer Wadsworth Without air-refilling stations in San Jose’s highrises, firefighters say they’d have to lug metal oxygen tanks up flight after flight of stairs. Read More 24
News February 10, 2021 Cortese Introduces Murder Sentence Reform Bill By Diego Felix, Bay City News SB 300 will give judges the ability to decide whether the special circumstance allegation should be found true for sentencing purposes. Read More 8
News February 10, 2021 Rising Catalytic Converter Thefts Plague Car Owners, Enforcement By Hiroko Tabuchi The pollution-control gadgets are full of precious metals and prices are soaring as regulators try to tame emissions. Read More 2
News February 9, 2021 SJ Man Charged in Tortoise Stabbing, Preschool Break-In By Silicon Valley Newsroom George Robles is due for arraignment at 1:35pm Wednesday in Department 24 of the Hall of Justice in San Jose. Read More 5
News February 9, 2021 Police Investigate Early Morning Murder in San Jose By Bay City News The San Jose Police Department this morning reported one adult male homicide victim with unknown suspects or motive. Read More 1
Deaths February 8, 2021 George Shultz Made His Name in DC, But His Home at Stanford By Tony Hicks, Bay City News George Shultz died Saturday at his Stanford home at the age of 100. Read More 4
Covid-19 February 6, 2021 In Race to Vaccinate, Could California See Another Surge? By Ana B. Ibarra Will state’s bumpy vaccine rollout, more contagious virus mutations, and decision to open up send Covid-19 cases surging again? Read More 2
News February 5, 2021 49ers, Santa Clara County Launch California’s Largest Coronavirus Vaccination Site By Silicon Valley Newsroom Public health officials expect to vaccinate 5,000 people a day, with plans to boost daily capacity to 15,000 people as supplies increase. Read More 7
News February 4, 2021 How EDD and Bank of America Make Millions of Dollars on California’s Unemployment By Lauren Hepler, CalMatters Lawmakers are asking questions about the revenue-sharing deal as workers still missing money fight to survive. Read More 9
News February 4, 2021 Digital Billboard Proposal Lights Up Debate in San Jose By Emanuel Lee An environmental review of a proposal that would allow scores of digital billboards to go up throughout San Jose is nearing an end. Read More 6
Covid-19 February 4, 2021 Op-Ed: How to Prevent the Next Pandemic? Incentivize New Antibiotic Development By Ryan Cirz We need policies that transform the incentive structure for developing new antibiotics, and also encourage responsible stewardship. Read More 2
News February 3, 2021 San Jose PD Asks for Public’s Help ID’ing Hit-and-Run Suspect By Silicon Valley Newsroom Police urge anyone with information about the incident to call the department’s Traffic Unit at 408.277.4654. Read More 9
Opinion February 3, 2021 Op-Ed: Appoint Justice Liu as AG—The Future of California’s Children Depends On It By Samuel Nuñez Our youth bear the brunt of the racist, divisive rhetoric that has plagued the political arena for the last four years, and change is now upon us. Read More 4
The Fly February 3, 2021 Silicon Valley Lawmaker, DA Among Contenders for AG By The Fly About a dozen people are jockeying for the role, including two local leaders with differing views about how to tackle criminal justice reform. Read More 5
Business February 3, 2021 Food Halls’ Draw Has Always Been Foot Traffic, But Coronavirus Changed That By Grace Stetson The South Bay’s food halls have seen better days—but there may be some hope on the horizon. Read More 0