News November 12, 2020 Health Officials Issue Covid-19 Guidelines for the Holidays By Grace Hase Bay Area health officials recommend limiting any Thanksgiving gathering to no more than three households. Read More 3
Opinion November 12, 2020 Letter: It’s Time to End Gerrymandering By Guest Columnist Gerrymandering contributes to hyper-partisanship and allows politicians to pander to special interests, but ignore the people they represent. Read More 10
News November 12, 2020 First Openly Gay Man Confirmed to California Supreme Court By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Martin Jenkins was nominated by Gov. Gavin Newsom to replace former Associate Justice Ming Chin, 77, who retired Aug. 31. Read More 2
Columnists November 12, 2020 New ‘Silicon Alleys’ Book Relishes Bizarro Side of San Jose By Gary Singh Singh, a “skinny, long-haired dude who roams the streets” picked out hundreds of 'Silicon Alleys' columns over 15 years for the book. Read More 16
News November 11, 2020 SVO: There Was ‘No Intent to Do Harm’ With Racist Campaign Ad By Jennifer Wadsworth Leaders of the regional chamber of commerce refused to name the people responsible and offered little else in the way of context. Read More 18
News November 11, 2020 Sunnyvale Election Full of Firsts By Emanuel Lee The city voted for its first directly elected mayor as well as its first Muslim-South Asian and openly queer councilors. Read More 6
News November 11, 2020 Hung Wei, Kitty Moore Projected to Win Council Seats in Cupertino By Emanuel Lee Cupertino voters elected two candidates who fall on opposite sides of the pro-or-slow-growth debate. Read More 8
The Fly November 11, 2020 As Power Shifts in SJ, Insiders Weigh in on Next Vice Mayor By The Fly Come January, Liccardo will likely use the largely symbolic honorific to marshal votes from across the aisle, insiders say. Read More 6
News November 11, 2020 SJ2020 Was to Close SJ Schools’ Achievement Gap, But It’s Absent By Larry Slonaker In spite of all the staff time and taxpayer money that went into SJ2020, Santa Clara County students have benefited not one whit. Read More 13
News November 10, 2020 San Jose: Shooting Off McKee Marks 38th Homicide of 2020 By Silicon Valley Newsroom Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the San Jose Police Department’s Homicide unit at 408.277.5283. Read More 3
News November 10, 2020 San Jose: Woman Dies in Two-Car Crash Early Tuesday By Bay City News The driver of the gray Lexus was ejected from the car and pronounced dead at the scene. Her name was not immediately available. Read More 0
News November 10, 2020 With 60 Percent of Votes, Otto Lee Succeeds Dave Cortese in Santa Clara County’s District 3 By Jennifer Wadsworth The former Sunnyvale mayor, U.S. Navy Bronze Star recipient and intellectual property attorney starts his newest gig in a few short weeks. Read More 3
Business November 10, 2020 DA Charges Gilroy Liquor Store Owners With Human Trafficking By Erik Chalhoub An investigation estimates that the suspects had stolen more than $150,000 in wages from the victim and three other employees. Read More 6
News November 10, 2020 With Cohen’s Win in D4, San Jose Mayor Loses Council Majority By Jennifer Wadsworth The impending ouster of North Side rep Lan Diep flips the one-vote advantage on the 11-member City Council from business to labor. Read More 1
News November 9, 2020 Health Officials Urge Caution Amid Alarming New Surge in Coronavirus Infections By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County on Sunday reported 358 new diagnoses—a single-day case count second only to the record 385 tallied on July 15. Read More 10
News November 9, 2020 Driver Arrested on Suspicion of DUI After Crashing Into Parked Plane at Reid-Hillview Airport By Bay City News The driver, identified as 54-year-old Hung Nguyen, allegedly damaged three parked airplanes at the East San Jose airport. Read More 0