Business July 22, 2020 $1.5 Million Awarded to 142 San Jose Micro-Businesses By Emanuel Lee Thanks to generous donation from tech giants, each business received $10,000 for relief from the economic toll of the coronavirus. Read More 1
News July 21, 2020 Majority of Santa Clara Co. Supes Favors Sales Tax Boost By San Jose Inside Supervisors Joe Simitian and Mike Wasserman voted against taking this first step towards a sales tax boost. Read More 16
News July 21, 2020 Private, Public COVID-19 Testing Accelerates in Santa Clara County By Silicon Valley Newsroom County data show that testing increased significantly in the month following a June 10 order for private healthcare systems to step up. Read More 4
Opinion July 21, 2020 Op-Ed: No More Policing Who ‘Gets’ to be Queer By Tonya Barajas, Rizzo Barajas, Alysa Cisneros, Ra Hopkins, Richard Mehlinger and Alex Lee Unfortunately, people in the bi+ and non-binary communities too often face rejection not just from straight people but from gay people. Read More 5
Business July 21, 2020 City of Santa Clara Hotel Tax Revenue Plummets By Silicon Valley Newsroom The city has projected other budget-related issues, but the Transient Occupancy Tax would be the biggest hit. Read More 8
News July 21, 2020 Santa Clara Man Charged with Running Investment Scam By Silicon Valley Newsroom Shaukat Shamim was served with a summons in Santa Clara, ordering him to appear in federal court today in San Francisco. Read More 0
News July 20, 2020 Santa Clara County Supervisors to Discuss Caltrain Tax Measure By Grace Hase The measure needs to be approved by three counties and multiple transit boards in order to make it on the November ballot. Read More 7
Opinion July 20, 2020 Letter to the Editor: Prop. 15 Puts Schools, Communities First By Guest Columnist What’s more, this initiative would implement small business tax relief to those businesses which have been hardest hit. Read More 5
News July 20, 2020 WATCH: Day 2 of San Jose’s George Floyd Protests By Silicon Valley Newsroom This video, which has been edited from several hours to just two, documents the hours from afternoon to midnight on May 30. Read More 12
News July 20, 2020 Lawsuit: SJPD Enabled Brutality Against Protesters by Failing to Adequately Train Officers By Jennifer Wadsworth The complaint claims San Jose failed to teach officers how to use reasonable crowd-control tactics, exposing bystanders to excessive force. Read More 34
News July 18, 2020 WATCH: Never-Before-Seen Footage Shows Third Day of San Jose’s George Floyd Protests By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose Inside requested video from the security cameras installed on the Santa Clara Street side of City Hall. Here’s the first batch. Read More 9
Opinion July 18, 2020 Guest Voice: Vice Mayor Chappie Jones Talks Race, Hope and How He Found His Way to San Jose By Ken Pyle An interview inspired by Maasai Jones (no relation to Chappie) and a poem he wrote before his passing, “A Diet Racist.” Read More 2
Opinion July 18, 2020 Op-Ed: Honesty is Good—Accountability is Better By Pat Ferraro Unless the Valley Water board rejects the request for “an endless tax,” voters should reject the agency’s parcel tax measure this fall. Read More 7
News July 18, 2020 Rep. Anna Eshoo Calls Feds to Task for Surveillance Overreach By Emanuel Lee The congresswoman joined 22 of her colleagues in demanding answers about government surveillance of peaceful protesters. Read More 3
News July 17, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom Announces New Guidelines for Schools By Grace Hase Schools in counties that have been off the state's monitoring list for 14 consecutive days will be allowed to hold in-person classes this fall. Read More 4
News July 17, 2020 New Report Shows How It Pays to Work for City of Santa Clara By Silicon Valley Newsroom The $501,457 that City Manager Deanna Santana made in 2019 tops that of her counterparts in much larger municipalities. Read More 15