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
News November 9, 2020 Silicon Valley Leaders Celebrate Biden-Harris Victory By Silicon Valley Newsroom For the Bay Area, the festivities took on greater resonance because of Kamala Harris, an Oakland native and now the first woman VP. Read More 7
News November 9, 2020 Santa Clara City Council: ‘The Balance of Power Has Changed’ By Janice Bitters Mission City’s politics got flipped on its head this week when three newcomers came out ahead in their bids for City Council. Read More 9
Business November 8, 2020 South Bay Firms Commit to Creating Thousands More Jobs After Receiving Tax Credits By Emanuel Lee California has awarded $80 million in tax credits to four companies to create 6,535 full-time jobs in in Silicon Valley and throughout the state. Read More 6
Columnists November 7, 2020 Wine and Cannabis Industries Should Evolve Together By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside The annual Wine and Weed Symposium brings together two "frenemy" industries that have a lot to work out to work together. Read More 0