News June 7, 2020 Santa Cruz County Officer Killed in Ambush Shooting, Bombing By Todd Guild and Tarmo Hannula Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, 38, was a father of a young child, and was expecting a new one soon, Sheriff Jim Hart said. Read More 6
News June 6, 2020 SJPD Maims Activist Who Helped Train Officers About Implicit Bias By Jennifer Wadsworth Because of the injury inflicted by a rubber baton round that hit his groin, Derrick Sanderlin may never be able to have kids. Read More 17
News June 5, 2020 San Jose Mayor Asks SJPD to Justify Projectiles, Tear Gas, Other Crowd-Control Tactics By Grace Hase The council also wants to hear from the top brass about whether the city could simply ban the use of rubber bullets and beanbag rounds. Read More 12
News June 5, 2020 San Jose Police Agree to Slight Expansion of Civilian Oversight By Jennifer Wadsworth Two years after derailing attempts to bolster IPA powers, the San Jose Police Officers’ Association has quietly ceded a compromise. Read More 9
News June 5, 2020 Q&A: San Jose Independent Police Auditor Shivaun Nurre Talks Oversight, Accountability By Grace Hase We caught up with IPA Shivaun Nurre to learn more about her oversight powers and how the public can use them to hold cops accountable. Read More 1
Business June 5, 2020 Tight Security Wards Off Would-Be Thieves From San Jose Cannabis Dispensaries By Emanuel Lee While weed stores in some parts of the U.S. have been hard hit by looting this week, only two of San Jose’s 16 dispensaries reported break-ins. Read More 1
News June 5, 2020 Santa Clara’s Immigration Offices Re-open, Fees Increase By San Jose Inside Immigration officials assured that they have enacted precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in reopened facilities. Read More 0
News June 4, 2020 Santa Clara Mayor, Police Chief Join Obama Initiative By San Jose Inside Mayor Lisa Gillmor signed the “Commit to Action” initiative, led by President Obama, which calls for improved police use-of-force policies. Read More 8
News June 4, 2020 Better Mask Up: Face Coverings Now Mandatory in San Jose By Grace Hase The main difference between the city’s law and the county’s is that San Jose also requires masks for anyone standing in line at the store. Read More 25
The Fly June 4, 2020 Assembly Candidate Alex Lee Says Arrest Shows Need for Meaningful Police Reform By The Fly After his first brush with the law, the Assembly hopeful said he’s even more motivated to bring “deep reform of our policing” to Sacramento. Read More 21
Opinion June 4, 2020 Op-Ed: Be Mad at Police, But Also at the Prosecutors Who Protect and Enable Their Abuses By Sajid Khan To DA’s offices, black lives—no matter what they tell you—do not truly matter except to rack up convictions and fill prisons. Read More 18
News June 3, 2020 That Jared Yuen Apology You’re Sharing? City Says It’s Fake By Grace Hase At least that’s the verdict from city officials, who say a mea culpa that appeared to be from the infamous protester-taunting cop is fake. Read More 14
Investigative Reports June 3, 2020 Multiplicity of Crises, Years of Police Brutality Stoked Anger Over George Floyd’s Killing By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose deploys curfews, tear gas and rubber bullets to quell protests. Perhaps it's time for a fundamental rethink of American policing. Read More 74
Business June 3, 2020 Vandals, Looters Target Downtown Businesses By Emanuel Lee All told, 21 businesses were vandalized on Friday and Saturday nights, according to the San Jose Downtown Association. Read More 9
News June 3, 2020 Temporary Court Closure in Santa Clara County May Delay Some Cases by Days, if Not Weeks By San Jose Inside Defense lawyers feared that in addition to violating due-process rights, the closure further exposed defendants to COVID-19 as they wait in jail. Read More 4
News June 2, 2020 San Jose Council Votes to Lift Citywide Curfew Thursday By Grace Hase The council voted 10-1 to lift the curfew in a few days, with District 6 rep Dev Davis the sole dissenter. Read More 7