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
News July 17, 2020 Redwood City Entrepreneur Reimagines Civic Engagement Platform for COVID-19 Aid By Grace Hase VOCA founder Brian Jaffe reimagined his civic engagement app to help those who needed groceries while sheltering in place. Read More 4
News July 16, 2020 Victims of Home Invasion Ask for Help ID’ing Getaway Vehicle By Jennifer Wadsworth A Willow Glen couple that breeds French bulldogs is asking the public to help them find who broke into their home at gunpoint on Monday. Read More 16
News July 16, 2020 SCPEA Cries Foul After Abrupt Layoff of 52 Court Employees By Emanuel Lee Superior Court Professional Employees Association (SCPEA) spokesman Tom Saggau expressed outrage over the decision. Read More 4
News July 15, 2020 Santa Clara County Board of Education Censures Trustee Joseph Di Salvo in Split Vote By Grace Hase The board of education voted 4-3 on Joseph Di Salvo's censure. The trustee will now have to undergo gender bias training. Read More 10
The Fly July 15, 2020 Santa Clara County Board of Education Set to Censure Joseph Di Salvo for Sexist Behavior By The Fly An independent investigator found that the trustee demeaned some women, but not that he racially harassed people. Read More 4
News July 15, 2020 DA Declines to File Charges In Alum Rock Construction Scandal By Grace Hase The DA found evidence of one possible crime committed by the Del Terra Group, but the statute of limitations had already expired. Read More 6
News July 15, 2020 The New Face of Labor? By Dan Pulcrano The SBLC reportedly passed the torch Tuesday, at least on an interim basis, to Jean Cohen, its first vice president. Read More 11
News July 14, 2020 49ers in a Multi-Million-Dollar Standoff with City of Santa Clara By Silicon Valley Newsroom The 49ers say Santa Clara owes it $2.74 million. The city says the team owes it $1.1 million. Each side refuses to pay until the other side pays first. Read More 2
News July 14, 2020 Ben Field Exits Divided Labor Council After ‘Fair Elections’ Ballot Measure Debacle By Dan Pulcrano Less than a month after a key measure to change San Jose’s election dates failed to make it to the ballot, Ben Field has resigned. Read More 3
News July 14, 2020 Last Prisoner Project Aims to Free People Jailed for Nonviolent Cannabis Offenses By Emanuel Lee In the wake of the nationwide anti-racist protests, the cannabis industry has been confronted with the reality that it, too, has racial issues. Read More 4