News February 10, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Mulls Universal Meals for High-Poverty Schools By Jennifer Wadsworth On Tuesday, the county will consider a proposal to spend $8 million over four years to feed 12,000 of the neediest children in the South Bay. Read More 13
Opinion February 10, 2020 Op-Ed: 21 Minutes or Less Between 21 Counties By Rishi Kumar Turning this region into a mega-Silicon Valley would go a long way toward addressing our housing, traffic and homelessness challenges. Read More 11
News February 10, 2020 Election 2020: Labor-Aligned Incumbent Faces Business-Backed Challenger in SJ’s D2 By Grace Hase In San Jose’s District 2, Councilman Sergio Jimenez is defending his incumbency against business-backed Jonathan Fleming. Read More 7
News February 7, 2020 San Jose Councilwoman Sylvia Arenas Decries SVO PAC for Publishing ‘Racist Attack’ Ad By Grace Hase A darkened photo of the District 8 rep has been yanked from a Silicon Valley Organization PAC website in response to public outcry. Read More 13
News February 7, 2020 SJ Councilwoman Files for 2nd Bankruptcy to Save Family Home By Jennifer Wadsworth Magdalena Carrasco said she had no other choice after inheriting a predatory loan upon her mother’s death from cancer in 2018. Read More 37
News February 7, 2020 17 Arrested in Human Trafficking Crackdown in Santa Clara Co. By Silicon Valley Newsroom A statewide crackdown on human trafficking led to nearly 20 arrests and the rescue of several victims in Silicon Valley. Read More 5
News February 6, 2020 Search Continues for Suspect Who Shot Santa Clara Co. Deputy By Michael Moore Sukhdeep Gill was saved by his body camera and bullet-proof vest when an unknown shooter fired at him in Morgan Hill. Read More 3
News February 5, 2020 Good Sam Waited a Week to Alert Public About Coronavirus Contact By Grace Hase Five employees from Good Samaritan Hospital are at home self-isolating after being potentially exposed to the coronavirus. Read More 3
The Fly February 5, 2020 Civil Rights Activists Ask SF 49ers for Help Defeating Santa Clara’s Controversial Measure C By The Fly As the 49ers geared up to face the Chiefs, a group of activists implored the team for help with a very different kind of match-up. Read More 4
News February 5, 2020 Smoke Signals: Legal Weed’s Gold Rush Days May End in a Bust By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside Celebrity investors. Headline-grabbing IPOs. New tax revenues. Is the cannabis industry getting high on its own supply? Read More 19
News February 4, 2020 Ballots Have Been Mailed to All Santa Clara County Voters By Silicon Valley Newsroom Ballots have been mailed out to all registered voters countywide as part of a new system designed to make elections more convenient. Read More 7
News February 4, 2020 San Jose City Council Considers Two Options for Routing Trains Through Diridon Station By Grace Hase The San Jose City Council meets at 1:30pm Tuesday inside the council chambers at City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara St. Read More 6
News February 4, 2020 Rep. Ro Khanna Invites Local NAACP President to SOTU By Grace Hase Jethroe Moore said he’s still awestruck by the invitation to attend the State of the Union speech alongside the congressman. Read More 2
News February 3, 2020 Historic Downtown San Jose Building Saved From Demolition By Jennifer Wadsworth The city has offered up an unused property as a new site for the 120-year-old Pallesen Apartment Building. Read More 6
News February 3, 2020 South County ‘Agri-Tourist’ Development in Limbo By Erik Chalhoub The six-acre property is listed on LoopNet, an online database of commercial land for sale, for a $3,850,000 investment. Read More 1
News February 3, 2020 Coronavirus: More Than Half of State’s Cases are Right Here By Silicon Valley Newsroom Santa Clara County public health officials have confirmed a second case of the coronavirus strain that made its way from China. Read More 1