News June 7, 2019 San Mateo Cop Accused of Trying to Seduce a Teen Girl Online By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Mateo police Officer Robert Davies, 40, was booked in jail Thursday on charges of contacting a minor to commit a felony. Read More 20
News June 6, 2019 Santa Clara’s Version of NYC’s Famed Hudson Yards Megaplex is Set to Break Ground in 2020 By Lloyd Alaban The Related Cos. project will replace the landfill-turned golf course across from Levi’s Stadium with a massive new mixed-use development. Read More 9
News June 5, 2019 Santa Clara County Inmate Dies in Custody at Valley Medical Center By Silicon Valley Newsroom Sheriff’s officials will investigate the death with the DA and Medical Examiner-Coroner, which reported no signs of foul play. Read More 3
News June 5, 2019 After Decades Without Shelter, San Jose Woman Finds Home of Her Own at Second St. Studios By Jennifer Wadsworth Last month, Cecilia Martin became one of more than 140 once-chronically homeless tenants to move into the first-of-its-kind complex. Read More 22
The Fly June 5, 2019 Santa Clara County Corrections Capt. Amy Le Put on Paid Leave By The Fly The veteran law enforcement officials was accused of wrongdoing, stripped of her badge and escorted off the job Friday. Read More 10
News June 4, 2019 San Jose Weighs New Tax Measures for 2020 Ballot By Lloyd Alaban The question of whether to raise taxes forged an unlikely alliance between the most conservative and most progressive council members. Read More 16
News June 3, 2019 Bernie Sanders Draws Small, Spirited Crowd in San Jose By Nicholas Chan The Vermont senator broke away from the California Dem confab in S.F. over the weekend to make a campaign stop in the South Bay. Read More 23
News June 3, 2019 Calif. Dems Loudly Lean Left—But Quietly Make a Safe Choice By Ben Christopher Fourteen 2020 presidential contenders spoke at the California Democratic Party convention, and all but a couple called for change. Read More 10
News June 3, 2019 State AG Xavier Becerra Sues Trump Over Bullet Train Funds By Jaqueline McCool The California attorney geberal is accusing Trump of “trying to exact political retribution” by pulling money from the bullet train project. Read More 3
News May 31, 2019 South Bay Dems Urge Fellow Delegate to Resign for Statement Defending Convicted Pedophile By Jennifer Wadsworth The backlash against Greer Stone stems from the way he defended his brother, a convicted child abuser, at a sentencing hearing. Read More 69
News May 30, 2019 CEQA Lawsuit Halts Irvine Company’s 1,076-Unit Housing Development in Sunnyvale By Jennifer Wadsworth The complaint is part of a broader trend of CEQA litigation delaying desperately needed housing development throughout the state. Read More 17
News May 30, 2019 City of Santa Clara Hires Ruben Torres as New Fire Chief By San Jose Inside Ruben Torres brings 33 years of experience to the job, which takes him from an equivalent position at the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department. Read More 1
News May 30, 2019 SCU Strikes Rare Balance with Plans to Build Teacher Housing Alongside Business Incubator By Nicholas Chan Proponents framed the project as exactly the type of development that San Jose needs to correct its stubborn jobs-housing imbalance. Read More 2
News May 29, 2019 Milpitas City Manager Julie Edmonds-Mares Calls It Quits By Jennifer Wadsworth The city manager will resign after barely a year-and-a-half on the job, marking the fourth time in two years that the position has been vacated. Read More 6
The Fly May 29, 2019 Presidential Hopefuls Converge in Bay Area for Cal Dem Convention By The Fly The largest gathering of 2020 presidential candidates to date will converge in S.F. for the event—and at least one will swing through San Jose. Read More 20
News May 29, 2019 Dems in California Have All the Power—and Much of the Turmoil By Ben Christopher You might think a political party riven with infighting would be in a bad spot politically. But California Democrats are doing just fine. Read More 32