News May 6, 2019 Metro Newspapers Win 20 Statewide CNPA Awards By Silicon Valley Newsroom For the third straight year Metro Silicon Valley won top honors for investigative reporting and its arts and entertainment coverage. Read More 12
News May 6, 2019 San Jose Can Barely Keep Up with Demand for Trash Clean-Up By Jennifer Wadsworth In a way, BeautifySJ has become a victim of its own success, as service requests continue to outpace the city’s ability to meet demand. Read More 7
News May 3, 2019 Newsom, Water Board Pull Plug on Controversial Twin-Tube Plan By Tom Gogola That plan would have cost California at least $20 billion—and up to $70 billion, by some estimates. Read More 5
Opinion May 2, 2019 Op-Ed: Santa Clara County Should Build Homeless Intake Center, Shelter at Fairgrounds By Pierluigi Oliverio Such an emergency facility would provide basic shelter, showers, food, storage of belongings, and should permit animal companions. Read More 30
News May 2, 2019 SJSU Students Urge Santa Clara County DA to Clear Pot Records By Lloyd Alaban Despite legalization, thousands of prior convictions continue to prevent people from joining the newly expanded legal market. Read More 10
The Fly May 2, 2019 Ex-Milpitas Official Tom Williams Butts Heads in Millbrae By The Fly Millbrae apparently has to learn the hard way that its new city manager has a penchant for berating people and bending the rules. Read More 4
News May 1, 2019 Funding Uncertainty Threatens Future of Silicon Valley’s Oldest Vocational Training Center By Jennifer Wadsworth Without more funding, officials say the Metropolitan Education District will become insolvent within the next few years. Read More 10
News May 1, 2019 South County Lumber Company to Pay $375K Over Saw Mill Death By Michael Moore The Morgan Hill company reached the settlement agreement with a northern California county over the death of an employee in 2013. Read More 2
News April 30, 2019 Palo Alto Man Arrested on Felony Vandalism Charge for Protesting Lockheed Martin Weapon Sales By Jennifer Wadsworth Bryce Druzin says he felt compelled to express his horror over the world’s worst humanitarian crisis by risking arrest. Read More 16
News April 29, 2019 For ‘Hard-to-Count’ California, 2020 Census Poses Huge Challenges, Carries Big Stakes By By Martha Groves, CALmatters California and other states with high immigrant populations stand to lose big if the citizenship question is included on the decennial survey. Read More 8
News April 29, 2019 San Jose Looks to Crack Down on Sideshows After Deaths, Arrests By Lloyd Alaban San Jose will take another step against illegal racing—this time going after the people who show up just to watch sideshows. Read More 5
News April 26, 2019 Law Enforcement Backs Down on Deadly Force Standard—For Now By Laurel Rosenhall, CALmatters The debate over how to curb police shootings shifted Tuesday as law enforcement groups agreed to drop a part of their bill. Read More 21
News April 25, 2019 Local Cafe Sees Outpouring of Support After Multiple Break-Ins By Lloyd Alaban This marks the second time in two weeks that Little Saigon businesses have had to sweep up shattered glass from smash-and-grab burglaries. Read More 10
News April 25, 2019 Bitcoin Bandit Sentenced to a Decade Behind Bars in Nation’s First SIM-Swap Conviction By Jennifer Wadsworth Joel Ortiz’s conviction for stealing millions of dollars through a SIM-swapping digital cash heist marked the first of its kind in the U.S. Read More 5
News April 25, 2019 Valley Christian High School Teacher Suspended Over Alleged White Nationalist Ties By Jennifer Wadsworth Thirty-year-old instructor Kyle Scheuerlein has been put on administrative leave pending the outcome of a personnel probe. Read More 59
The Fly April 24, 2019 Mayor Sam Liccardo Rejects Pay Raise Proposed by Commission By The Fly The inaugural Salary Setting Commission recommended upping yearly mayoral pay by $58,000 and that of each councilor by $27,500. Read More 21