News March 11, 2019 Mountain View Police Arrest Man for Threatening Google Personnel By Silicon Valley Newsroom A man believed to be out for revenge after YouTube censored his video channel was arrested en route to Google’s local headquarters. Read More 3
News March 11, 2019 SJ Mulls Ways to Offset Cost of Upping Downtown Height Limits By Lloyd Alaban As part of its quest to raise downtown building heights, San Jose will consider a unique funding proposal to offset costs to the airline industry. Read More 4
News March 11, 2019 North San Jose Office Complex Bought by Local Investor Group By Rachel Sandler The deal was reportedly worth $47.8 million, and the buyers reportedly used a $33.5 million loan to finance the purchase. Read More 0
News March 11, 2019 Morgan Hill Council Considers Commercial Pot Ordinance By Jaqueline McCool Officials in the South County city ruled out cultivation at a council meeting last month. But pot business licenses are still on the table. Read More 1
Opinion March 9, 2019 Op-Ed: Secrecy, Private Influence Threatened Santa Clara County’s Sanborn Park By John Miller Thanks to public opposition, the county stopped the project. But it should also condemn its parks division for conducting business in secret. Read More 27
News March 8, 2019 Adobe’s Proposed North Tower Panned as ‘Flat, Bulky and Boxy’ By Dan Pulcrano and Jennifer Wadsworth The critique is clearly a challenge to Adobe, which supplies tools such as Photoshop to the world’s creatives, to be a little more, well, creative. Read More 7
News March 8, 2019 State Senate Hopeful Ann Ravel Says She Regrets Endorsing Judge Persky’s Campaign By Jennifer Wadsworth The former FEC chair said she feels full of remorse for being associated with a campaign that espoused victim-blaming rhetoric. Read More 23
News March 8, 2019 Newly Expanded County Hospital System Requires Bigger Subsidies By Silicon Valley Newsroom The hospitals acquired by the county this month offer new stability, but they also come with a hefty price tag for local taxpayers. Read More 4
News March 8, 2019 Gov. Newsom Signs Law Bolstering Charter School Transparency, Accountability By Scott Forstner SB 126 ensures that all private charter schools are held to the same transparency standards as their public counterparts. Read More 8
News March 7, 2019 Pot Shots: California Cannabis Bureau Seeks Applicants for $10 Million in Social Equity Grants By Julia Baum A $10 million stashbox is set aside for the program as part of the California Cannabis Equity Act, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed last year. Read More 8
News March 7, 2019 Peralta Adobe’s First Resident an Overlooked Figure in SJ History By Mike Huguenor Historian Arturo Villarreal explores the life of San Jose’s first full-term mayor, full-blooded Apache Jose Manuel Gonzales, in his latest book. Read More 9
The Fly March 6, 2019 Local Agencies Wait for Courts to Rule on Police Transparency Law By The Fly A new law granting public access to police misconduct records is already changing lives, despite attempts to stifle disclosure. Read More 3
News March 6, 2019 Historic Woolworth Building Set for Tear-Down to Make Way for 22-Story Apartment Tower By Rachel Sandler The proposed 374-unit residential development by Alterra Worldwide follows a raft of forthcoming projects in the heart of San Jose. Read More 22
Opinion March 5, 2019 Op-Ed: Consumers Will Benefit From T-Mobile-Sprint Merger By Anna Eshoo Congresswoman Anna Eshoo explains why she supports the controversial merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. Read More 8
Opinion March 5, 2019 Op-Ed: Local Clothing Company Raises Money to Fight Poaching By Angelina Lue What started as a Los Altos High School student’s passion project to save elephants from poaching has turned into something much bigger. Read More 2
News March 5, 2019 Kylli Hosts Series of Design Workshops to Collect Feedback on 50-Story Mega-Project By Lloyd Alaban The mega-development by Kylli Inc. aims to create almost 15,000 new jobs and rise 50 stories up on the Santa Clara-San Jose border. Read More 13