News February 28, 2019 Top 50 Office Deals: Google Leads List with Bicoastal Land Buys By Silicon Valley Newsroom Google’s $1 billion purchase of Mountain View’s Shoreline Tech Park marked one of the top commercial real estate deals in the U.S. last year. Read More 4
Opinion February 28, 2019 Op-Ed: San Jose Mayor’s Proposed Gun Rules May Jeopardize Our Safety By Jennifer Imhoff Gun safety is important and something the law-abiding citizens support, which is why South Bay libertarians reject the mayor’s proposed laws. Read More 4
News February 27, 2019 New Laws Expand Access to Police Records, Renew Scrutiny of Officer-Caused Deaths By Jennifer Wadsworth Thanks to a new law, police video once available only to authorities and few others will become public to anyone who asks. Read More 12
News February 27, 2019 Family, Friends of Gilroy’s Steven Juarez Continue to Mourn By Michael Moore Family and friends gathered at the scene of his death to remember the Gilroy native who died one year ago while in police custody. Read More 3
The Fly February 27, 2019 NRA Flak Takes Aim at San Jose Mayor’s Proposed Gun Law By The Fly Dana Loesch, the NRA’s melodramatic propagandist, is sounding the alarm on Sam Liccardo’s push for stricter local gun laws. Read More 23
News February 26, 2019 San Jose Considers Zoning for ‘Adult Dorms’ in Downtown By Lloyd Alaban The City Council on Tuesday will decide whether to amend local land-use regulations to allow for these adult dorms in downtown. Read More 7
News February 25, 2019 Iconic Wing’s Chinese Restaurant Closes After 94 Years in Business By Silicon Valley Newsroom Wing’s served up Mandarin and Szechwan fare from the time it opened in Japantown in 1925 until its final closure this past weekend. Read More 9
News February 25, 2019 Santa Clara County Exec Spars with Sheriff Over IT Staffing By Jennifer Wadsworth The dispute—part of an ongoing conflict between CEO Jeff Smith and Sheriff Laurie Smith—transpired in a series of dueling memos. Read More 13
News February 22, 2019 District Attorney Clears Gilroy Police in Steven Juarez Death By Michael Moore Almost a year after Steven Juarez died in custody, the DA concluded that police acted lawfully in using force on the 42-year-old. Read More 2
News February 22, 2019 Judge Says Yes to Hospitals’ Sale By Silicon Valley Newsroom Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy and O’Connor Hospital in San Jose will not close, officials announced today. Read More 5
News February 22, 2019 Santa Clara County Builds Coalition to Fight Climate Change By Matthew Vollrath If local efforts like these can be made widespread, the effect on the planet will have a tangible impact, county Supervisor Dave Cortese said. Read More 11
News February 22, 2019 Can Reformers Trust Xavier Becerra to Police the Police? By Laurel Rosenhall, CALmatters When it comes to law enforcement accountability, the AG is at odds with the push by many in his own party to better police the police. Read More 6
News February 21, 2019 Audit: San Jose’s 3-1-1 Hotline in Desperate Need of Improvement By Jennifer Wadsworth A new internal accountability report describes a non-emergency call system that’s critically understaffed and woefully behind the times. Read More 7
News February 21, 2019 Taxpayers Demand Sunshine in Little-Known Special District By Jennifer Wadsworth Rancho Rinconada is struggling to adapt to a constituency that’s generations removed and a world apart from the one that spawned it. Read More 6
Opinion February 20, 2019 Op-Ed: Solving Homelessness Requires Empathy, Collaboration By Stephanie Demos With more than 7,300 homeless people in our county, we need people and organizations to work together to reduce this number. Read More 6
The Fly February 20, 2019 Anna Eshoo Flip-Flops on Big Telecom Mergers; Extols Virtues of Sprint, T-Mobile Tie-Up By The Fly While Congress has no power to rule on the merger, but it can raise concerns to regulators who review it. Eshoo simply chose not to. Read More 1