News August 27, 2018 Santa Clara County Finds 77,300 Previously Unlisted Addresses to Survey for 2020 Census By Jennifer Wadsworth After budgeting an additional $1 million to ensure a complete count, Santa Clara County has already been gearing up for the 2020 census. Read More 2
News August 27, 2018 San Jose Vies for FAA Funding to Replace Aircraft Rescue Facility By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose is trying to secure federal grants to replace its 58-year-old aircraft rescue and firefighting facility, which has fallen into disrepair. Read More 1
News August 24, 2018 San Jose Police Auditor Aaron Zisser Resigns Under Pressure From Cop Union, City Leaders By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose’s civilian cop monitor is stepping down, citing the police union’s personal attacks as a distraction to community-led reforms. Read More 20
News August 22, 2018 Alum Rock Trustee Hit With Restraining Order for Verbally Attacking Superintendent By Jennifer Wadsworth ARUSD Superintendent Hilaria Bauer filed a stay-away order against a trustee who threatened violence against her at an Aug. 9 meeting. Read More 17
News August 22, 2018 Santa Clara County’s Data-Mining Deal with Palantir Draws Scrutiny From Privacy Advocates By Jennifer Wadsworth Though Palantir’s work with the county has an altruistic aim, some worry about its role in other controversial law enforcement contracts. Read More 1
The Fly August 22, 2018 6 Contenders Vie for 3 Seats on Santa Clara Co. School Board By The Fly Six people are running for three seats on the Santa Clara County Board of Education, including two incumbents and some controversial challengers. Read More 5
News August 21, 2018 San Jose Hospital Under Fire For Nurse’s Anti-Immigrant Rant By Jennifer Wadsworth The San Jose Regional Medical Center is in full damage control mode after an anti-immigrant rant by an emergency room manager went viral. Read More 80
News August 21, 2018 Santa Clara County Supervisors Urged to Consider Housing—Not Parking—for Old City Hall Annex By Jennifer Wadsworth Plans to convert San Jose’s old City Hall Annex into a parking lot instead of housing for the homeless has drawn the ire of a prominent developer. Read More 3
Opinion August 20, 2018 Op-Ed: Courting Publicly-Traded Companies is Wrong Approach for ‘Capital of Silicon Valley’ By San Jose Inside Publicly-traded companies destined to follow Google to downtown San Jose aren’t exactly the companies fueling the Silicon Valley gold rush. Read More 3
News August 20, 2018 Far-Right Rally Draws Counter-Protesters Outside WorldCon 76 By Silicon Valley Newsroom Dueling protests took place Saturday outside the San Jose Convention Center, where science fiction fans gathered for WorldCon 76. Read More 12
News August 20, 2018 Waste Piles Up in San Jose as China Limits Recycling Imports By Jennifer Wadsworth Paper and plastics tossed by U.S. consumers into their blue bins have been piling up ever since China tightened import restrictions. Read More 13
News August 16, 2018 Fatal Fall at Silvery Towers Prompts Cal OSHA Investigation By Silicon Valley Newsroom Someone fell to his death early Thursday at downtown San Jose’s Silvery Towers, a project already tainted by claims of wage theft and slavery. Read More 5
News August 16, 2018 Santa Clara County Considers Permanent Prohibition on Pot By Jennifer Wadsworth While San Jose rakes in $10 million-plus a year in tax revenue from cannabis, Santa Clara County is leaning toward prohibition. Read More 5
News August 15, 2018 DA Declines to File Charges Against Disgraced Santa Clara Councilman Dominic Caserta By Jennifer Wadsworth The DA says it won’t file criminal charges against Santa Clara Councilman Dominic Caserta, who resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct. Read More 28
The Fly August 15, 2018 Thief Makes Off With San Jose Councilman’s Beat-Up F-150 By The Fly Someone stole District 7 Councilman Tam Nguyen’s F-150 from outside an East San Jose community center. Read More 8
News August 15, 2018 ‘Slavery Towers’ a Flashpoint in Debate Over Labor Standards, Responsible Development By Jennifer Wadsworth The 643-unit Silvery Towers climbing 22 stories into the sky from the heart of San Jose have become a monument to unfettered greed. Read More 16