News August 14, 2018 Bitcoin Blackmailers Target Silicon Valley Residents with Secrets to Keep, Money to Burn By Jennifer Wadsworth Some Silicon Valley residents have received a letter threatening to expose some secret unless they’re paid a small fortune in Bitcoin. Read More 2
News August 13, 2018 San Jose May Place Police Activities League Under New Management After Critical Audit By Jennifer Wadsworth An audit exposing mismanagement at San Jose’s Police Activities League has officials debating whether to bring it under the city’s control. Read More 6
News August 13, 2018 Santa Clara Wins Legal Dispute Over S.F. 49ers’ Stadium Rent By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara prevailed in a legal battle with the San Francisco 49ers over how much the team should pay to rent the city-owned Levi’s Stadium. Read More 4
News August 10, 2018 Nomination Period for November Election Comes to a Close By Winona Rajamohan Today is the deadline for candidates hoping to run for more than 100 local offices in the November election. Read More 1
News August 9, 2018 Appeals Court Upholds Brock Turner’s Conviction for Sexual Assault, Attempted Rape By Jennifer Wadsworth An appeals court on Wednesday rejected Brock Turner’s bid for a new trial and upheld his conviction for sexual assault and attempted rape. Read More 2
News August 8, 2018 Campaign to Recall Aaron Persky Shifts Focus to Political Activism By San Jose Inside Stanford professor Michele Dauber has carried the momentum from a high-profile judicial recall campaign into local activism. Read More 26
The Fly August 8, 2018 Is Santa Clara County’s Legal Aid Society Closed for Good? By The Fly The Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County—near-six-decade-old public interest law firm—is apparently verging on collapse. Read More 7
Opinion August 7, 2018 Op-Ed: Hollywood’s Most Famous ‘Lost Film’ Screens in San Jose Saturday After 45-Year Wait By San Jose Inside The Silicon Valley Cinema Club will host an hour-long panel after the documentary screening at 3 Below Theater this weekend. Read More 2
News August 7, 2018 Santa Clara County Shines Light on Human Trafficking Through Art Exhibits, Film Screenings By Winona Rajamohan Santa Clara County will host a series of events through the rest of the month to raise awareness about human trafficking. Read More 0
News August 6, 2018 San Jose City Council Weighs Measures on Salary-Setting, Construction Bids, $950M Bond By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose officials are debating a few measures to bring to voters this fall, including a bond measure and some charter amendments. Read More 4
Opinion August 4, 2018 Op-Ed: Care Like a Nonprofit, But Think Like an Entrepreneur By Gregory Kepferle and Pamela Roussos The need is too urgent and the payoff seems too great not to try it. After all, if it can’t be done in Silicon Valley, where can it? Read More 2
News August 3, 2018 Stanford University’s Blood Center in Dire Need of Donations By Silicon Valley Newsroom Stanford has issued an urgent call for all blood donations because of higher-than-normal hospital usage and a seasonal drop in donations. Read More 1
News August 3, 2018 Embattled Child Care Nonprofit 4Cs Breaks Rules Yet Again with Late Payments to Contractors By Jennifer Wadsworth Last month, 4Cs failed to pay its child care providers on time, violating the terms of their state grants and putting payees in a tough spot. Read More 3
Opinion August 2, 2018 Op-Ed: Investing in Our Village, San Jose Unified School District By Helen Chapman Together, we must advocate and work on behalf of the village and family we call the San Jose Unified School District. Read More 2
Investigative Reports August 1, 2018 Public Agencies’ Secret Sexual Harassment Settlements Cost South Bay Taxpayers Millions By Jennifer Wadsworth While state agencies have undergone a reckoning over sexual harassment, local governments have largely escaped scrutiny—until now. Read More 23
The Fly August 1, 2018 Cupertino Criticized for Lack of Transparency Over City Attorney Randolph Hom’s Departure By The Fly Local watchdogs believe the city attorney’s unceremonious departure may have had something to do with the controversial Vallco Mall project. Read More 10