News July 13, 2018 Officials Have Yet to Disclose Identity of San Jose Inmate Who Died in Custody This Past Week By San Jose Inside A 53-year-old Santa Clara County inmate was pronounced dead at 7:33pm on this past Sunday at the Main Jail in San Jose. Read More 2
Business July 11, 2018 CEQA Racket Extracts 11th Hour Payoffs Amidst Housing Crisis By Jennifer Wadsworth A landmark law designed to protect California’s environment has enabled profiteers to hold up critical projects. Read More 20
The Fly July 11, 2018 Santa Clara Cuts Ties With Chamber of Commerce, Citing Potential Conflicts, Self-Dealing By The Fly Santa Clara city officials are cutting ties with the local chamber of commerce, citing a preliminary audit that identified potential self-dealing. Read More 14
Opinion July 10, 2018 Op-Ed: Silicon Valley Cinema Club to Screen Investigative PBS Documentary ‘Dark Money’ By San Jose Inside Discussion after the July 16 documentary screening is sure to shake the pillars of every parking garage in downtown San Jose. Read More 8
News July 10, 2018 San Jose Water Company’s Merger With Connecticut Utility Sparks Bicoastal Bidding War By Jennifer Wadsworth A planned tie-up between San Jose Water Company and another private utility on the East Coast has morphed into a four-way merger battle. Read More 10
News July 10, 2018 Domestic Violence Deaths on the Rise in Santa Clara County By Winona Rajamohan Santa Clara County saw a steep increase in domestic violence-related deaths in 2017, which saw six more fatalities than in 2016. Read More 3
News July 9, 2018 Authorities Arrest Two Men Suspected of Multiple Sexual Assaults in San Jose, Milpitas By Silicon Valley Newsroom Police have arrested two accused sexual assailants who attacked several victims in San Jose and Milpitas in the span of a few days this past week. Read More 4
News July 6, 2018 Final Election Results In, Voter Turnout Up in Santa Clara County By Silicon Valley Newsroom More Santa Clara County voters cast ballots in the June election than in 2014 and slightly more than in the Tea Party-dominated 2010 primary. Read More 0
News July 6, 2018 Spike in Child Drownings Prompts Santa Clara County Officials to Issue Public Safety Warning By Winona Rajamohan A spike in child drownings and drowning scares has prompted Santa Clara County health officials to issue a public warning. Read More 2
News July 5, 2018 South Bay Police Struggle to Enforce Laws Against Stoned Driving in Wake of Legalization By Grace Hase Families who lost loved ones to drugged driving worry that the state’s inability to consistently enforce DUI laws will put other lives at risk. Read More 10
The Fly July 5, 2018 Santa Clara Unified Says It Has No Record of Sexual Harassment Claims in Past 18 Years By The Fly SCUSD took nearly two months to respond to a request for sexual harassment complaints by informing us that no such records exist. Read More 24
News July 3, 2018 San Jose Police Union Withdraws Endorsement of John Hirokawa’s Bid to Unseat Sheriff Smith By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose’s police union pulled its endorsement of retired undersheriff John Hirokawa’s campaign to unseat his former boss, Sheriff Laurie Smith. Read More 9
News July 3, 2018 Santa Clara County’s Property Tax Roll Hits Record $483 Billion By Silicon Valley Newsroom The value of Santa Clara County’s taxable property hit an all-time high of $483.2 billion, according to the latest assessment. Read More 15
News July 3, 2018 Rep. Anna Eshoo Travels to U.S.-Mexico Border to Witness Immigration Detention Firsthand By Winona Rajamohan Rep. Eshoo said she was troubled by how ill-prepared federal agencies are to deal with the influx of immigrant families—especially children. Read More 3
Opinion July 2, 2018 Op-Ed: Immigration Policies Should Not be Used to Institutionalize Bias, Bigotry By Deeana Ijaz As Americans, we must be an example for the rest of the world. We must act with justice for the good of even future Americans. Read More 14
Opinion July 2, 2018 Op-Ed: Google-Diridon Proposal Turns Blind Eye to Displacement By Sandy Perry Unless changed, the proposed Google Diridon development will aggravate our housing crisis in San Jose, not improve it. Read More 11