The Fly June 15, 2016 Nora Campos Gave Biz Award to Her Campaign Office’s Landlord By The Fly Assemblywoman Nora Campos gave her bro's employer a business award. Turns out, that business shares the address of Campos’ campaign headquarters. Read More 9
News June 15, 2016 Veteran San Jose Police Officer Dies in Motorcycle Crash By Jennifer Wadsworth Michael Katherman, a San Jose police officer and 34-year-old father of two young children, died in a motorcycle crash Tuesday while on patrol. Read More 3
News June 15, 2016 Stanford Rape Case Raises Vital Questions of Justice, Consent By Jennifer Wadsworth Stanford students hope to foster a nuanced dialogue about justice and sexual consent in the wake of Brock Turner's controversial sentencing. Read More 51
News June 14, 2016 Photo Gallery: San Jose’s LGBTQ Community, Allies Hold Vigil for Orlando Terror Attack Victims By Daphne Morales More than 100 people gathered Monday night at San Jose City Hall for a candlelight vigil to honor victims of the Orlando terrorist attack. Read More 4
News June 13, 2016 Silicon Valley Mourns Victims of Orlando Terrorist Attack By Jennifer Wadsworth Silicon Valley hosts vigils to memorialize one of the worst mass shootings in American history, which left 49 people dead and 53 wounded. Read More 19
News June 13, 2016 San Jose’s New Budget Proposal Accounts for Sales Tax Bump By Jennifer Wadsworth A voter-approved tax hike will help San Jose hire more police officers, repair potholed streets and stopgap projected budget deficits. Read More 10
News June 10, 2016 Developer Offers $47 Million for San Jose’s Hayes Mansion By Daphne Morales San Jose can finally free itself from a huge drain of taxpayer money: the historic Hayes Mansion. The City Council will vote on the deal Tuesday. Read More 4
News June 10, 2016 Incumbent Loses Lead in San Jose’s District 4 Council Race By Jennifer Wadsworth Councilman Manh Nguyen lost his lead to two-time challenger Lan Diep, who surpassed the District 4 incumbent by a 12-vote margin Friday. Read More 3
News June 10, 2016 Santa Clara County Passes Landmark Surveillance Law By Silicon Valley Newsroom Santa Clara County enacted a pioneering spy-tech law aimed at protecting the public’s right to privacy from surveillance technologies. Read More 5
News June 9, 2016 California Law Raising Smoking Age to 21 Goes into Effect By Daphne Morales A new California law that went into effect Thursday ups the smoking age from 18 to 21. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill last month. Read More 5
News June 8, 2016 Voters Approve New Sales Tax, Oppose Deregulating Pot Clubs By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose voters overwhelmingly approved a new quarter-cent sales tax and shot down a separate measure that would have deregulated the city's pot clubs. Read More 14
News June 8, 2016 San Jose Council Incumbents Win Re-Election; Frontrunners for 3 Open Seats Head to Fall Runoff By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose's two City Council incumbents managed to win another four years in office, one in a landslide victory and the other by only a slim margin. Read More 10
News June 8, 2016 Why Silicon Valley Conservatives Have Fallen for Donald Trump By Jennifer Wadsworth Donald Trump’s message resonates with a surprisingly diverse set of Bay Area residents, many of whom feel cheated out of the region’s prosperity. Read More 27
The Fly June 8, 2016 Beall, Nguyen, San Jose City Hall Take Big Wins in Primary Election By The Fly State Sen. Jim Beall and Assembly hopeful Madison Nguyen won big in their primary races, while San Jose saw two ballot measure victories. Read More 17
News June 7, 2016 California’s Long-Awaited Primary Election Day is Here By Jennifer Wadsworth Election Day is here. After months of waiting, Californians have until 8pm to cast their vote in the presidential primary. Read More 3
News June 6, 2016 Councilman: Still Waiting for Info after Violent Donald Trump Event By Josh Koehn San Jose Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio says he wants to know what police have done in the wake of violent protests following Donald Trump’s rally. Read More 47