News January 25, 2016 San Jose Council Reconsiders Controversial Nightclub Proposal By Jennifer Wadsworth A proposal to bring a two-story nightclub to downtown San Jose comes back for consideration at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Read More 12
News January 22, 2016 Turner Construction, Santa Clara County Get Back Together By Josh Koehn Santa Clara County officials said they will resume a partnership with Turner Construction to complete construction at Valley Medical Center. Read More 4
News January 22, 2016 Survey: San Jose Workers Vacation Less than New York, LA By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose lives to work rather than the other way around. That’s the takeaway from a survey of 3,000 gainfully employed adults by British Airways. Read More 8
Investigative Reports January 21, 2016 The Myth of Super Bowl Sex Trafficking Obscures Real Issues By John Flynn With no evidence of a Big Game-related spike, the crackdown on trafficked humans more often than not targets sex workers and consenting adults. Read More 20
The Fly January 20, 2016 Mercury News Continues to Spin Darcie Green’s False Narrative By The Fly San Jose’s daily newspaper seems to have no intention of giving its readers the raw truth about state Assembly candidate Darcie Green and her husband. Read More 37
News January 20, 2016 Bizarre Land-Use Fight Pits Neighbors against Monk By Jennifer Wadsworth Residents in San Jose's Evergreen hills have led an aggressive campaign to drive out a Buddhist monk and prevent his followers from building a temple. Read More 54
News January 20, 2016 Lan Diep Wants Rematch in San Jose’s District 4 Council Race By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose’s District 4 councilman will face a familiar opponent in his bid for re-election: Lan Diep, who lost by a slim margin in last year's race. Read More 7
News January 19, 2016 Esau Herrera Joins Crowded 27th Assembly District Race By Silicon Valley Newsroom A new candidate jumped into the race to succeed Assemblywoman Nora Campos (D-San Jose), who terms out this year. Read More 11
News January 19, 2016 San Jose Considers Impartial Review of Citywide Tax Measure By Jennifer Wadsworth Two San Jose City Council members have called for an unbiased review of a citywide tax measure that was filed last week and is angling for the 2016 ballot. Read More 7
News January 18, 2016 Bay Area Martin Luther King. Jr. Day Celebrations, Closures By Silicon Valley Newsroom Nationwide on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, thousands of people will give back to their communities in honor of the civil rights leader. Read More 13
News January 15, 2016 Ethics Commission Dismisses Charges Against 20 Candidates By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose’s Ethics Commission dismissed charges against 20 candidates and City Council members who unwittingly broke local election laws. Read More 4
Opinion January 15, 2016 Water District CEO Beau Goldie Resigned, and We’re Better For It By Josh Koehn The Santa Clara Valley Water District put a happy spin on CEO Beau Goldie “retiring/resigning,” but let’s cut to the chase: He got canned. Read More 25
News January 14, 2016 LAFCO Sues City of Gilroy over Proposed Housing Development By Dan Pulcrano A new lawsuit alleges that the city of Gilroy broke the law when it approved the annexation of farmland for a planned 4000-home development. Read More 12
News January 14, 2016 8 San Jose Finalists Named in Knight Cities Challenge By Jennifer Wadsworth Of the 158 finalists named in the Knight Foundation's Cities Challenge, which divvies up $5 million among winning ideas, eight are from San Jose. Read More 1
News January 13, 2016 Water District Board Expected to Fire CEO Beau Goldie on Thursday By Josh Koehn The Santa Clara Valley Water District’s board of directors is expected to meet in closed session Thursday and fire CEO Beau Goldie. Read More 23
The Fly January 13, 2016 Councilman Manh Nguyen’s Odd Preference for Part-Time Staff By The Fly Something fishy is going on in the D4 Council office. Since Manh Nguyen took over the seat, he’s taken an unusual approach to filling out his staff. Read More 5