The Fly December 9, 2015 Meet David Gerard, the Dumbest Person in Local Education By The Fly David Gerard, a first-year trustee on the Morgan Hill Unified School District, might want to think about submitting his own walking papers. Read More 11
News December 8, 2015 Ex-City Attorney to Sue Milpitas for ‘Retaliatory’ Firing By Jennifer Wadsworth Milpitas’ former city attorney, whose entire office was outsourced to a private law firm this past summer, plans to sue the city for retaliation. Read More 7
Investigative Reports December 8, 2015 Water District: CEO Can Do What He Wants, No Paper Trail Needed By Josh Koehn The Golden Spigot has got some brass. That’s the only way to explain the explanations coming from the Santa Clara Valley Water District. Read More 8
News December 7, 2015 San Jose Might Declare ‘Shelter Crisis’ to Protect Homeless By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose may open up community centers, libraries and other public buildings as cold weather shelters for thousands of homeless residents. Read More 29
News December 4, 2015 San Jose Reaches Deal with 8 Unions on Measure B Settlement By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose has come to a tentative agreement with eight of its nine unions on a Measure B settlement, city officials announced Friday. Read More 16
News December 4, 2015 Sheriff Smith Continues Damage Control as Jail Scandals Stack Up By Josh Koehn Inmates are dying, jail guards are breaking laws and sending racist texts, and worse, some may even be raping the men and women behind bars. Read More 27
The Fly December 2, 2015 Kathleen King’s Plan to Remain Politically Relevant Going Great By The Fly Kathleen King has remained politically relevant by keeping her nonprofits on the taxpayer dole. Now she plans to pivot that presence into a run for county supervisor—again. Read More 9
News December 2, 2015 ‘Troubling Cluster’ of Complaints Stem from Jail Graveyard Shift By Jennifer Wadsworth Correctional officers at Santa Clara County's Main Jail are apparently more likely to use force against inmates during the night shift. Read More 10
News December 2, 2015 Mobile App Aims to End Hunger, Food Waste in Silicon Valley By Jennifer Wadsworth Silicon Valley has joined a nationwide push to feed the hungry with uneaten food that would otherwise end up in landfills. Read More 14
News December 1, 2015 Application Deadline Looms for Vacant Water District Seat By Josh Koehn The Santa Clara Valley Water District is looking for a temporary replacement for Dennis Kennedy, the South County board member who resigned. Read More 1
News November 30, 2015 Activists Revive Effort to Overturn San Jose’s Pot Laws By Jennifer Wadsworth A political action committee has revived an effort to replace San Jose’s pot ordinance with one approved by voters. Read More 16
News November 27, 2015 Winter Is Coming: Scientists Compare Past El Niño Storms By Maria Grusauskas One thing is certain: It’s going to rain this winter. Possibly a lot. And maybe, in a way Northern California hasn’t seen in decades. Read More 7
Culture November 26, 2015 Happy Thanksgiving from SJI By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose Inside would like to wish all of our readers a Happy Thanksgiving. We will return Friday. Read More 2
The Fly November 25, 2015 Assemblyman Kansen Chu Not Worried by Staff Turnover By The Fly Kansen Chu has run through quite a few staffers as a state assemblyman, a trend carried over from his days on San Jose's City Council. Read More 7
News November 24, 2015 Rent Control Efforts in San Jose Look at ‘Just Cause’ Evictions By Jennifer Wadsworth Tenant rights groups want to reform San Jose rent control laws, which allow landlords to boot a tenant for any reason. Read More 17
Opinion November 23, 2015 Uber, Lyft Keep It in Family with Help from the Guardinos By Rich Robinson The Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO and his lobbyist wife used their combined political power to help clients in the taxi-TNC fight. Read More 7