September 29, 2020 SJPD Officer Charged with Misdemeanor After Kicking, Dragging Woman Under Arrest By Grace Hase San Jose Officer Matthew Rodriguez could face one year in jail if he's convicted on the misdemeanor assault and battery charge. Read More 23
September 29, 2020 Challenger Outraises Incumbent in San Jose’s D6 Council Race By Grace Hase Jake Tonkel took the lead this fundraising period, with a wider range of small-dollar donors than Councilwoman Dev Davis who has raised the most this year. Read More 10
September 26, 2020 Op-Ed: Resist, Reimagine and Reset in Honor of Breonna Taylor By Sajid Khan Breonna Taylor’s death is a result of our institutional, reckless disregard for Black lives. Read More 9
September 24, 2020 San Jose Tattoo Artists Embrace Reopening After Months in Limbo By Katie Lauer After seven months without steady work, the artists at San Jose’s State of Grace, including Tyler Harrington, are seeing clients. Read More 0
September 23, 2020 LIVE UPDATES: Justice for Breonna Taylor Protest in Downtown San Jose By Silicon Valley Newsroom Not a single officer was charged with killing the 26-year-old paramedic shot to death by Louisville police in her own apartment. Read More 19
September 23, 2020 Vice Chair of San Jose Ethics Commission Abruptly Resigns By The Fly Chris Peacock was so upset about a colleague’s open critique of the city’s top elected official that he stepped down as vice chair. Read More 4
September 21, 2020 San Jose Leaders Weigh Anti-Displacement Strategy By Grace Hase The City Council on Tuesday will discuss the policy, which aims to produce and preserve housing while protecting residents from eviction. Read More 2
September 21, 2020 Fatal Stabbing Marks San Jose’s 29th Homicide This Year By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose police say the attack happened just minutes after 5am at Sixth and Santa Clara streets by Vintage Towers and City Hall. Read More 5
September 21, 2020 New Website Schedules Covid Tests Up to a Week in Advance By Silicon Valley Newsroom Getting tested for Covid-19 in Santa Clara County just got easier thanks to an updated web portal that lets you reserve spots well ahead of time. Read More 0
September 18, 2020 Mayor, Concerned Citizens Push Back on Loaded Language Woven into San Jose PD Protest Report By Grace Hase Internal correspondence among the department's top brass consistently refer to the George Floyd demonstrators as "rioters." Read More 10
September 17, 2020 SJUSD to Continue Online Learning Through Year’s End By Jennifer Wadsworth The South Bay’s largest school district will continue virtual learning through December, saying it’s too risky to resume in-person instruction. Read More 3
September 16, 2020 San Jose Council Shoots Down Mayor’s Rubber Bullet Ban By Jennifer Wadsworth The City Council on Tuesday voted 10-1, with Mayor Sam Liccardo dissenting, to keep the projectiles as an option for unruly protests. Read More 15
September 16, 2020 Two Killed, Four Injured in Mass Shooting by San Jose State By Silicon Valley Newsroom Gunfire was reported around 10pm Tuesday on the 600 block of South Eighth and East Reed streets, by San Jose State University. Read More 7
September 16, 2020 BlueLeaks Hack Suggests Bad Intel Fueled SJPD’s Violent Response to Recent Protests By Jennifer Wadsworth A leaked trove of law enforcement records shows that police were told to view anti-brutality protesters as an adversarial force. Read More 18
September 14, 2020 SJPD Report Details its Handling of the George Floyd Protests By Grace Hase The nearly 250-page report details everything from use of force to an hourly play-by-play of what happened during the protests. Read More 4
September 14, 2020 San Jose City Council Considers Whether to Endorse Prop. 17 By Grace Hase The initiative coming up on the Nov. 3 ballot would amend the state Constitution to allow felons on parole to regain their right to vote. Read More 9