January 13, 2020 San Jose City Council to Hear Report on Hate Crimes By Grace Hase The City Council meets at 1:30pm Tuesday inside the council chambers at City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara St. Read More 2
January 10, 2020 San Jose Lawmakers Look for Ways to Protect Westwinds Mobile Home Park From Eviction By Grace Hase More than 700 residents at the North San Jose mobile home community have received eviction notices. Read More 9
January 6, 2020 San Jose Considers Amnesty for Illegal Backyard Cottages By Grace Hase Homeowners who plan on renting out their backyard cottage may also qualify for a financial hardship exemption. Read More 11
January 3, 2020 A Couple Board Members Apparently Part Ways with Downtown Streets Team By The Fly The names of PA Veterans Institute for Research CEO Michael Hindery and Google counsel David Kiferbaum are gone from the DST website. Read More 8
December 18, 2019 SJ Council Candidate Involved in Car Crash That Killed Pedestrian By Grace Hase District 10 contender Jenny Higgins Bradanini expressed her heartfelt condolences for the man’s surviving loved ones. Read More 15
December 17, 2019 Several Bay Area Cities Vow to Investigate Misconduct Claims Against Downtown Streets Team By Jennifer Wadsworth At least six public agencies are re-evaluating contracts with the tax-exempt homeless services provider in light of the allegations. Read More 25
December 16, 2019 San Jose Considers $225,000 Payout for Woman Allegedly Raped by SJPD Officer By Grace Hase The city of San Jose is expected to pay the settlement to a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by ex-Officer Geoffrey Graves. Read More 8
December 11, 2019 Downtown Streets Team Faces Claims of Hard-Partying Work Culture, Gender Discrimination By Jennifer Wadsworth Zia MacWilliams left DST because of what she describes as a toxic culture that promoted heavy drinking and tolerated discrimination. Read More 38
December 10, 2019 San Jose Passes Spending Plan for 2020 Transfer Tax Measure By Grace Hase With the measure heading toward the ballot box, the council voted 9-2 to approve a spending plan authored by Mayor Sam Liccardo. Read More 6
December 10, 2019 SJ Mayor Sam Liccardo Endorses Michael Bloomberg for President By Grace Hase Liccardo’s leadership on climate advocacy makes him a key endorsement for Bloomberg’s sustainability-focused campaign. Read More 14
December 9, 2019 San Jose City Council Considers Whether to Endorse Laura’s Law By Grace Hase Enacted by the state in 2002, the law gives counties the ability to mandate treatment for the severely mentally ill. Read More 6
December 6, 2019 Support Continues to Grow for San Jose Mayor’s Vision of a Customer-Owned PG&E By Nicholas Chan Sam Liccardo announced this week that he’s garnered support for the idea from 114 elected leaders in 58 cities and 10 counties. Read More 13
December 4, 2019 Three Years and Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Later, San Jose Unveils a New Website By The Fly It took an eternity, but San Jose’s stone age website has finally evolved into the modern era. Read More 5
December 4, 2019 How a Pharmaceutical Company Developed a Breakthrough Treatment for Cystic Fibrosis By Julia Kane Thanks to a new drug, 90 percent of cystic fibrosis patients have a treatment that targets the root cause of the disease. Read More 1
December 3, 2019 San Jose City Council to Review New Plans For Diridon Station By Grace Hase After more than a year of design work by four local agencies, preliminary plans for a re-envisioned Diridon Station have been unveiled. Read More 0
November 19, 2019 San Jose Votes to Move Forward With Property Transfer Tax Measure for Affordable Housing By Grace Hase With an 8-0-2 approval from the City Council on Tuesday, officials now plan on drafting a proposed ballot question. Read More 26