October 22, 2020 DAWN Revokes Endorsement of State Senate Hopeful Ann Ravel By Grace Hase The group took issue with her refusal to return donations from South Bay lawyer James McManis, who opposed the Recall Persky campaign. Read More 8
October 22, 2020 Santa Clara County Moves Forward with Title IX Review By Jana Kadah, Bay City News Title IX, a federal law, prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions and outlines steps to protect students from sexual violence. Read More 2
October 9, 2020 Open Letter: What Happened to Your Apology? What Happened to Your Anti-PAC Pledge? By Guest Columnist Ann Ravel should reconsider her stance on anti-recall money and make good on her anti-PAC pledge, says ex-Assemblywoman Nora Campos. Read More 16
September 30, 2020 Recall Persky Campaign Leaders Call on Ann Ravel to Return Donations from Jim McManis By The Fly Stanford law professor Michele Dauber wants state Senate hopeful Ann Ravel to give back thousands in campaign cash from her employer. Read More 27
September 22, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Poised to Study Harassment Policies at All Local Schools, Public and Private By Emanuel Lee If the board OK’s the referral, county staff would report back to the board on the matter by the middle of November. Read More 3
November 6, 2019 YWCA Returns Lawyer’s Donation for Statements ‘Deeply at Odds’ with Organization’s Values By The Fly The nonprofit refunded James McManis’ money over comments he made that downplayed the assault of a well-known YWCA client. Read More 21
September 11, 2019 Lynbrook High School Faces Backlash for Hiring Ex-Judge Aaron Persky as Tennis Coach By Nicholas Chan Fremont Union High School District officials who hired the recalled jurist say the outrage over his new gig took them off guard. Read More 46
March 8, 2019 State Senate Hopeful Ann Ravel Says She Regrets Endorsing Judge Persky’s Campaign By Jennifer Wadsworth The former FEC chair said she feels full of remorse for being associated with a campaign that espoused victim-blaming rhetoric. Read More 23
January 15, 2019 Protesters Plan to Descend on Louis C.K.’s San Jose Gigs By Jennifer Wadsworth The San Jose Improv announced Monday that C.K. was set to perform on two nights this week, prompting backlash from local activists. Read More 32
December 27, 2018 2018: A Year in Review By Silicon Valley Newsroom In which we look back on all the strange, infuriating and preposterous things that went down in 2018 and say, “Sayonara!” Read More 1
December 20, 2018 Activists Launch Postcard Drive to Protest Title IX Changes By Lloyd Alaban The snail-mail drive by the Enough is Enough Voter Project aims to fight Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ regulatory rollback. Read More 4
December 11, 2018 Recalled Judge Aaron Persky Asks for Help to Pay Off $135K in Campaign-Related Legal Costs By Jennifer Wadsworth The former jurist is asking for help paying down a small fortune in court-ordered debt incurred from challenging the recall campaign. Read More 33
December 5, 2018 How Silicon Valley’s Lila Rose Became the Face of Millennial Anti-Abortion Activism By Tori Truscheit Lila Rose became an anti-abortion activist after famously making hoaxy undercover videos in hopes of getting Planned Parenthood defunded. Read More 13
November 29, 2018 Eric Bauman Resigns as Cal Democratic Party Chair Amid Sexual Misconduct Inquiry By Jennifer Wadsworth California’s top Democratic Party official stepped down amid mounting political pressure over claims of sexual assault and harassment. Read More 17
November 26, 2018 California Democratic Party Chairman Eric Bauman Responds to Claims of Sexual Misconduct By Jennifer Wadsworth The state Democratic Party took a full day to publicly address claims that its top official sexually assaulted and harassed multiple men. Read More 29
November 23, 2018 BREAKING: California Dem Party Chair Eric Bauman Accused of Sexual Assault, Harassment By Jennifer Wadsworth California Democratic Party Chair Eric Bauman’s third-in-command is calling for his ouster over claims that he sexually assaulted people. Read More 33