December 31, 2020 2020: The Lost Year By Silicon Valley Newsroom It’s been a millennium and a decade since two identical numbers divisible by 10 paired together in such a beautiful fashion. Read More 1
December 1, 2020 SJ Set to Expand Natural Gas Ban—With Controversial Exception By Jennifer Wadsworth Bloom Energy—a publicly traded fuel cell manufacturer—wants the city to give it a pass from its climate-smart policy. Read More 3
July 23, 2020 Silicon Valley Leadership Group Names Ahmad Thomas as CEO By Grace Hase The former investment banking executive will succeed Carl Guardino, who announced last month that he's leaving SVLG for Bloom Energy. Read More 5
June 30, 2020 SVLG Executive Carl Guardino Takes VP Job at Bloom Energy By Grace Hase Starting Aug. 3, Guardino will be part of the green energy company in the newly created role of VP of government affairs and policy. Read More 3
May 20, 2020 Carl Guardino Appointed to San Jose Water Board of Directors By Grace Hase San Jose Water Group is the second largest investor-owned water utility in the country, serving nearly 1.5 million people in Silicon Valley. Read More 8
May 19, 2020 All Aboard! BART Finally Sets Date for San Jose Service By Emanuel Lee The 10-mile, $2.3 billion extension brings BART service from Warm Springs in Fremont through Milpitas and on to North San Jose. Read More 8
March 22, 2020 Cash, Safety Supplies Sought for Frontline Medical Workers By Silicon Valley Newsroom Elected leaders team up with businesses to collect cash donations and desperately needed equipment for doctors and nurses. Read More 3
March 20, 2020 Coronavirus Live Updates, March 20, 2020: Local Lockdown Goes Statewide With No End in Sight By Jennifer Wadsworth That Bay Area stay-at-home order meant to last three weeks? It applies to all of California now and no one’s sure how long it’ll last. Read More 7
February 26, 2020 Part III: How the Tech Caucus Courts Silicon Valley with Charity By Guest Columnist The Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy asks for thousands of dollars. Who's paying? It won't say. Read More 2
January 7, 2020 Carl Guardino to Retire as CEO of Silicon Valley Leadership Group By Silicon Valley Newsroom The 23-year leader of SVLG told his board that he would remain at the helm for up to six months until the board finds a replacement. Read More 2
November 1, 2019 San Jose Council Candidates Square Off Over Fair Elections, Transportation at SVLG Forum By Grace Hase Eight candidates across three San Jose City Council debated Friday morning at a Silicon Valley Leadership Group forum. Read More 11
August 29, 2019 Feds Give $125M to Fast-Track Silicon Valley BART Extension By Silicon Valley Newsroom Mayor Sam Liccardo said the funding means BART can now go “full speed ahead” on a project that’s been decades in the making. Read More 8
March 25, 2019 Survey: 44 Percent of Residents Consider Leaving Silicon Valley By Silicon Valley Newsroom More and more South Bay residents dreaming of cheaper pastures, according to a new poll by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Read More 12
January 30, 2019 San Jose Weighs Economic Benefits, Safety Risks in Push to Elevate Downtown Skyline By Lloyd Alaban An unprecedented surge of new development in San Jose has sped up plans to raise the limits of the historically low-lying cityscape. Read More 23
January 4, 2019 Netflix Bows to Saudi Censors, Pulls Episode of ‘The Patriot Act’ By Jennifer Wadsworth The Los Gatos-based streaming giant yanked an installment of the popular comedy series over its criticism of the kingdom’s monarchy. Read More 11
December 5, 2018 Op-Ed: Google Bought Land in Downtown San Jose—Now What? By Tom Skinner San Jose has arrived at a fork in the road: we can either tax tech to build homes and transit, or we can recommit to a broken status quo. Read More 36
