July 14, 2020 49ers in a Multi-Million-Dollar Standoff with City of Santa Clara By Silicon Valley Newsroom The 49ers say Santa Clara owes it $2.74 million. The city says the team owes it $1.1 million. Each side refuses to pay until the other side pays first. Read More 2
February 20, 2020 Secretary of State Alex Padilla Slams Santa Clara’s Measure C By Jennifer Wadsworth The state’s top elections official showed up in Mission City today to denounce an effort to shrink the number of council districts. Read More 3
February 10, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Mulls Universal Meals for High-Poverty Schools By Jennifer Wadsworth On Tuesday, the county will consider a proposal to spend $8 million over four years to feed 12,000 of the neediest children in the South Bay. Read More 13
February 5, 2020 Civil Rights Activists Ask SF 49ers for Help Defeating Santa Clara’s Controversial Measure C By The Fly As the 49ers geared up to face the Chiefs, a group of activists implored the team for help with a very different kind of match-up. Read More 4
January 31, 2020 Bay Area Congress Members’ Super Bowl Bet with Missouri Rep: BBQ, Nuts and See’s Candy By Grace Hase Congress members Ro Khanna and Nancy Pelosi hope to bring home more than the Lombardi Trophy this weekend. Read More 2
September 19, 2019 Santa Clara Wants to Revoke 49ers’ Authority Over Non-Football Events at Levi’s By Grace Hase In announcing the decision, the city lobbed a host of allegations against the team, accusing it of fraud, wage theft and conflicts of interest. Read More 7
May 22, 2019 Santa Clara County Takes 49ers to Court Over Stadium Tax Fight By Jennifer Wadsworth County Assessor Larry Stone is suing over what he calls a stunningly flawed decision to give the NFL team a massive tax break. Read More 16
February 18, 2019 Hanging Colin Kaepernick Doll Spotted in South San Jose By Jennifer Wadsworth Days before the former star quarterback settled his grievance against the NFL, someone saw a racist effigy of him right here in San Jose. Read More 45
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 12, 2018 City of Santa Clara Prepares to Buy Out Banquet Hall Lease Through Eminent Domain By The Fly David Ebrahimi, the 72-year-old proprietor of David’s Banquet Hall in Santa Clara, must never have heard the old saw about fighting city hall. Read More 15
November 28, 2018 Santa Clara County Officials Spar Over Who Should Influence Billions of Dollars in Tax Appeals By Jennifer Wadsworth What would’ve been a routine nomination erupted into a political brawl between county Assessor Larry Stone and Supervisor Dave Cortese. Read More 14
November 16, 2018 Santa Clara Police Release Footage of Man Who Went Missing From 49ers Game By Silicon Valley Newsroom Santa Clara police have released video of a 32-year-old man who went missing during the S.F. 49ers’ Monday night game. Read More 0
November 9, 2018 Alleged Pimp Arrested in San Jose for Sex-Trafficking Young Woman He Found on Instagram By Silicon Valley Newsroom A 33-year-old Stockton man has been charged with sex-trafficking a young woman from San Jose to Salt Lake City. Read More 1
August 13, 2018 Santa Clara Wins Legal Dispute Over S.F. 49ers’ Stadium Rent By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara prevailed in a legal battle with the San Francisco 49ers over how much the team should pay to rent the city-owned Levi’s Stadium. Read More 4
November 29, 2017 Santa Clara Mayor, Merc Still at Odds over Report on PR Flack (Who Got the Story Changed) By The Fly Mayor Lisa Gillmor admits she was wrong to block a reporter on Twitter after an unflattering report, but still claims the article is full of errors. Read More 15
November 27, 2017 The Rundown: Brent Burns Lives; San Francisco 49ers Poised to Hand Keys to Jimmy Garoppolo By Emanuel Lee In this installment, we reflect on a cameo by 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and Brent Burns’ return to form for the Sharks. Read More 1