September 1, 2020 District Attorney: When can we have tea with the Asian guys? By The Fly The DA actively courted the same political fundraiser he’s now prosecuting for allegedly illegally helping Sheriff Smith. Read More 8
August 31, 2020 Breaking: CCW Defendants Seek to Disqualify DA as CEO Pleads By Jennifer Wadsworth Attorneys for some of the defendants in the case say District Attorney Jeff Rosen has conflicts that precludes a fair prosecution. Read More 18
August 30, 2020 Bay Area, Central Coast Fires: 1,500+ Structures Leveled So Far By Tony Nuñez The SCU, CZU and LNU Lightning complexes, River Fire and Carmel Fire have chewed through 892,313 acres across 15 counties. Read More 0
August 29, 2020 EXCLUSIVE: Witnesses Describe Two-Track System for CCW Permits in Santa Clara County By Jennifer Wadsworth In Santa Clara County, it seems the vast majority of applicants for the permits, known as CCWs, never got past the first step. Read More 7
August 28, 2020 Exclusive: Sheriff Smith, Second-in-Command Take the Fifth By Jennifer Wadsworth Laurie Smith and Rick Sung spent the the whole of their testimony in a CCW bribery case invoking their right against self-incrimination. Read More 19
August 27, 2020 Amid Worsening Pandemic and Massive Wildfires, Census Takers Start Making House Calls By Will Carruthers and Jennifer Wadsworth With little more than a month to go before the census deadline, county officials are making a final push to ensure a complete tally. Read More 8
August 27, 2020 Facebook Exec Security Team Escapes Prosecution in Gun Permit Scandal—So Far By Jennifer Wadsworth The alleged mastermind of an bribery plot managed to duck charges for now. As did many of his apparently perjurious colleagues. Read More 6
August 26, 2020 South Bay Sees Bizarre Mini-Boom as Thousands of Fire Evacuees Pour into Downtown By Janice Bitters The fires burning in the mountains south and west of San Jose have pushed 77,000 people to flee from Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties. Read More 6
August 26, 2020 Op-Ed: Jacob Blake, Another Casualty of Deja Vu by Design By Sajid Khan Despite the movement in the streets, the uprisings at city halls, the chants of Black Lives Matter, we’re still here. Read More 6
August 26, 2020 SCU Fires 25 Percent Contained By Jennifer Wadsworth Firefighters made significant progress against the SCU Complex in the past day, allowing Cal Fire to ease some evacuation orders. Read More 0
August 26, 2020 Bay Area Gets Devastating Welcome to Era of Megafires By Jennifer Wadsworth California has never seen anything like the lightning fires that struck amid a pandemic, rolling blackouts and a record heatwave. Read More 13
August 25, 2020 Some Evacuation Orders Ease Up, But Officials Say California ‘Megafires’ Could Burn for Weeks By Jennifer Wadsworth The fires east of Santa Clara Valley have grown to more than 365,000 acres, making it the largest active fire in California. Read More 1
August 24, 2020 Lightning Mostly Spares South Bay; Red Flag Warning Lifted By Jennifer Wadsworth Fires raging all around the South Bay continue to close in, prompting new evacuation orders in the Tri-Valley, Morgan Hill and Los Gatos. Read More 0
August 23, 2020 East SJ Residents Urged to Pack Bags Following New Evac Orders By Silicon Valley Newsroom Officials announced new evacuation decrees for the SCU Complex of southbound fires burning to the east of San Jose. Read More 0
August 23, 2020 340,000-Acre SCU Complex Triggers New Evacuation Orders By Jennifer Wadsworth With just 10 percent containment this morning, Cal Fire officials issued new evacuation orders for Sunol, Livermore and Fremont. Read More 3
August 22, 2020 LIVE UPDATES: Lightning Fires Consume More Than a Million Acres Across California By Silicon Valley Newsroom More than 13,000 firefighters throughout the state are battling record blazes that have darkened skies and forced 100,000 evacuations. Read More 0