August 13, 2019 Santa Clara County Gets First Voting Tech Upgrade Since ’03 By Silicon Valley Newsroom Silicon Valley voters will be using an entirely new system to cast their ballots in 2020. Read More 16
August 13, 2019 Board of Supes Considers Tightening Up Gun Storage Rules By Silicon Valley Newsroom On the heels of the San Jose mayor’s call for liability insurance from gun owners, the county introduced its own set of firearm-safety measures. Read More 10
August 13, 2019 Santa Clara County Offers to Fund Housing for Disabled Residents By Silicon Valley Newsroom Supervisor Joe Simitian called the spending plan a “smart, humane and cost-effective” way to prevent homelessness. Read More 3
August 10, 2019 The Veranda, County’s First Measure A Housing Complex, Celebrates Grand Opening By Kyle Martin Three years after voters approved the $950 million affordable housing bond, the first project funded by the initiative is finally finished. Read More 6
August 8, 2019 Gilroy Shooting Victims Share Harrowing Stories of Survival By Jacob Pierce and Jaqueline McCool Attendees caught in the gunfire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on that tragic day last month now face a long road to recovery. Read More 2
August 8, 2019 Personnel Probe Casts Doubt on Dominic Caserta’s Credibility By The Fly It took more than a year, but Foothill College’s review of claims that Dominic Caserta sexually harassed a students has finally come to a close. Read More 9
August 7, 2019 DA Targets Sheriff’s Inner Circle in Apparent Corruption Probe By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County’s six-term sheriff and her closest allies are the subject of an ongoing criminal inquiry led by the office of DA Jeff Rosen. Read More 36
August 6, 2019 FBI Launches Terrorism Probe Into Garlic Festival Shooting By Erik Chalhoub Authorities say it appeared that the killer, a 19-year-old Gilroy native, was “interested in several violent ideologies.” Read More 38
August 6, 2019 Rep. Ro Khanna Reflects on Visit to Border Detention Facilities By Nicholas Chan The Silicon Valley congressman shares his thoughts on how to fix the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Read More 35
August 5, 2019 San Jose Revisits Prevailing Wage for Private Construction By Grace Hase The City Council on Tuesday will debate a policy requiring contractors to hire locally and pay prevailing wages on subsidized projects. Read More 3
August 2, 2019 By the Numbers: Guns, Gun Sales and Crime in Santa Clara County By Nicholas Chan California may have the strictest gun laws in the nation, but the number of gun sales and gun-related crimes are on the rise. Read More 17
August 1, 2019 SJ Police Union: ‘Nothing will Change’ with AB 392’s Passage By Nicholas Chan While proponents hail the bill as a momentous step towards greater accountability, the San Jose cop union contends otherwise. Read More 5
July 31, 2019 Too Close to Home: South Bay Looks for Answers in Wake of Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting By Jennifer Wadsworth and Nick Veronin The Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting, which took three innocent lives, underscores the intractability of gun violence in America. Read More 8
July 30, 2019 Gilroy Shooting Sparks Safety Concerns for County Fair By Grace Hase Just days after a gunman opened fire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, officials are beefing up security at the upcoming Santa Clara County Fair. Read More 1
July 29, 2019 Silicon Valley Leaders React to Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting By Grace Hase As news broke on Sunday that a gunman had open fired on a crowd at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, local officials poured out words of support. Read More 4
July 29, 2019 Police Identify Santino William Legan as Garlic Festival Gunman By Jennifer Wadsworth The man who killed three people and wounded a dozen more was named as the 19-year-old grandson of a former county supervisor. Read More 17