March 19, 2019 2020 Ballot Initiative Would Give Voters Say Over El Camino Healthcare District’s Expansion By Silicon Valley Newsroom Workers battling the multi-city health and hospital district over its acquisition of five clinics want voters to weigh in on future growth. Read More 0
March 14, 2019 Santa Clara County Coroner Seeks Help in ID’ing Man’s Body By Silicon Valley Newsroom Authorities are asking the public to assist in identifying a transient whose body was found on a fall morning last year in Milpitas. Read More 1
March 14, 2019 Op-Ed: San Jose Took Away My Medical Cannabis Patient Rights By Crystal Campisi Since the city has chosen not to waive its cannabis tax for medical patients, there is no advantage to renewing one’s Rx card. Read More 6
March 13, 2019 Yeager Suspends State Senate Bid to Lead BAYMEC Foundation By Jennifer Wadsworth Decades after founding the Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee, Ken Yeager will take the helm as its PAC’s first executive director. Read More 6
March 12, 2019 Nurses Go on Daylong Strike at St. Louise, O’Connor Hospitals By Silicon Valley Newsroom Tensions between the county and a local nurses union hit a flash point today, when the union called a one-day strike at two local hospitals. Read More 7
March 11, 2019 Morgan Hill Council Considers Commercial Pot Ordinance By Jaqueline McCool Officials in the South County city ruled out cultivation at a council meeting last month. But pot business licenses are still on the table. Read More 1
March 9, 2019 Op-Ed: Secrecy, Private Influence Threatened Santa Clara County’s Sanborn Park By John Miller Thanks to public opposition, the county stopped the project. But it should also condemn its parks division for conducting business in secret. Read More 27
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
March 8, 2019 Newly Expanded County Hospital System Requires Bigger Subsidies By Silicon Valley Newsroom The hospitals acquired by the county this month offer new stability, but they also come with a hefty price tag for local taxpayers. Read More 4
March 8, 2019 Gov. Newsom Signs Law Bolstering Charter School Transparency, Accountability By Scott Forstner SB 126 ensures that all private charter schools are held to the same transparency standards as their public counterparts. Read More 8
March 6, 2019 Local Agencies Wait for Courts to Rule on Police Transparency Law By The Fly A new law granting public access to police misconduct records is already changing lives, despite attempts to stifle disclosure. Read More 3
March 1, 2019 Op-Ed: Key Projects Aim to Provide Flood Protection for Thousands of ESSJ Homes By Tony Estremera Valley Water officials say the agency needs continued public support support in order to reduce flood risks along South Bay waterways. Read More 1
March 1, 2019 State Sen. Jim Beall Renews Focus on Mental Health, Housing During Final Two Years in Office By Jennifer Wadsworth With a new governor at the helm, the career lawmaker is ready to take another crack at bills vetoed time and again by past administrations. Read More 7
February 27, 2019 New Laws Expand Access to Police Records, Renew Scrutiny of Officer-Caused Deaths By Jennifer Wadsworth Thanks to a new law, police video once available only to authorities and few others will become public to anyone who asks. Read More 12
February 27, 2019 Family, Friends of Gilroy’s Steven Juarez Continue to Mourn By Michael Moore Family and friends gathered at the scene of his death to remember the Gilroy native who died one year ago while in police custody. Read More 3
February 25, 2019 Santa Clara County Exec Spars with Sheriff Over IT Staffing By Jennifer Wadsworth The dispute—part of an ongoing conflict between CEO Jeff Smith and Sheriff Laurie Smith—transpired in a series of dueling memos. Read More 13