September 4, 2018 Water District Allocates $1.4 Million to Clear Creekside Homeless Encampments By Jaqueline McCool The Santa Clara Valley Water District says it spent $1.4 million this year on 571 cleanups of creekside camps in San Jose and South County. Read More 10
August 31, 2018 Decades-Old Chicano Mural Erased in San Jose’s East Side By Jennifer Wadsworth Sometime before dawn Wednesday, a handyman painted over the oldest mural in San Jose, a three-decade-old panorama of Chicano culture. Read More 32
August 30, 2018 South Bay Contractors Accused of Stealing $800K From Clients By Silicon Valley Newsroom A married couple who ran a construction company have been charged with bilking more than $800,000 from 30 local customers. Read More 5
August 30, 2018 Op-Ed: California WaterFix Ensures Clean, Safe Water for Santa Clara County By Tony Estremera Participating in the project means that this county will have a better chance of sustaining its imported water supply in future years. Read More 6
August 29, 2018 Will SVO Schism Undermine Group’s Political Influence? By The Fly Infighting at the Silicon Valley Organization (SVO)—neé San Jose-Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce—finally reached a breaking point. Read More 5
August 27, 2018 Santa Clara County Finds 77,300 Previously Unlisted Addresses to Survey for 2020 Census By Jennifer Wadsworth After budgeting an additional $1 million to ensure a complete count, Santa Clara County has already been gearing up for the 2020 census. Read More 2
August 22, 2018 Santa Clara County’s Data-Mining Deal with Palantir Draws Scrutiny From Privacy Advocates By Jennifer Wadsworth Though Palantir’s work with the county has an altruistic aim, some worry about its role in other controversial law enforcement contracts. Read More 1
August 21, 2018 Santa Clara County Supervisors Urged to Consider Housing—Not Parking—for Old City Hall Annex By Jennifer Wadsworth Plans to convert San Jose’s old City Hall Annex into a parking lot instead of housing for the homeless has drawn the ire of a prominent developer. Read More 3
August 16, 2018 Santa Clara County Considers Permanent Prohibition on Pot By Jennifer Wadsworth While San Jose rakes in $10 million-plus a year in tax revenue from cannabis, Santa Clara County is leaning toward prohibition. Read More 5
August 15, 2018 DA Declines to File Charges Against Disgraced Santa Clara Councilman Dominic Caserta By Jennifer Wadsworth The DA says it won’t file criminal charges against Santa Clara Councilman Dominic Caserta, who resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct. Read More 28
August 15, 2018 ‘Slavery Towers’ a Flashpoint in Debate Over Labor Standards, Responsible Development By Jennifer Wadsworth The 643-unit Silvery Towers climbing 22 stories into the sky from the heart of San Jose have become a monument to unfettered greed. Read More 16
August 14, 2018 Bitcoin Blackmailers Target Silicon Valley Residents with Secrets to Keep, Money to Burn By Jennifer Wadsworth Some Silicon Valley residents have received a letter threatening to expose some secret unless they’re paid a small fortune in Bitcoin. Read More 2
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
August 10, 2018 Nomination Period for November Election Comes to a Close By Winona Rajamohan Today is the deadline for candidates hoping to run for more than 100 local offices in the November election. Read More 1
August 9, 2018 Appeals Court Upholds Brock Turner’s Conviction for Sexual Assault, Attempted Rape By Jennifer Wadsworth An appeals court on Wednesday rejected Brock Turner’s bid for a new trial and upheld his conviction for sexual assault and attempted rape. Read More 2
August 8, 2018 Campaign to Recall Aaron Persky Shifts Focus to Political Activism By San Jose Inside Stanford professor Michele Dauber has carried the momentum from a high-profile judicial recall campaign into local activism. Read More 26