April 24, 2018 Santa Clara County Inmates Enter 10th Day of Hunger Strike By Jennifer Wadsworth Hundreds of Santa Clara County inmates have commenced their 10th day of a hunger strike over jail conditions. Read More 5
April 23, 2018 Ballots Mailed to Military, Overseas Voters for June 5 Statewide Primary Election By Silicon Valley Newsroom Santa Clara County has mailed out more than 8,000 ballots for the June primary election to military and overseas voters. Read More 1
April 20, 2018 Santa Clara County Considers New Fees for Housing By Barry Holtzclaw The regional housing crisis may mean new fees for builders in Santa Clara County. Read More 3
April 18, 2018 While San Francisco Wipes Out Thousands of Pot Convictions, Santa Clara County is Slow to Act By San Jose Inside Some hoped Santa Clara County would take a cue from San Francisco and other cities that erased pot convictions in the wake of Prop. 64. Read More 0
April 18, 2018 Santa Clara Co. Sheriff Demands Full Retraction, Skips Mercury News’ Endorsement Interview By The Fly Sheriff Smith making herself inaccessible to reporters comes amid criticism that she’s also disengaged from constituents. Read More 32
April 18, 2018 Silicon Valley’s Dopest Lawyers Help Clients Navigate Complex Matrix of Cannabis Laws By Jennifer Wadsworth One of the South Bay’s most buttoned-up law firms has started working with clients from the budding cannabis industry. Read More 5
April 17, 2018 Op-Ed: Will San Jose’s City Council Give Landlords More Power or Stand Up for Tenants? By Diana Salazar San Jose city officials will have to decide later this month whether to bolster protections for renters or weaken them to give landlords more power. Read More 4
April 14, 2018 Op-Ed: Santa Clara County Schools Need to Rethink Dual-Immersion Language Classes By Bill Conrad According to one local educator, Silicon Valley school districts need to overhaul the current system of dual-immersion language programs. Read More 31
April 11, 2018 State Regulators Poised to Defund Embattled Child Care Nonprofit By The Fly A scathing audit convinced the California Department of Education to find a more scrupulous contractor than 4Cs to manage $40 million in grants. Read More 8
April 9, 2018 San Jose City Council Considers Supporting State Sen. Beall’s Water Rate Transparency Bill By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose considers whether to support a state bill that would demand greater transparency from water companies about rate changes. Read More 1
April 6, 2018 Op-Ed: For the Elderly, Evictions Can Be a Death Sentence By Shaunn Cartwright Silicon Valley needs to protect aging residents from evictions, which can compromise the health and wellbeing of senior citizens. Read More 7
April 6, 2018 State Audit Reveals Startling Abuses at 4Cs, Silicon Valley’s Largest Child Care Nonprofit By Jennifer Wadsworth A scathing new report found that 4Cs child care nonprofit mismanaged state grants and caused undue financial hardship for countless families. Read More 20
April 6, 2018 SVO Apologizes Amid Backlash Over ‘Sexist,’ ‘Tone Deaf’ Email By Jennifer Wadsworth The Silicon Valley Organization issued a public apology for the way it defended a political candidate accused of sexual harassment. Read More 11
April 5, 2018 Santa Clara County Launches New Child Abuse Hotline By San Jose Inside Santa Clara County officials rolled out a new child abuse hotline in time for National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Read More 7
April 4, 2018 SCC Sheriff Laurie Smith Lashes Out as Misconduct Allegations From the 1990s Resurface By Jennifer Wadsworth Decades-old claims of sexual harassment and abuse of power have come back to haunt Sheriff Laurie Smith. Read More 48
April 4, 2018 SVO Loses Members Over Response to Political Mailer By The Fly The Silicon Valley Organization drew flak for the way it responded to a campaign mailer about a candidate endorsed by its PAC. Read More 11