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
March 30, 2018 Citizenship Question on 2020 Census Jeopardizes Accuracy, South Bay Officials Caution By San Jose Inside Silicon Valley leaders are speaking out against the federal government’s plans to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census. Read More 3
March 28, 2018 ICE ‘Mistakenly’ Allowed Into Santa Clara Co. Jails, Sheriff Says By Jennifer Wadsworth The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office violated state and local sanctuary policies by allowing federal immigration agents to interview inmates. Read More 9
March 28, 2018 Candidates Excluded From BAYMEC Forum Speak Out By The Fly Meet Mike Alvarado and Maria Hernandez, two grassroots candidates in the race to replace Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager. Read More 1
March 28, 2018 Nonprofit Officials Accused of Harassing, Silencing Parents By Jennifer Wadsworth The federal Office of Early Head Start is investigating claims of harassment at the Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County. Read More 4
March 23, 2018 Candidates Vie for LGBTQ Support in Bid to Succeed Santa Clara County Supe Ken Yeager By Jennifer Wadsworth Several people running to replace Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager made their case Thursday for the BAYMEC endorsement. Read More 15
March 21, 2018 Campaign to Recall Judge in Stanford Sexual Assault Case Morphs into a Culture War By Lauren Hepler The #MeToo ethos fuels the effort to oust Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky from the bench in an unprecedented recall election. Read More 107
March 21, 2018 Pregnancy Centers Battle to Overturn California Law By Barry Holtzclaw The Supreme Court appears poised to strike down part of a California law aimed to curb misleading advertising by anti-abortion clinics. Read More 0
March 20, 2018 By the Numbers: The Cost of Gun Violence in Santa Clara County By Silicon Valley Newsroom Troubling new statistics show the physical and financial cost of gun violence in Santa Clara County and the U.S. Read More 13
March 19, 2018 San Jose Falls Far Short of State-Set Affordable Housing Goals By Jennifer Wadsworth A new report coming before the City Council shows just how far San Jose has fallen short of its state-assigned affordable housing goals. Read More 9