January 20, 2021 Trump Pardons Silicon Valley Engineer Convicted of Stealing Google’s Trade Secrets By Silicon Valley Newsroom Anthony Levandowski had not yet started his 18-month sentence, which was delayed indefinitely because of Covid. Read More 6
January 13, 2021 Silicon Valley Republican Official Walks Back Call to Arms By The Fly Last week, Santa Clara County Republican leader Phil Reynolds praised the siege and urged people to “take arms.” Read More 6
January 13, 2021 Indicted SiliconSage CEO Enjoyed Access to Local Political Leaders By Jennifer Wadsworth and Janice Bitters Sanjeev Acharya branded himself as a commercial real estate innovator, but regulators call him a con man. Read More 22
January 10, 2021 Resolutions: Business Basics Are For All, Ahmad Thomas Says By Amani Hamed New Year’s resolutions aren’t for all. But for Silicon Valley influencers looking to the other side of this pandemic, they’re a start. Read More 6
January 6, 2021 San Jose Mayor Calls for Sedition Charges Against Donald Trump By Jennifer Wadsworth Sam Liccardo’s comment comes as chaos grips Washington D.C., where a mob contesting the 2020 election results stormed the U.S. Capitol. Read More 86
January 6, 2021 Kaiser Faces $44,000 in Fines for Handling of San Jose Outbreak By Jennifer Wadsworth The county has launched an investigation into the hospital’s handling of the superspreader event that infected at least 60 people and killed one. Read More 5
January 6, 2021 Opinion: Google Unionization Marks a Watershed Moment for Labor Rights in Silicon Valley By Nicholas Barron At last, a sustained labor movement geared toward tech seems to be gaining real traction here in the Silicon Valley. Read More 3
January 4, 2021 Bay Area Public Schools Build Community Wireless Networks to Bridge the Digital Divide By Ali Tadayon, EdSource Districts throughout California are replacing hotspots for a more reliable, long-term alternative. Read More 1
December 31, 2020 2020: The Lost Year By Silicon Valley Newsroom It’s been a millennium and a decade since two identical numbers divisible by 10 paired together in such a beautiful fashion. Read More 1
December 26, 2020 Recounts Affirm Election Outcomes in Los Altos Hills, Mountain View By Bay City News Automatic recounts are required if the margin of victory is within 0.25 percent of the total number of ballots cast or 25 votes. Read More 0
December 23, 2020 Alex Padilla, Shirley Weber Make California History in New Roles By The Fly In Padilla and Weber, Californians get their first Latino U.S. Senator and first Black female secretary of state. Read More 6
December 22, 2020 Op-Ed: Follow the Science—An Open Letter to Anna Eshoo By Salem Ajluni The real question we should be asking is: “how can we afford not to adopt a single-payer system?” Read More 37
December 18, 2020 Silicon Valley Congresswoman Under Self-Quarantine After Possible Coronavirus Exposure By Jennifer Wadsworth Rep. Anna Eshoo announced today that she’ll err on the safe side after one of her staffers tested positive for the coronavirus. Read More 2
December 16, 2020 San Jose, Santa Clara County Cap Fees for Food-Delivery Apps By Silicon Valley Newsroom The ordinances limit how much money food-delivery apps can charge mom-and-pop restaurants struggling to survive the pandemic. Read More 4
December 16, 2020 Op-Ed: Equity? Not in San Jose By Gil Rodan The Diridon area never seemed to be worth “revitalizing” before the prospect of Google money came into the picture. Read More 9
December 15, 2020 Op-Ed: Mothers Join Youth in Urging San Jose to Show the Way to Climate Safety By Linda Hutchins-Knowles and Maggie Dong As the Capital of Silicon Valley, San Jose should incentivize clean-energy solutions, not the fossil gas past. Read More 7