February 10, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Mulls Universal Meals for High-Poverty Schools By Jennifer Wadsworth On Tuesday, the county will consider a proposal to spend $8 million over four years to feed 12,000 of the neediest children in the South Bay. Read More 13
February 7, 2020 17 Arrested in Human Trafficking Crackdown in Santa Clara Co. By Silicon Valley Newsroom A statewide crackdown on human trafficking led to nearly 20 arrests and the rescue of several victims in Silicon Valley. Read More 5
February 5, 2020 Good Sam Waited a Week to Alert Public About Coronavirus Contact By Grace Hase Five employees from Good Samaritan Hospital are at home self-isolating after being potentially exposed to the coronavirus. Read More 3
February 5, 2020 Smoke Signals: Legal Weed’s Gold Rush Days May End in a Bust By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside Celebrity investors. Headline-grabbing IPOs. New tax revenues. Is the cannabis industry getting high on its own supply? Read More 19
February 4, 2020 Rep. Ro Khanna Invites Local NAACP President to SOTU By Grace Hase Jethroe Moore said he’s still awestruck by the invitation to attend the State of the Union speech alongside the congressman. Read More 2
January 30, 2020 Sup. Cindy Chavez Highlights County’s Stark Inequities, Unique Strengths in Annual Speech By Jennifer Wadsworth The newly inducted board president then enumerated some of the ways she plans to tackle the county’s most intractable problems. Read More 7
January 30, 2020 Big Oil, Corporate PAC Money Seep Into State Senate Race By Grace Hase Campaign donations to Ann Ravel, Nora Campos and Dave Cortese have raised questions about their political allegiances. Read More 9
January 24, 2020 Op-Ed: Revised SB 50 Could Make Silicon Valley Livable Again By Sergio Lopez The newly amended version of SB 50 has a crucial role to play in helping address our region’s affordability crisis. Read More 9
January 23, 2020 Bad Boys Bail Bonds Boss Raises Campaign Cash for South Bay’s Business-Aligned Candidates By The Fly If C. Jeffrey Stanley ever decides to break away from the bail and bounty business, he should consider taking up party planning. Read More 17
January 20, 2020 Q&A: Blach Construction Chair Michael Blach Reflects on Company’s 50 Years in Business By Grace Hase San Jose Inside caught up with the second-generation construction exec to learn more about his firm on its Golden Anniversary. Read More 3
January 16, 2020 South Bay Rep Lands Sought-After Role in Impeachment Trial By Silicon Valley Newsroom Rep. Zoe Lofgren has taken part in the past three impeachment inquiries—those of Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton and now Donald Trump. Read More 32
January 15, 2020 Evan Low Joins the ‘Yang Gang’ By Grace Hase The Silicon Valley assemblyman has been tapped as the national co-chair of Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign. Read More 7
January 9, 2020 Online Giants Made Billions Charging for Tax Filing the IRS Was Supposed to Offer for Free By Dan Pulcrano For two decades, Americans paid for tax services that were supposed to be free. This week, that all changes. Read More 8
January 8, 2020 Timothy Starkey’s Death Points to Uptick in Traffic Fatalities By Grace Hase The Santa Cruz handyman, whose life was cut short by a car collision in Los Gatos, leaves behind a grieving wife and two grown children. Read More 21
January 7, 2020 Carl Guardino to Retire as CEO of Silicon Valley Leadership Group By Silicon Valley Newsroom The 23-year leader of SVLG told his board that he would remain at the helm for up to six months until the board finds a replacement. Read More 2
January 3, 2020 Food Stamp Cuts Loom for Silicon Valley Residents in 2020 By Lauren Hepler and Julia Baum The lean season has arrived, and it may be felt more acutely inside local homes where residents already struggle to find enough to eat. Read More 7