July 3, 2018 Santa Clara County’s Property Tax Roll Hits Record $483 Billion By Silicon Valley Newsroom The value of Santa Clara County’s taxable property hit an all-time high of $483.2 billion, according to the latest assessment. Read More 15
July 3, 2018 Rep. Anna Eshoo Travels to U.S.-Mexico Border to Witness Immigration Detention Firsthand By Winona Rajamohan Rep. Eshoo said she was troubled by how ill-prepared federal agencies are to deal with the influx of immigrant families—especially children. Read More 3
June 20, 2018 Op-Ed: Why is San Jose Taking So Long To Regulate E-scooters? By San Jose Inside This question is not about how San Jose should regulate e-scooters, but what’s taking so long for the city to do so. Read More 8
June 19, 2018 Mountain View May Up Tax for Large Companies Like Google By San Jose Inside Mountain View plans to update a business tax for the first time in 64 years, which would require Google to pick up most of the tab. Read More 1
June 19, 2018 Tesla Fights State Rules Linking Car Rebates to Labor Practices By Kaylee Lawler Tesla opposes a state rule that would raise the standard for offering customers to qualify for a generous discount on electric cars. Read More 1
June 15, 2018 San Jose Gears Up for 37th Annual Juneteenth Festival in Downtown By Winona Rajamohan The 37th annual Juneteenth festival takes place Saturday tat Plaza de Cesar Chavez in downtown San Jose. Read More 15
June 13, 2018 Op-Ed: Girl in the Valley Podcast Focuses on Dating, Relationships By Patricia Callahan A new podcast, Girl in the Valley, explores the ups and downs of online dating in the status-obsessed, fast-faced world of Silicon Valley. Read More 2
June 5, 2018 PHOTO GALLERY: Ballot Selfies, Get-Out-the-Vote Canvassing, Last-Minute Phone Banking By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose Inside invites you to submit your #BallotSelfie and other election photos to our gallery, which we’ll update until the polls close. Read More 0
June 5, 2018 In Surprise Ruling, High Court Sides with Baker Who Refused to Make Gay Couple’s Wedding Cake By Jennifer Wadsworth The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, but not for the reasons expected. Read More 13
June 4, 2018 June Primary 2018: Elections to Watch in Santa Clara County By Jennifer Wadsworth California’s long-awaited primary comes Tuesday, which means it’s down to the wire for a number of hotly contested South Bay races. Read More 5
May 30, 2018 With Advent of App-Based Scooters, Transportation Takes a Bizarre Turn in Silicon Valley By Lauren Hepler Some see the e-scooters as gentrifying techie-mobiles, but the on-demand devices could drastically improve transit in the South Bay. Read More 16
May 16, 2018 June Primary 2018: Meet the Candidates Running for San Jose’s Only Open Council Seat By Julia Baum A crowded field of six candidates has emerged in the June primary race for San Jose’s District 9 council seat. Read More 45
May 14, 2018 Op-Ed: San Jose Marriott Teams Up with Rebuilding Together to Help Low-Income Homeowners By John Southwell For the second year in a row, volunteers from the San Jose Marriott teamed and Rebuilding Together renovated the mobile home of a local resident. Read More 1
May 8, 2018 Op-Ed: Silicon Valley Students Turn to Political Activism Through ‘Agents of Change’ Coalition By Tarun Galagali Agents of Change is Rep. Ro Khanna’s student activism group that leverages the principles of political organizing to focus on local impact. Read More 8
May 3, 2018 Op-Ed: Silicon Valley Health, Labor, Environmental Groups Call on Samsung to Protect Workers By Ted Smith Global day of action to support Samsung workers links with May Day actions in San Jose and around the world. Read More 0
April 26, 2018 Silicon Valley Community Foundation Hires 2nd Law Firm to Investigate ‘Toxic’ Workplace By Jennifer Wadsworth An investigation into sexual harassment at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation has expanded to address “a larger culture issue.” Read More 2