March 17, 2021 Displaced Sunnyvale Homeless Residents Are a Symptom of a Broader Regional Issue By San Jose Inside Dozens of homeless residents lived in Fair Oaks Park until a construction project forced them out, despite the pandemic. Read More 40
March 15, 2021 China’s Jaded Techies Find a Hero in Elon Musk By Raymond Zhong The Tesla boss and digital prankster is striking a chord, at a time of disillusionment with the tech industry and its leading tycoons. Read More 4
March 11, 2021 Companies That Rode Pandemic Boom Get a Reality Check By Steve Lohr Investors, who flocked to companies like Zoom as the virus spread, have started to look elsewhere. Read More 0
March 9, 2021 Stanford Under Fire for Denying Scribe to Disabled Student By Jennifer Wadsworth The university’s denial of homework accommodations for Antonio Milane has launched a larger conversation about disability rights. Read More 12
March 8, 2021 How Do Silicon Valley Techies Celebrate Getting Rich in a Devastating Global Pandemic? By Erin Griffith Not by buying airplanes. Instead, the newest start-up millionaires are proceeding cautiously. Read More 4
March 7, 2021 Away From Silicon Valley, the Military Is the Ideal Customer By Cade Metz While much has been made of tech’s unwillingness to work with the Pentagon, startups are still plumbing the industry’s ties to the military. Read More 3
March 4, 2021 Lobbyist Slams San Jose Over Delays on Cannabis Land-Use By The Fly Sean Kali-Rai said the city has been dragging its feet on a policy that the council asked to prioritize three years ago. Read More 3
March 3, 2021 Ladder Climbers: Women Aim to End Longtime Gender Inequity in Silicon Valley Firefighting By Jennifer Wadsworth Even as gender equality in most traditionally male sectors has improved, women in Santa Clara County continue to be shut out of firefighting. Read More 5
February 25, 2021 Tackling Tech’s $16 Billion Diversity and Retention Problem By Katie Lauer Diversity in tech has been an evergreen issue for years in Silicon Valley, but has become even more central as employees begin to speak out. Read More 6
February 22, 2021 SJ Police Chief Finalists Named—But Some Say It’s Too Fast By Sonya Herrera The city convened panels last week to interview the first round of seven candidates, but who voted and the tallies remain a mystery. Read More 16
February 21, 2021 Where Do Coronavirus Vaccine Doses Go, and Who Gets Them? The Algorithms Decide By Natasha Singer Health agencies and hospitals are using different formulas to allocate the coronavirus shots, exacerbating disparities in vaccine access. Read More 1
February 13, 2021 26 Words Created the Internet. What Will It Take to Save It? By Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica An expert on Section 230 talks with the ProPublica editor-in-chief about how we got here and how we should regulate our way out. Read More 9
February 12, 2021 Pandemic’s Toll on Housing: Falling Behind, Doubling Up By Conor Dougherty Eviction moratoriums don’t keep arrears from piling up, and aid to renters may not reach the most vulnerable. Read More 3
February 1, 2021 Op-Ed: Ash Kalra Should Be California’s Next AG By Molly ONeal, Manohar Raju, Oscar Bobrow, Tracie Olson, David Epps, Michael Ogul and Sajid A. Khan Public defenders are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to name the Silicon Valley lawmaker—a former defense attorney—to the AG post. Read More 10
February 1, 2021 Schools Press ‘Play’ on eSports Leagues During Pandemic By Ali Tadayon Some districts have turned to organized video games to give students the team sports experience they’re missing during distance learning. Read More 1
January 28, 2021 Silicon Valley Lawmakers Weigh in on GameStop Controversy By Jennifer Wadsworth Congressman Ro Khanna is now calling for an investigation into retail trading apps, including Robinhood and TD Ameritrade. Read More 25