November 11, 2020 Sunnyvale Election Full of Firsts By Emanuel Lee The city voted for its first directly elected mayor as well as its first Muslim-South Asian and openly queer councilors. Read More 6
November 10, 2020 With 60 Percent of Votes, Otto Lee Succeeds Dave Cortese in Santa Clara County’s District 3 By Jennifer Wadsworth The former Sunnyvale mayor, U.S. Navy Bronze Star recipient and intellectual property attorney starts his newest gig in a few short weeks. Read More 3
October 21, 2020 Two Veteran School Trustees Face Off in SCCOE’s Area 1 Race By Katie Lauer Grace Mah, the incumbent since 2007, is up against Melissa Baten Caswell, a longtime Palo Alto Unified trustee. Read More 3
October 7, 2020 Racism in the Streets: How Homelessness Became a Civil Rights Issue in the South Bay By Grace Hase Experts say Silicon Valley’s homeless crisis—like that of the nation—is interwoven with its long, painful history structural racism. Read More 23
October 1, 2020 Santa Clara County’s 2020 Assessment Roll Culminates Decade of Economic Growth By Silicon Valley Newsroom The roll shows that the net assessed value of all property in the county grew by $35.5 billion to a total of $551.5 billion from the year prior. Read More 4
August 15, 2020 It’s Official: Here’s Who Qualified for South Bay’s Fall Ballot By Silicon Valley Newsroom Voters have a lot of important decisions to make this election cycle, which features a host of consequential local, state and national races. Read More 3
August 12, 2020 New County Enforcement Team Ready to Charge $500 for Violations of Covid-19 Orders By Barry Holtzclaw The new ordinance “is critical to deal with the significant volume of complaints,” County Counsel James Williams told the Board of Supervisors. Read More 12
August 2, 2020 Santa Clara County Property Values Hit Another Peak By Erik Chalhoub The total net assessed value of all real and business property grew by $35.5 billion, a 6.87 percent increase over the prior year. Read More 1
June 24, 2020 South Bay’s Small Businesses Less Likely to Secure PPP Loans By Emanuel Lee Fewer than three in 10 local small businesses that applied for one of the loans are receiving one, according to a new survey. Read More 0
April 23, 2020 Silicon Valley to the Rescue: Local Companies Are at the Forefront of Covid-19 Response By Emanuel Lee and Grace Hase Businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators in the tech sector seem to be driven as much by the need to contribute as by future profit. Read More 3
April 8, 2020 Shortage of Face Shields? South Bay Makers Come to the Rescue By Emanuel Lee Engineers from Maker Nexus—a 3D printing company in Sunnyvale—channel their ingenuity to address a shortfall of protective equipment. Read More 0
April 6, 2020 Frustrated Gov. Newsom Calls on Task Force to Fix California’s Coronavirus Testing Shortfall By Rachel Becker, CalMatters The goal is to increase high-capacity testing and end a backlog that, at times, has left people waiting as many as 12 days to receive results. Read More 6
April 6, 2020 Sunnyvale Factory Finds a Way to Keep Running Amid Pandemic By Emanuel Lee Sierra Circuits provides medical equipment to dozens of customers, including one that makes a quick-turnaround COVID-19 test. Read More 3
March 30, 2020 Sunnyvale Woman Says Kaiser Denied Her Prescription Amid Pandemic-Related Shortage By Emanuel Lee A shortage of chloroquine, which sells under the brand name Plaquenil, is one of the many unforeseen consequences of the pandemic. Read More 4
March 13, 2020 Mixed-Use CityLine Sunnyvale Adds Three New Major Tenants By Silicon Valley Newsroom Ulta Beauty, Xfinity and and Kids Dental & Orthodontics expect to open up shop in the master-planned development later this year. Read More 0
February 28, 2020 Election 2020: Four Veteran Public Servants Vie for Santa Clara County’s Open Supe Seat By Grace Hase Supervisor Dave Cortese’s impending departure from the county board has drawn a crowded field of aspiring successors. Read More 10
