December 24, 2020 How a Monthly Skate Night Turned into Activism in San Jose By Katie Lauer Not everyone loves sharing the road with this colorful cadre of wheeled activists, but the feeling is mostly mutual—and that’s the point. Read More 7
September 3, 2020 Los Gatos Teacher Jailed on Suspicion of Molesting a Child By Silicon Valley Newsroom Joseph Houg, a 50-year-old theater and elementary school teacher, is being held at the Santa Clara County Main Jail on $100,000 bail. Read More 13
July 21, 2020 City of Santa Clara Hotel Tax Revenue Plummets By Barry Holtzclaw The city has projected other budget-related issues, but the Transient Occupancy Tax would be the biggest hit. Read More 8
June 26, 2020 Catalyze SV Celebrates San Jose’s Approval of Meridian Project By Emanuel Lee The proposed development is one of the first that fits into the city’s West San Carlos Urban Village Plan, a blueprint for denser growth. Read More 2
June 17, 2020 Pandemic to Influence Design in 12-Story Santa Clara Building By Barry Holtzclaw The project includes a 1,031,957-square-foot headquarters-style office building plus an eight-level parking garage for nearly 3,600 cars. Read More 0
June 9, 2020 Op-Ed: Throughout the Pandemic, Government Can Still—and Better—Engage with Community By Ryan Sebastian, Joe Escobar and Alex Shoor When stakeholders can more easily participate in public meetings, governments get better results and our collective trust in institutions grows. Read More 0
May 28, 2020 Chronic Town: Will Covid Pandemic Sap Weed-Biz Hype? By Dan Mitchell MedMen will go down in the annals as a symbol of the early days of the legal-weed industry: a meteoric rise and a spectacular crash. Read More 5
April 30, 2020 Social Distancing Complicates Valley Water’s CEO Search By The Fly The first round of interviews for Norma Camacho’s replacement commenced last week via the videoconferencing platform Zoom Read More 3
April 2, 2020 ‘Zoom Bombers’ Shout Epithets, Flash Obscene Images in VTA’s Virtual Board Meeting By Grace Hase Hackers logged onto the videoconference call to shout the N-word, project a swastika and broadcast pornography onto the screen. Read More 11
March 23, 2020 Silicon Valley Leaders Launch $11M Coronavirus Relief Fund By Grace Hase The fund is part of Santa Clara County’s ongoing regional effort to pull together amid the global coronavirus outbreak. Read More 5
March 23, 2020 12-Step Meetings Migrate Online During Coronavirus Pandemic By Jennifer Wadsworth For folks in Alcoholics Anonymous, sobriety is hard enough already. In a pandemic, all the more so, with 12-step meetings suspended indefinitely. Read More 2
March 19, 2020 Coronavirus Live Updates, March 19, 2020: Silicon Valley Enters Third Day of Regional Lockdown By Silicon Valley Newsroom As people adjust to life under lockdown, lawmakers from D.C. to City Hall have been working on ways to keep the economy moving. Read More 1