News September 8, 2018 ‘Stop BEZOS’ Bill Takes Aim at Companies Paying Low Wages By Jennifer Wadsworth Silicon Valley Congressman Ro Khanna wants to tax large companies equal to the value of public benefits their workers receive Read More 1
News September 6, 2018 Presentation High School Official Accused of Mishandling Sexual Abuse Claims to Step Down By Jennifer Wadsworth A Catholic high school official accused of mishandling sex abuse claims against staff has announced her resignation. Read More 0
News September 6, 2018 Alum Rock School Board President Dismisses Pleas to Censure Unruly Colleague By Jennifer Wadsworth Board president Esau Herrera expressed no interest in censuring a fellow trustee, Khanh Tran, for verbally threatening the superintendent. Read More 5
News September 4, 2018 Artist Plans to Sue Property Owner Who Painted Over Chicano Mural in San Jose’s East Side By Jennifer Wadsworth Jose Mesa Velasquez, the artist whose East Side mural was painted over last week, says the property owner gave him no warning. Read More 28
News August 31, 2018 Decades-Old Chicano Mural Erased in San Jose’s East Side By Jennifer Wadsworth Sometime before dawn Wednesday, a handyman painted over the oldest mural in San Jose, a three-decade-old panorama of Chicano culture. Read More 32
News August 29, 2018 Staffers Say Nurse’s Xenophobic Rants Reflect Deeper Problems at San Jose Regional Med Center By Jennifer Wadsworth Employees who worked under Beth Laurine say her divisive diatribe is no isolated outburst, but the symptom of an abusive work culture. Read More 23
News August 28, 2018 Accused Cattle Killer Arrested on Animal Cruelty, Weapon Charges By Jennifer Wadsworth Investigators have arrested a man suspected of slaughtering nearly a dozen cattle in Morgan Hill back in June. Read More 2
News August 27, 2018 Santa Clara County Finds 77,300 Previously Unlisted Addresses to Survey for 2020 Census By Jennifer Wadsworth After budgeting an additional $1 million to ensure a complete count, Santa Clara County has already been gearing up for the 2020 census. Read More 2
News August 27, 2018 San Jose Vies for FAA Funding to Replace Aircraft Rescue Facility By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose is trying to secure federal grants to replace its 58-year-old aircraft rescue and firefighting facility, which has fallen into disrepair. Read More 1
News August 24, 2018 San Jose Police Auditor Aaron Zisser Resigns Under Pressure From Cop Union, City Leaders By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose’s civilian cop monitor is stepping down, citing the police union’s personal attacks as a distraction to community-led reforms. Read More 20
News August 22, 2018 Alum Rock Trustee Hit With Restraining Order for Verbally Attacking Superintendent By Jennifer Wadsworth ARUSD Superintendent Hilaria Bauer filed a stay-away order against a trustee who threatened violence against her at an Aug. 9 meeting. Read More 17
News August 22, 2018 Santa Clara County’s Data-Mining Deal with Palantir Draws Scrutiny From Privacy Advocates By Jennifer Wadsworth Though Palantir’s work with the county has an altruistic aim, some worry about its role in other controversial law enforcement contracts. Read More 1
News August 21, 2018 San Jose Hospital Under Fire For Nurse’s Anti-Immigrant Rant By Jennifer Wadsworth The San Jose Regional Medical Center is in full damage control mode after an anti-immigrant rant by an emergency room manager went viral. Read More 80
News August 21, 2018 Santa Clara County Supervisors Urged to Consider Housing—Not Parking—for Old City Hall Annex By Jennifer Wadsworth Plans to convert San Jose’s old City Hall Annex into a parking lot instead of housing for the homeless has drawn the ire of a prominent developer. Read More 3
News August 20, 2018 Waste Piles Up in San Jose as China Limits Recycling Imports By Jennifer Wadsworth Paper and plastics tossed by U.S. consumers into their blue bins have been piling up ever since China tightened import restrictions. Read More 13
News August 16, 2018 Santa Clara County Considers Permanent Prohibition on Pot By Jennifer Wadsworth While San Jose rakes in $10 million-plus a year in tax revenue from cannabis, Santa Clara County is leaning toward prohibition. Read More 5