News November 25, 2020 Appeals Court Issues Order to Show Cause in CCW Case By Jennifer Wadsworth The order stems from an appeal filed by one of several defendants accused of conspiring to exchange bribes for concealed gun permits Read More 7
News November 25, 2020 Facebook AI Predicts 6,393 New Coronavirus Infections in Santa Clara County by Dec. 6 By Jennifer Wadsworth The model anticipates the South Bay seeing at least a 20 percent surge in Covid-19 cases by the first week of December. Read More 2
News November 24, 2020 Stabbing Victims Described as Selfless, Passionate About Helping the Less Fortunate By Jennifer Wadsworth Survivors of the Grace Baptist Church attack say that despite what happened, they remain committed to serving the homeless. Read More 6
News November 23, 2020 New Defendants in CCW Case Push Back on Bribery Claims By Jennifer Wadsworth Attorneys for local insurance broker Harpreet Chadha and Apple security chief Thomas Moyer call the pay-to-play allegations baseless. Read More 4
News November 20, 2020 Santa Clara County Undersheriff Rick Sung Indicted in CCW Case By Jennifer Wadsworth An additional indictment was handed down for Capt. James Jensen, who was among several defendants already charged in the case. Read More 5
News November 19, 2020 BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom Orders Statewide Curfew By Jennifer Wadsworth The mandate, which takes effect Saturday and is expected to last a month, requires most Californians to stay home from 10pm to 5am. Read More 20
News November 19, 2020 Audit Slams California for Mismanaging Housing Crisis, Wasting Billions in Bonds By Jennifer Wadsworth The report describes how the state’s disjointed approach to financing affordable housing slows development and drives up costs. Read More 8
News November 16, 2020 Protester Injured by San Jose Police Won’t Face Charges By Jennifer Wadsworth A spokesman for Santa Clara County DA Jeff Rosen confirmed his office would drop the case based on “an insufficiency of evidence.” Read More 8
News November 11, 2020 SVO: There Was ‘No Intent to Do Harm’ With Racist Campaign Ad By Jennifer Wadsworth Leaders of the regional chamber of commerce refused to name the people responsible and offered little else in the way of context. Read More 18
News 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
News November 10, 2020 With Cohen’s Win in D4, San Jose Mayor Loses Council Majority By Jennifer Wadsworth The impending ouster of North Side rep Lan Diep flips the one-vote advantage on the 11-member City Council from business to labor. Read More 1
News November 9, 2020 Health Officials Urge Caution Amid Alarming New Surge in Coronavirus Infections By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County on Sunday reported 358 new diagnoses—a single-day case count second only to the record 385 tallied on July 15. Read More 10
News November 5, 2020 Election 2020: Meet Alex Lee, California’s First Gen Z Legislator By Jennifer Wadsworth The 25-year-old progressive rode a wave of young voter turnout to become the youngest state lawmaker in more than 80 years. Read More 6
News November 3, 2020 SVO Disbands PAC Amid Backlash to ‘Blatantly Racist’ Campaign Ad By Jennifer Wadsworth It’s a remarkable development for the fundraising powerhouse, which has long served as a political counterweight to South Bay Labor. Read More 4
News November 2, 2020 Early Voting Shatters Records in Santa Clara County, Entire State By Jennifer Wadsworth Not since the 1968 election that fractured the New Deal coalition have Americans faced choices as stark as those before them today. Read More 2
News October 30, 2020 Appeals Court Halts Santa Clara Co. Concealed Gun Permit Trial By Jennifer Wadsworth The stay issued today by California’s 6th District Court of Appeals demands more information about the DA’s ties to one of the defendants. Read More 4