News November 6, 2019 Over 20 cities Join San Jose Mayor Liccardo in Calling for Customer-Owned PG&E By Nicholas Chan A coalition of city leaders is urging the CPUC to restructure PG&E from an investor-run company to one that’s customer-owned. Read More 33
News November 4, 2019 Milpitas High Teacher Put on Leave for Wearing Blackface By Nicholas Chan Economic instructor David Carter has been placed on leave after a video on Twitter showed him donning blackface in class. Read More 13
News November 1, 2019 Verizon Breaks Ground on Coleman Highline Campus By Nicholas Chan The telecom giant plans to employ 3,400 people at the site, which is part of a larger campus by the Mineta San Jose International Airport. Read More 2
News November 1, 2019 San Jose’s Cornerstone Academy Vows to Appeal Charter Denial By Nicholas Chan Franklin-McKinley School District’s 3-2 vote to reject the charter ignited backlash from from families and staffers, who vow to fight back. Read More 9
News October 31, 2019 The New Neighborhood Watch: Ring Cams Can Make Our Lives Safer—and a Lot Less Private By Nicholas Chan Home security cameras are a bonanza for public safety as police gain ability to request and view Amazon/Ring video clips. Read More 7
News October 26, 2019 San Jose Armory Poised to Become Venue Space By Nicholas Chan The owner of the armory is partnering with a company called Non Plus Ultra to revive the building on North Second Street. Read More 1
News October 25, 2019 Santa Clara Co. Postpones Moving Family Resource Center By Nicholas Chan Instead of moving the social services hub to downtown San Jose, the board opted to keep it at 591 N. King Road. Read More 0
News October 25, 2019 Santa Clara County Approves $33 Million for Pair of Affordable Housing Developments By Nicholas Chan The proposed Gallup & Mesa will include 46 units, and Auzerais 130. Both will be financed with $15.6 million from Measure A Read More 2
News October 23, 2019 Petition Demands Height Cap on Proposed Santa Clara High-Rise By Nicholas Chan A public hearing on the proposed skyscraper development takes place at 6pm tonight at Santa Clara City Hall, 1500 Warburton Ave. Read More 21
News October 22, 2019 East San Jose School District Aims to Place $60M Housing Bond on March 2020 Ballot By Nicholas Chan If voters OK the measure in the March primary, the district would build 100 below-market-rate homes at the agency HQ. Read More 4
News October 22, 2019 County Considers New Contract for Jail Phone Calls, Tablets By Nicholas Chan The Board of Supervisors meets at 9:30am Tuesday at the County Government Center, 70 W. Hedding St., in San Jose. Read More 1
News October 17, 2019 San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo Wants City to Explore Possibility of Breaking Up with PG&E By Nicholas Chan The plan would potentially require the city to purchase power lines off of the utility giant, and to build microgrids and energy storage systems. Read More 14
News October 14, 2019 Q&A: SimpliPhi’s Catherine Von Burg on PG&E’s Failures and the Future of Energy Storage By Nicholas Chan We caught up with the CEO to better understand energy storage in the face of future blackouts and an aging distribution system. Read More 17
News October 10, 2019 SEIU Puts Santa Clara County Strike on Hold Amid PG&E Outage By Nicholas Chan As the power goes down, so does the strike by thousands of county social service employees. At least for the time being. Read More 4
News October 9, 2019 Delayed PG&E Blackouts Made for a Slow Day at Company’s South Bay Resource Center By Nicholas Chan It was hardly the most eventful day for the PG&E staff at Avaya Stadium. But some folks figured that it’s better to be safe than sorry. Read More 7
News October 8, 2019 UPDATE: SEIU, County Agree to Reconvene Labor Negotiations By Nicholas Chan SEIU Local 521, which represents 12,000 county service employees, called the strike over alleged unfair labor practices. Read More 4