News August 20, 2019 San Jose 9-1-1 Dispatcher Charged with Insurance Fraud By Silicon Valley Newsroom Wendy Vaccaro is set to be arraigned at 1:30pm today at the Hall of Justice. She faces jail time if convicted of the felony fraud charges. Read More 2
Business August 16, 2019 Trade War Hits Silicon Valley as Cisco Lays Off 5 Percent of Employees in San Jose, Milpitas By Silicon Valley Newsroom Cisco is Santa Clara County’s largest private sector employer, with more than 10,000 local employees. Read More 21
News August 15, 2019 Gov. Newsom Appoints San Jose SPUR’s Teresa Alvarado to California Water Commission By Silicon Valley Newsroom The governor announced his pick of Teresa Alvarado, the San Jose director of SPUR since 2016, in a news release this week. Read More 2
News August 13, 2019 Santa Clara County Gets First Voting Tech Upgrade Since ’03 By Silicon Valley Newsroom Silicon Valley voters will be using an entirely new system to cast their ballots in 2020. Read More 16
News August 13, 2019 Board of Supes Considers Tightening Up Gun Storage Rules By Silicon Valley Newsroom On the heels of the San Jose mayor’s call for liability insurance from gun owners, the county introduced its own set of firearm-safety measures. Read More 10
News August 13, 2019 Santa Clara County Offers to Fund Housing for Disabled Residents By Silicon Valley Newsroom Supervisor Joe Simitian called the spending plan a “smart, humane and cost-effective” way to prevent homelessness. Read More 3
News August 12, 2019 Lady Gaga Gives to Schools in Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton By Silicon Valley Newsroom For hundreds of students in the Gilroy Unified, the new school opens on a bittersweet note after the Garlic Festival shooting. Read More 3
News August 2, 2019 Coroner: Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooter Took His Own Life By Silicon Valley Newsroom The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner ruled the Gilroy gunman’s death a suicide, which contradicts police reports. Read More 29
News July 28, 2019 Multiple People Killed, Gunman Shot Dead at Gilroy Garlic Fest By Silicon Valley Newsroom Four people were killed and at least a dozen wounded in a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival Sunday evening. Read More 2
News July 22, 2019 Opioid Crisis: 203 Million Pills Distributed in Santa Clara County Over Seven-Year Period By Silicon Valley Newsroom Doctors prescribed nearly 203 million opioids in Santa Clara County from 2006 to 2012, according to new analysis of federal data. Read More 6
News July 11, 2019 County Assessor: Silicon Valley Property Values are Booming By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose helped spearhead a record-setting year for property values in Santa Clara County, according to a recently released report. Read More 7
Business July 7, 2019 Santa Cruz Good Times Buys Watsonville Register-Pajaronian By Silicon Valley Newsroom Good Times is an affiliate of New SV Media, which publishes the Gilroy Dispatch—a sister publication of Metro and San Jose Inside. Read More 1
News July 4, 2019 Happy Fourth of July From SJI By Silicon Valley Newsroom For those looking to stay in San Jose, the Rotary Club will host its free fireworks show from 6 to 10pm at Discovery Meadow. Read More 1
News July 1, 2019 County Warns of Deceptive Mailer Targeting Homeowners By Silicon Valley Newsroom The solicitation comes from a misleadingly named entity and offers to provide legal services related to home foreclosures. Read More 0
News June 28, 2019 Massive Fire Destroys Condo Construction Site in Santa Clara By Silicon Valley Newsroom Firefighters have since contained the blaze, but there’s still smoldering debris and a mop-up is underway. Read More 5
News June 26, 2019 San Jose’s Horrific Quadruple Murder-Suicide Prompts Call for Domestic Violence Interventions By Silicon Valley Newsroom Five councilors stressed the need for more resources in immigrant communities, where family violence is often unreported. Read More 7