October 3, 2018 Opponents in Santa Clara Co. Supervisor Race Team Up to Condemn Anonymous Hit Piece By The Fly Someone trolled supe candidate Don Rocha by buying a domain name similar to his campaign website’s and redirecting it to a gossip blog. Read More 7
September 26, 2018 SCCOE Board Candidate Gino Borgioli Touted Fake Endorsement From Sunnyvale’s Mayor By The Fly Santa Clara County school board candidate Gino Borgioli was forced to take down a fake endorsement from his campaign website. Read More 3
September 19, 2018 Texting Scandal Costs Sheriff Challenger John Hirokawa SCC Dem Club’s Endorsement By The Fly The texting scandal cost sheriff challenger John Hirokawa an endorsement from the Santa Clara County Democratic Club. Read More 8
September 12, 2018 Judge Upholds Restraining Order Against Alum Rock Union School Board Trustee Khanh Tran By The Fly An Alum Rock school trustee’s comments about kicking ass and lining folks up in front of a firing squad got him banned from the dais. Read More 3
September 5, 2018 Santa Clara Opts Not to Host Political Forums, Prompting Outrage From Candidates By The Fly Santa Clara has called off its long-running candidate forums in one of the most consequential election years in the city’s history. Read More 14
August 29, 2018 Will SVO Schism Undermine Group’s Political Influence? By The Fly Infighting at the Silicon Valley Organization (SVO)—neé San Jose-Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce—finally reached a breaking point. Read More 5
August 22, 2018 6 Contenders Vie for 3 Seats on Santa Clara Co. School Board By The Fly Six people are running for three seats on the Santa Clara County Board of Education, including two incumbents and some controversial challengers. Read More 5
August 15, 2018 Thief Makes Off With San Jose Councilman’s Beat-Up F-150 By The Fly Someone stole District 7 Councilman Tam Nguyen’s F-150 from outside an East San Jose community center. Read More 8
August 8, 2018 Is Santa Clara County’s Legal Aid Society Closed for Good? By The Fly The Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County—near-six-decade-old public interest law firm—is apparently verging on collapse. Read More 7
August 1, 2018 Cupertino Criticized for Lack of Transparency Over City Attorney Randolph Hom’s Departure By The Fly Local watchdogs believe the city attorney’s unceremonious departure may have had something to do with the controversial Vallco Mall project. Read More 10
July 25, 2018 Poll Tests Negatives in Santa Clara County Supervisor Race By The Fly A poll testing negative messaging gives us a hint at the kinds of hits voters will see in campaign mailers later this election season. Read More 5
July 18, 2018 San Jose Council Whiles Away July Recess Traveling, Reading—and Still Doing Some Work By The Fly A couple San Jose City Council members took advantage of the July recess to jet out of town—and some out of the country altogether. Read More 6
July 11, 2018 Santa Clara Cuts Ties With Chamber of Commerce, Citing Potential Conflicts, Self-Dealing By The Fly Santa Clara city officials are cutting ties with the local chamber of commerce, citing a preliminary audit that identified potential self-dealing. Read More 14
July 5, 2018 Santa Clara Unified Says It Has No Record of Sexual Harassment Claims in Past 18 Years By The Fly SCUSD took nearly two months to respond to a request for sexual harassment complaints by informing us that no such records exist. Read More 24
June 27, 2018 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury: Alum Rock School District’s Board Majority Should Resign By The Fly Yet another report came out that puts the troubled Alum Rock Union Elementary School District in a bad light. Read More 15
June 20, 2018 Former Santa Clara Councilman Dominic Caserta Named in 15 Police Reports, Officials Say By The Fly Officials say there are 15 police reports filed against Dominic Caserta, resigned from the Santa Clara City Council amid harassment claims. Read More 11