May 6, 2020 San Jose Finally Pays Back Sacred Heart for Flood Relief—Years After the Fact By The Fly Jeff Scott, spokesman for the city’s housing department, acknowledged that “it doesn’t typically take this long” to pay folks back. Read More 4
April 30, 2020 Social Distancing Complicates Valley Water’s CEO Search By The Fly The first round of interviews for Norma Camacho’s replacement commenced last week via the videoconferencing platform Zoom Read More 3
April 22, 2020 Data Scientist Questions Lapses in Santa Clara County’s Coronavirus Data Dashboard By The Fly A data scientist says that while the county has done a fine job of putting together a robust dashboard, the reporting gaps give him pause. Read More 10
April 15, 2020 Santa Clara County—Not S.F.—Was Ahead of the Curve with Public Health Mandate By The Fly Despite living in San Francisco’s shadow, South Bay health officials were always one step ahead of the City by the Bay. Read More 26
April 9, 2020 Government Transparency Suffers Amid Pandemic By The Fly Santa Clara has joined a long list of government bodies putting public records requests on the back burner amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Read More 13
April 1, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Coronavirus Dashboard Lacks Critical Data on Hospitalization, Testing Capacity By The Fly While the county previously reported how many patients had been laid up in hospital beds, it stopped sharing that number on its new web portal. Read More 20
March 25, 2020 Santa Clara County’s Still Finalizing Primary Vote Tallies By The Fly Election officials are still working on tallying up the more than 493,000 ballots cast in the March 3 primary, which saw a 51 percent turnout. Read More 11
March 18, 2020 Inmate Advocates Slam Santa Clara County DA’s New Hires By The Fly Silicon Valley De-Bug was unimpressed with DA Jeff Rosen’s decision to take on lawyers fired by his S.F. counterpart, Chesa Boudin. Read More 14
March 12, 2020 FPPC Slaps San Jose Councilwoman Magdalena Carrasco with $3,000 Fine By The Fly The California Fair Political Practices Commission says the D5 rep and treasurer for her 2018 re-election blew past reporting deadlines. Read More 12
March 5, 2020 Sergio Jimenez Wins Re-Election in San Jose’s District 2 By The Fly Sergio Jimenez won a second term to the South San Jose seat with 56 percent of the vote, according to the ROV. Read More 7
March 4, 2020 Dave Cortese Leads the Pack in 15th State Senate Race By The Fly As of today, Dave Cortese held strong with nearly 33 percent of the vote against 20 percent for former FEC chair Ann Ravel. Read More 7
March 4, 2020 Matt Mahan Pulls Off Decisive Victory in San Jose’s D10 By The Fly The former Brigade CEO, who enjoyed backing from Mayor Sam Liccardo and SVO, had nearly 58 percent of the vote today. Read More 5
March 4, 2020 David Cohen Advances to Runoff Against San Jose’s D4 Incumbent By The Fly With 85 percent of precincts reporting, David Cohen maintained a four-point lead with 37 percent of the vote. Read More 2
March 4, 2020 Councilwoman Sylvia Arenas Wins 2nd Term in San Jose’s D8 By The Fly The D8 incumbent secured her front-runner status and eschewed the need for a runoff with close to 58 percent of the vote. Read More 1
March 4, 2020 Green Party Challenger Forces a Runoff in San Jose’s D6 Race By The Fly Though Dev Davis took a commanding lead, she still falls below the simple majority threshold to win the race outright. Read More 13
March 4, 2020 Kansen Chu, Otto Lee Headed to Runoff in County Supe Race By The Fly Kansen Chu garnered more than a third of the total vote count, a haul of 13,135 ballots, while Otto Lee hung back at 28 percent. Read More 3