October 3, 2019 San Jose Draws Scrutiny From State Leaders, Other Cities Over Tax-Sharing Pact with eBay By Jennifer Wadsworth Locally, however, the only controversy over the treaty involved how, exactly, to divvy up the money once it starts pouring into city coffers. Read More 1
August 14, 2019 San Jose’s Finally About to Fix City Hall’s AC—But the Project Will Take About a Year to Finish By Jennifer Wadsworth What’s being replaced to the tune of $9 million isn’t the physical HVAC system but the old, glitchy software that controls it. Read More 8
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
June 6, 2019 Santa Clara’s Version of NYC’s Famed Hudson Yards Megaplex is Set to Break Ground in 2020 By Lloyd Alaban The Related Cos. project will replace the landfill-turned golf course across from Levi’s Stadium with a massive new mixed-use development. Read More 9
March 29, 2019 Investors Buy Land for Office Space in Sunnyvale’s Peery Park By Rachel Sandler Foster City-based SteelWave and Iowa-based Principal Real Estate Investors bought the 3.5 acre property for a reported $28 million. Read More 1
March 11, 2019 North San Jose Office Complex Bought by Local Investor Group By Rachel Sandler The deal was reportedly worth $47.8 million, and the buyers reportedly used a $33.5 million loan to finance the purchase. Read More 0
January 29, 2019 Op-Ed: Let’s All Protect Coyote Valley So It Can Protect Us By David Poeschel and Terry Trumbull We can’t afford the loss of the ecosystem services—and yes, of the beauty, too—that Coyote Valley provides. Read More 13
January 21, 2019 San Jose Council Mulls Plans for Coyote Valley, Measure T Funds By Lloyd Alaban San Jose officials will discuss conservation plans for one of the largest remaining expanses of wild land in Silicon Valley. Read More 8
December 5, 2018 Op-Ed: Google Bought Land in Downtown San Jose—Now What? By Tom Skinner San Jose has arrived at a fork in the road: we can either tax tech to build homes and transit, or we can recommit to a broken status quo. Read More 36
November 28, 2018 Santa Clara County Officials Spar Over Who Should Influence Billions of Dollars in Tax Appeals By Jennifer Wadsworth What would’ve been a routine nomination erupted into a political brawl between county Assessor Larry Stone and Supervisor Dave Cortese. Read More 14
August 29, 2017 Santa Clara County Takes Stand Supporting Net Neutrality By Jennifer Wadsworth With only a few days left to weigh in on the government’s plan to kill net neutrality, Santa Clara County took a stand to protect an open internet. Read More 3
June 14, 2017 Google Unveils Plan to Set Up Shop in Central San Jose—Will Downtown Ever Be the Same? By Jennifer Wadsworth The proposed Diridon Station Googleplex has San Jose officials seeing dollar signs while local businesses, residents suspect the end is nigh. Read More 16
April 21, 2017 Study: Tech Companies Should Move Near Public Transit By Jennifer Wadsworth Silicon Valley prides itself on innovation, but the industry’s growth in the Bay Area perpetuates suburban sprawl and drawn-out commutes. Read More 28
September 15, 2016 Car and Driverless: Rollout of Autonomous Vehicles Presents Exciting, Existential Questions By John Flynn Driverless cars have the ability to ease traffic, save lives and reduce pollution—but, of course, they come with a catch. Read More 2
June 3, 2016 Campaign Records Provide a Glimpse of Silicon Valley’s Political Landscape By Saurabh Datar and Shane Newell Santa Clara County is one of just 17 in California that offer campaign finance records in easily analyzed online forms. Here's what they show. Read More 8
January 27, 2016 A High-Speed Chase with San Jose Police at 1,000 Feet By Josh Koehn We don’t know that the stolen car barreling down a residential street lined with grade schools contains two minors, one just 13 years old. Read More 20