January 27, 2021 Opinion: Trump Era Spurred Tech Workers to Push for Social Responsibility By Ben Tarnoff and Moira Weigel The Trump era spurred them to collective action. But the work has just begun. Read More 3
November 5, 2020 Election 2020: Meet Alex Lee, California’s First Gen Z Legislator By Jennifer Wadsworth The 25-year-old progressive rode a wave of young voter turnout to become the youngest state lawmaker in more than 80 years. Read More 6
October 21, 2020 What Propositions Are On California’s Ballot? By Grace Hase, Janice Bitters, Josh Koehn and Will Carruthers California’s ballot measures can be as opaque as they are varied, which is why we waded through the morass to make your decision easier. Read More 2
March 27, 2020 Op-Ed: War May End in Yemen, But It Now Faces a Public Health Crisis of Pandemic Proportions By Jehan Hakim Yemen has known for years what it’s like to live in fear. It can not survive if COVID-19 enters. The stakes are so much higher now. 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 3, 2020 Super Tuesday 2020: Live Blog By Silicon Valley Newsroom Super Tuesday got off to a strong start in Santa Clara County with more than 8,000 voters casting their ballots by noon. Read More 1
February 24, 2020 Part I: The New Thing for Calif. Politicians? Sweet Charity By Laurel Rosenhall, CALmatters Nonprofits set up by legislators test campaign finance laws even as they underwrite good works by elected officials. Read More 4
February 12, 2020 Santa Clara County to Explore Feasibility of Funding Universal Meals at Area’s Poorest Schools By Jennifer Wadsworth To combat childhood hunger, Supervisor Susan Ellenberg wants the county to allocate $8 million to feed 12,000 kids over four years. Read More 3
January 29, 2020 Dems Voice Concern Over Rule Excluding Voters From Primary By Will Carruthers There’s some worry that a state policy will prevent independent absentee voters from participating in the presidential candidate nomination. Read More 6
January 15, 2020 Evan Low Joins the ‘Yang Gang’ By Grace Hase The Silicon Valley assemblyman has been tapped as the national co-chair of Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign. Read More 7
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
October 11, 2019 Q&A: Rep. Ro Khanna on His No PAC Act, Democracy Dollars and SJ’s Fair Elections Initiative By Grace Hase The congressman proved that one can win races without help from corporate PACs. Now, he wants to enshrine that practice in federal law. Read More 9
August 7, 2019 Union Coalition Pushes Reform Measure That Would Shift San Jose’s Mayoral Elections By Grace Hase A local coalition of union-aligned advocacy groups hope to upend what they call a pay-to-play environment in San Jose politics. Read More 7
June 3, 2019 Bernie Sanders Draws Small, Spirited Crowd in San Jose By Nicholas Chan The Vermont senator broke away from the California Dem confab in S.F. over the weekend to make a campaign stop in the South Bay. Read More 23
June 3, 2019 Calif. Dems Loudly Lean Left—But Quietly Make a Safe Choice By Ben Christopher Fourteen 2020 presidential contenders spoke at the California Democratic Party convention, and all but a couple called for change. Read More 10
May 29, 2019 Presidential Hopefuls Converge in Bay Area for Cal Dem Convention By The Fly The largest gathering of 2020 presidential candidates to date will converge in S.F. for the event—and at least one will swing through San Jose. Read More 20