March 19, 2020 Silicon Valley Arts Groups, Restaurateurs Struggle Through the Coronavirus Quarantine By Grace Hase Decades of community-building suffers a setback as performances cancel, dining goes takeout-only and the economy slides into recession. Read More 1
February 27, 2020 South Bay Letter Carriers Say Mail Problems Linked to USPS Cost-Cutting Experiment By Jennifer Wadsworth Despite all the problems reported, the U.S. Postal Service continues to expand the pilot and hopes to roll it out to 230 sites. Read More 18
February 17, 2020 Silicon Valley Residents Report Late Deliveries, Missing Mail Amid USPS Staffing Shortfall By Jennifer Wadsworth For several months now, residents have reported widespread lapses in postal service, from delivery delays to missing mail. Read More 24
January 24, 2020 Op-Ed: Revised SB 50 Could Make Silicon Valley Livable Again By Sergio Lopez The newly amended version of SB 50 has a crucial role to play in helping address our region’s affordability crisis. Read More 9
October 16, 2019 Campbell Says No to In-N-Out By Grace Hase Orchard City residents searching for someplace closer than San Jose to grab a Double-Double and Animal Fries are straight out of luck. Read More 10
October 11, 2019 Op-Ed: South Bay Leaders Must Do More to Lift Up LGBTQ Voices By Sergio Lopez In Silicon Valley, we may pride ourselves on our progressive values, but we have more work to do to truly lead in this area. Read More 12
August 28, 2019 SCC Supervisor Dave Cortese Ruffles Feathers by Lavishing Grants Outside His District By The Fly The three-term supe irked some county officials by requesting a slew of grants that appear to some observers as politically motivated. Read More 20
August 9, 2019 Carol Hoffman Opens Up About Her Bid for Campbell Council By Nicholas Chan The 57-year-old high-tech program manager is up against Sergio Lopez for Campbell Council’s newly created District 2 seat. Read More 5
July 24, 2019 Two in the Running for Open Campbell City Council Seat By Nicholas Chan Carol Hoffman, a local businesswoman, is running against self-described political strategist Sergio Lopez for the open seat. Read More 22
March 1, 2019 State Sen. Jim Beall Renews Focus on Mental Health, Housing During Final Two Years in Office By Jennifer Wadsworth With a new governor at the helm, the career lawmaker is ready to take another crack at bills vetoed time and again by past administrations. Read More 7
February 20, 2019 Pot Shots: Silicon Valley is on the Verge of a Weed Delivery Boom By Julia Baum Weed delivery services could be blooming soon in the South Bay since state officials lifted restrictions last month. Read More 5
February 16, 2017 Silicon Valley’s Trump Resistance Chapter, Orchard City Indivisible, Grows in Strength, Membership By San Jose Inside What started as a 25-page Google doc has led to Indivisible, a chain of regional groups that are rallying the nation’s anti-Trump resistance. Read More 13
June 17, 2016 Assemblyman Low Confronts NRA, Advances Gun Control Bills By Jennifer Wadsworth Days after the mass shooting at at a gay nightclub in Orlando, anger gave way to action as California lawmakers advanced a raft of gun laws. Read More 28
March 16, 2016 Assemblyman Chu Pushes for Daylight Saving Time to Go Dark By San Jose Inside If State Assemblyman Kansen Chu (D-San Jose) gets his way on daylight saving time, we'll never have to reset our clocks again. Read More 24
May 5, 2015 ‘Kill the Gays’ Bill Inspires Push for Warnings Labels to Voters By Jennifer Wadsworth A state lawmaker thinks there should be a warning label for potentially unconstitutional citizen initiatives, like the infamous "kill the gays" bill. Read More 9
April 30, 2015 Assemblyman Low Riles Labor Up by Opposing Fair Schedule Bill By The Fly Evan Low has been able to cultivate an image as a phenom of the liberal left. But over the last couple years, the 32-year-old assemblyman has taken a more moderate stance on certain issues, to the chagrin of some of his earliest supporters. Read More 2