December 9, 2020 California Renters Face Eviction as Pandemic Protections Expire By Grace Hase Housing advocates have been sounding the alarm on what they say will be an unparalleled wave of evictions early next year. Read More 11
December 7, 2020 Santa Clara County Proposes a New Cap on Food Delivery Fees By Emanuel Lee Local leaders will consider regulating one of restaurants’ major costs when on-site dining isn’t allowed: third-party delivery charges. Read More 0
November 12, 2020 New ‘Silicon Alleys’ Book Relishes Bizarro Side of San Jose By Gary Singh Singh, a “skinny, long-haired dude who roams the streets” picked out hundreds of 'Silicon Alleys' columns over 15 years for the book. Read More 16
October 11, 2020 Elderly Driver’s Crash into San Jose Mall Hospitalizes Eight By Jacob Pierce The driver of the vehicle may have been in medical distress before the accident, which was reported around 12:30pm. Read More 0
September 14, 2020 Businesses, Faith Leaders Plead for County to Loosen Restrictions By Erik Chalhoub and Janice Bitters Local leaders say the county should allow more struggling companies to open indoors as smoke- and ash-filled air has driven away customers. Read More 5
September 10, 2020 Winchester Mystery House to Reopen Its Doors—Yet Again By Emanuel Lee Proprietors of the famed landmark hope this weekend’s reopening will be the one that sticks for the rest of 2020 and beyond. Read More 0
September 10, 2020 Second Round of Grants, State Tax Credits Now Available for Small Businesses in San Jose By Janice Bitters City and state leaders launched new initiatives to give struggling entrepreneurs a lifeline as the pandemic stretches into its sixth month. Read More 5
September 4, 2020 Google, SJ ‘Explore Options’ for Downtown After Legislative Blow By Janice Bitters A bill that would’ve offered a lifeline to behind-schedule projects—like Google’s San Jose mega-campus—never made it to the governor’s desk. Read More 8
September 3, 2020 SJ Has a New Fee on Commercial Development to Pay For Housing By Janice Bitters Commercial developments in San Jose just got a little more expensive to build, but the extra costs will go to new affordable homes. Read More 5
September 1, 2020 Development Fee to Fund Homes Coming to SJ. What Will it Cost? By Janice Bitters The linkage fee on commercial developments—offices, warehouses, hotels and retail shops—would fund affordable housing in the city. Read More 4
August 31, 2020 Cambrian Park Plaza Proposal ‘Not Just Another Iteration’ By Janice Bitters Weingarten Realty’s new plans come about three years after their first, which got major pushback from the community. Read More 3
August 18, 2020 Downtown SJ Blackout Leaves Thousands Without Power By Janice Bitters More than 10,000 PG&E customers in the heart of San Jose were left in the dark late Tuesday in the middle of a days-long heatwave. Read More 6
August 8, 2020 Report: San Jose Roads Rank Among Worst in the Nation By Janice Bitters The data, compiled by car shopping app CoPilot, ranks the South Bay city’s streets the second-worse in the country for large cities. Read More 16
August 6, 2020 East Side Superintendent Resigns, Citing Budget Impasse By Janice Bitters Chris Funk, superintendent of San Jose’s East Side Union High School District, hopes his absence will help solve the district's budget impasse. Read More 2
July 23, 2020 Google’s Newest Housing Promises Include Modular, Investments and Land By Janice Bitters Google has announced its latest round Bay Area housing funding, aimed at pushing forward about 24,000 new homes over the next decade. Read More 5
July 22, 2020 $1.5 Million Awarded to 142 San Jose Micro-Businesses By Emanuel Lee Thanks to generous donation from tech giants, each business received $10,000 for relief from the economic toll of the coronavirus. Read More 1