January 21, 2021 Santa Clara Official Deletes Twitter Account After Blocked User Raises Questions By The Fly When asked about blocking the Twitter user, Watanabe first claimed she had deleted the account, though it was still active. Read More 15
January 20, 2021 Trump Pardons Silicon Valley Engineer Convicted of Stealing Google’s Trade Secrets By Silicon Valley Newsroom Anthony Levandowski had not yet started his 18-month sentence, which was delayed indefinitely because of Covid. Read More 5
January 13, 2021 Silicon Valley Republican Official Walks Back Call to Arms By The Fly Last week, Santa Clara County Republican leader Phil Reynolds praised the siege and urged people to “take arms.” Read More 5
January 6, 2021 San Jose Mayor Calls for Sedition Charges Against Donald Trump By Jennifer Wadsworth Sam Liccardo’s comment comes as chaos grips Washington D.C., where a mob contesting the 2020 election results stormed the U.S. Capitol. Read More 48
December 15, 2020 Can Calif. Protect Covid Vaccine From Cheaters and Fraudsters? By Ana B. Ibarra State leaders believe the rich and influential will have a hard time cutting in line to get the first precious doses of the vaccine. Read More 4
November 30, 2020 President Trump’s Coronavirus Advisor Scott Atlas Resigns By Silicon Valley Newsroom Atlas joined the Trump administration for a 130-day detail, which was set to sunset this week. Read More 3
November 25, 2020 Racist Emails by Ex-Milpitas Commissioner Raise Eyebrows By The Fly Councilman Anthony Phan said the emails, sent from former Planning Commissioner Rajeev Madnawat, made him “really nervous.” Read More 3
November 10, 2020 With 60 Percent of Votes, Otto Lee Succeeds Dave Cortese in Santa Clara County’s District 3 By Jennifer Wadsworth The former Sunnyvale mayor, U.S. Navy Bronze Star recipient and intellectual property attorney starts his newest gig in a few short weeks. Read More 3
November 9, 2020 Silicon Valley Leaders Celebrate Biden-Harris Victory By Silicon Valley Newsroom For the Bay Area, the festivities took on greater resonance because of Kamala Harris, an Oakland native and now the first woman VP. Read More 7
November 6, 2020 After Prop. 22 Win in California, Labor Groups Vow Challenges By Lauren Hepler, CalMatters Now, with the presidential race still undecided, the state’s war over gig work could also sway the national conversation over the future of work. Read More 5
November 6, 2020 Op-Ed: How to Forecast the Outcome of an Election Without Polling a Single Person By Matt Lampert Dear campaigns: consider spending a fraction of your research budget on socionomic analysis. Read More 0
November 4, 2020 Prop and Hot Race Calls: Californians Waive Labor Law for Uber and Lyft, Keep Cash Bail By Ben Christopher On two other measures, California voters continued to distance themselves from the state’s tough-on-crime approach of prior decades. Read More 2
November 3, 2020 Election Day 2020: Live Updates By Silicon Valley Newsroom Santa Clara County got off to a strong start with early voting, with 62 percent of ballots cast before the polls even opened today. Read More 5
November 2, 2020 Early Voting Shatters Records in Santa Clara County, Entire State By Jennifer Wadsworth Not since the 1968 election that fractured the New Deal coalition have Americans faced choices as stark as those before them today. Read More 2
November 2, 2020 Ziptied: California’s Presidential Money Race by ZIP Code By Ben Christopher In this map, each ZIP code is colored according to the candidate who amassed more individual contributions from its residents. Read More 1
October 2, 2020 Op-Ed: On Housing, San Jose Councilwoman Dev Davis and President Trump Agree By Tom Skinner On the most important local issue—housing—Davis and President Trump share the same conservative position against zoning reform. Read More 9