September 22, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Poised to Study Harassment Policies at All Local Schools, Public and Private By Emanuel Lee If the board OK’s the referral, county staff would report back to the board on the matter by the middle of November. Read More 3
September 16, 2020 BlueLeaks Hack Suggests Bad Intel Fueled SJPD’s Violent Response to Recent Protests By Jennifer Wadsworth A leaked trove of law enforcement records shows that police were told to view anti-brutality protesters as an adversarial force. Read More 18
September 14, 2020 California Secede? One Group Got a Key Approval Last Week to Try By Janice Bitters California got the OK from state officials to start collecting signatures to put a question around secession on a future ballot. Read More 24
September 9, 2020 Cupertino Council Contenders Draw Fire for NIMBY Hot Takes By The Fly Cupertino’s present election cycle has brought more variations on the not-in-my-backyard hot takes the city’s become known for. Read More 7
September 2, 2020 Santa Clara County Supervisor Requests Federal Aid for Those Impacted by SCU Complex Fires By Silicon Valley Newsroom The people affected by one of the largest fires in California history—the SCU Complex—still don’t qualify for FEMA relief. Read More 1
August 27, 2020 Amid Worsening Pandemic and Massive Wildfires, Census Takers Start Making House Calls By Will Carruthers and Jennifer Wadsworth With little more than a month to go before the census deadline, county officials are making a final push to ensure a complete tally. Read More 8
August 26, 2020 Sharks Captain Logan Couture Claims He Was ‘Sucker Punched’ for Saying He’d Vote Republican By Emanuel Lee The comments sent the Twitterverse into a frenzy, prompting the Sharks to chime in and denounce physical attacks of any kind. Read More 14
August 18, 2020 Silicon Valley Rep Demands Criminal Probe into Alleged Election-Rigging at USPS By Jennifer Wadsworth As calls mount for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to reverse disruptive policies, Rep. Anna Eshoo urges the California AG to investigate. Read More 6
August 14, 2020 USPS Sends Mixed Messages About Plans to Remove Dozens of South Bay Collection Boxes By Jennifer Wadsworth Some residents worried that discarding the signature blue bins was part of a broader effort to undermine mail delivery ahead of election day. Read More 12
July 31, 2020 Op-Ed: Masks Can Help Us All Regain More Freedom By Otto Lee While politicians still dither over whether or not to mandate masks, it’s time to put factually based statistics and science above politics. Read More 16
July 9, 2020 Letter to the Editor: There’s Too Much at Stake This Fall—We Must Expand Vote-by-Mail Now By Guest Columnist Congress has the ability to act right now; we need to make sure our electeds know that anything less than immediate action is unacceptable. Read More 8
July 8, 2020 Letter to the Editor: Congress Should Fund Vote-by-Mail for All By Guest Columnist Without more funding for elections, voters may not be able to make their voices heard in one of the most important elections of our lifetime. Read More 3
June 18, 2020 Santa Clara County Celebrates Court Decision Upholding DACA By Kyle Martin Local officials celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court decision to block Trump’s attempt to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act. Read More 7
June 16, 2020 County Applauds Supreme Court Ruling on LGBTQ Workers’ Rights By Silicon Valley Newsroom In a press release sent to reporters early this week, county officials declared the resolution a victory for lesbian, gay and transgender rights. Read More 1
June 11, 2020 Calif. Unions, Political Allies Call for Tax Hikes, Not Budget Cuts By Jacob Pierce Silicon Valley Assemblyman Ash Kalra is part of a union-led coalition pushing California leaders to invest in the public safety net. Read More 9
June 10, 2020 Hundreds of Rubber Bullets Later, San Jose Confronts the Human Toll of Forceful Tactics By Jennifer Wadsworth More than a week has passed since SJPD responded to protests with alarming force. How many people were hurt in the fray is still unclear. Read More 46