February 11, 2019 San Jose City Council Talks Sustainable Building, Clean Energy, Homeless Housing By Lloyd Alaban As the city hammers out a spending plan for Measure T, the mayor wants to earmark some of the bond money to fund sustainable buildings. Read More 5
January 23, 2019 Landlords, Tenants Forge Unlikely Alliance in Fight Against San Jose’s Rent Control Registry By Jennifer Wadsworth A lawsuit by a group of tenants echoes some of the same privacy concerns property owners raised about the city’s rent database. Read More 34
January 21, 2019 Thousands Flood Streets of Downtown San Jose for 3rd Annual Women’s March By Lloyd Alaban Unlike the flagship event in Washington D.C. Saturday the Women’s March in San Jose was met with clear skies and warm weather. Read More 23
January 16, 2019 San Jose Proposes Short-Term Loans for Furloughed Workers By Jennifer Wadsworth The mayor wants to offer no-interest loans to the 500 federal airport employees who have been working sans pay amid the shutdown. Read More 16
January 9, 2019 House Dems Want to Make Election Day a Federal Holiday By Silicon Valley Newsroom Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, a Democrat from Palo Alto, introduced legislation to make election day a federal holiday. Read More 22
January 3, 2019 More than 1,000 New California Laws Take Effect in 2019 By Jennifer Wadsworth Here’s a look at some of the state legislative proposals that became the law of the land when the clock struck Jan. 1 of the new year. Read More 11
December 20, 2018 Activists Launch Postcard Drive to Protest Title IX Changes By Lloyd Alaban The snail-mail drive by the Enough is Enough Voter Project aims to fight Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ regulatory rollback. Read More 4
December 18, 2018 South Bay Officials Condemn White House Plan to Deport Vietnamese Immigrants By Jennifer Wadsworth President Trump’s push to remove potentially thousands of Vietnamese nationals from the U.S. has shaken many local families. Read More 27
December 12, 2018 VIDEO: Google CEO Sundar Pichai Testifies Before Congress By Jennifer Wadsworth Lawmakers grilled the head of one of the most powerful companies in the world in a hearing that was part eye-opening, part cringeworthy. Read More 5
November 23, 2018 Why Does PG&E Get to Decide When to Turn Off the Power? By Tom Gogola Will lawmakers de-energize PG&E’s power to shut off the juice when the Red Flag warnings start flying again next year? Read More 3
November 21, 2018 Silicon Valley Democratic Club Elects Whole New Slate of Diverse, Progressive Leaders By The Fly The South Bay’s largest, most influential Democratic Party faction went through a dramatic shakeup Monday. Read More 18
November 14, 2018 How Charles Harder Went From Local Democratic Politics to Defending the Trump Family By Jacob Pierce Attorney and UC Santa Cruz graduate Charles Harder defends Donald Trump and helped Hulk Hogan shut down Gawker. Read More 11
November 7, 2018 South Bay Progressives Cheer Democratic House Takeover By The Fly Though the “Blue Wave” was less mighty than Dems hoped, it was enough to at least undermine one-party rule in Washington. Read More 3
November 7, 2018 Susan Ellenberg Leads in Santa Clara County Supervisor Race By The Fly Garbage haulers, cemetery operators and public safety unions spent heavily to hit Susan Ellenberg with attack mailers, to little effect. Read More 9
November 6, 2018 Santa Clara County Voter Registration Hits All-Time High By Jennifer Wadsworth A record-breaking 887,000 Santa Clara County residents have registered to vote in this year’s midterm election. Read More 1
October 30, 2018 SJSU Vigil Honors 11 Who Died in Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre By Jennifer Wadsworth Dozens of Jewish students and their allies met at San Jose State Monday to mourn the dead, speak their names and condemn hatred. Read More 1