October 9, 2019 ARUSD Cancels Classes Because of PG&E’s Impending Blackouts By Silicon Valley Newsroom School’s out for at least 12,000 East Side students because of the energy outages scheduled to hit the South Bay at noon today. Read More 2
September 27, 2019 East San Jose Councilwoman Rallies for More Diversity on City’s Planning Commission By Grace Hase The seven-member land-use commission has become a flashpoint in a politically charged conversation about equity in local government. Read More 12
September 10, 2019 Op-Ed: SJ Has a Chance to Truly Promote Diversity with Planning Commission Appointment By Andrea Portillo Every district in San Jose deserves to see itself represented on the Planning Commission. Especially the ones made up of brown and black families. Read More 3
August 30, 2019 Op-Ed: A Year After Losing Iconic ESSJ Mural, Surviving Chicano Art May Get Some Recognition By Enedina Cardenas Local activists are asking the San Jose Historic Landmark Commission to add several Chicano murals to a citywide Historic Resources Inventory. Read More 14
August 29, 2019 Letter: Displacement Threatens Small Businesses Along San Jose’s Alum Rock Corridor By Jesus Flores Local small businesses represent the community, the City Council’s constituents and the dreams of San Jose families. Read More 4
July 16, 2019 New Study Identifies San Jose’s Most Dangerous Intersections By Jennifer Wadsworth Nearly 8,000 intersection-related collisions took place in San Jose from 2013 to 2017, leaving 103 people dead and another 10,118 wounded. Read More 18
May 27, 2019 Audit: Alum Rock School District Broke State Law, Local Policy By Jennifer Wadsworth The East Side school district hammered for years by investigations and claims of corruption took yet another hit in the latest state audit. Read More 17
May 15, 2019 2 School Trustees Announce Bids for Kansen Chu’s Assembly Seat By The Fly Kansen Chu sent local pols scrambling to rethink their 2020 plans when he opened up about his decision to eschew another term in the Assembly. Read More 6
December 14, 2018 Michelle Obama to Meet San Jose Students Before Book Tour Event By Silicon Valley Newsroom The former First Lady is in town today to promote her new autobiography, Becoming, at a sold-out SAP Center appearance. Read More 9
December 5, 2018 Spouse of South Bay Schools Trustee Darcie Green Tells Cops She Tried to Run Him Over By The Fly SCCOE trustee Darcie Green’s romance with a convicted abuser ended on a regrettable, unsurprisingly violent note. Read More 30
December 4, 2018 East San Jose Residents Urge Santa Clara County Supervisors to Close Reid-Hillview Airport By Sabreen Kadhim The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will vote today on the Reid-Hillview Airport business plan. Read More 20
September 12, 2018 Omar Torres Withdraws Challenge to 22-Year Incumbent in Santa Clara Valley Water District Race By Silicon Valley Newsroom Omar Torres has dropped his challenge to Tony Estremera for the District 6 Santa Clara Valley Water District seat. Read More 13
September 4, 2018 Op-Ed: San Jose Leaders Could Have Saved ‘Mural de La Raza’ By Enedina Cardenas Though it is unclear whether negligence or intentional disregard for the artist led to the mural being erased, it is a grave loss for us all. Read More 10
September 4, 2018 Artist Plans to Sue Property Owner Who Painted Over Chicano Mural in San Jose’s East Side By Jennifer Wadsworth Jose Mesa Velasquez, the artist whose East Side mural was painted over last week, says the property owner gave him no warning. Read More 28
August 31, 2018 Decades-Old Chicano Mural Erased in San Jose’s East Side By Jennifer Wadsworth Sometime before dawn Wednesday, a handyman painted over the oldest mural in San Jose, a three-decade-old panorama of Chicano culture. Read More 32
August 22, 2018 Alum Rock Trustee Hit With Restraining Order for Verbally Attacking Superintendent By Jennifer Wadsworth ARUSD Superintendent Hilaria Bauer filed a stay-away order against a trustee who threatened violence against her at an Aug. 9 meeting. Read More 17