September 20, 2020 Op-Ed: Linguistic Imperialism and the Complex History of ‘Latinx’ By Ted Stroll How would North Americans feel about being referred to by strange-sounding, bowdlerized versions of foreign languages? Read More 6
September 12, 2020 Gimme MORE: Key Vote on Federal Pot Legalization Coming By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside The Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act (MORE) is slated for a vote in the House later this month. Read More 3
September 10, 2020 Ash, Smoke Cast Eery Orange Glow Over Santa Clara Valley By Silicon Valley Newsroom Forecasters expect the smoke-cooling effect to last for another few days, with highs in the 75-to-80-degree Fahrenheit range. Read More 1
August 29, 2020 Is a 2020 Biden and Harris Ticket Good for Cannabis Legalization? By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside The elevation of Harris to the national ticket has elicited a collective sigh of relief from worried legalization advocates. Read More 0
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
May 16, 2020 Monterey County Nonprofit Owner Says She Was Scammed by Biden Accuser Tara Reade By Jacob Pierce Lynn Hummer, head of Pregnant Mare Rescue, says the candidate’s storied accuser is “a very big fraud” who “can’t be trusted.” Read More 30
May 13, 2020 Silicon Valley Dems Divided Over Biden Assault Allegations By The Fly While 19 individuals signed on to the resolution, local party insiders say there are a number of members against the idea of scrutinizing Biden. Read More 46
January 29, 2020 Dems Voice Concern Over Rule Excluding Voters From Primary By Will Carruthers There’s some worry that a state policy will prevent independent absentee voters from participating in the presidential candidate nomination. Read More 6
January 16, 2020 South Bay Rep Lands Sought-After Role in Impeachment Trial By Silicon Valley Newsroom Rep. Zoe Lofgren has taken part in the past three impeachment inquiries—those of Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton and now Donald Trump. Read More 32
September 24, 2019 South Bay Dems Join Call for Impeachment Proceedings By Silicon Valley Newsroom With Rep. Anna Eshoo joining the fray, now every single congressional Democrat in the Bay Area backs an impeachment inquiry. Read More 27
June 3, 2019 Calif. Dems Loudly Lean Left—But Quietly Make a Safe Choice By Ben Christopher Fourteen 2020 presidential contenders spoke at the California Democratic Party convention, and all but a couple called for change. Read More 10
August 17, 2016 Rep. Mike Honda’s Campaign Still Playing Fast and Loose as Ethics Scandal Approaches 2nd Year By Josh Koehn Congressman Mike Honda has an inauspicious anniversary on the horizon, as his ethics scandal approaches its second year. Read More 21
March 2, 2016 CA Democratic Party Convention Full of Endorsement Shenanigans By The Fly Democrats sparred this past weekend in San Jose, host of this year’s state party convention, and there was no shortage of shenanigans. Read More 15
February 26, 2016 California Democrats Vie for Endorsements in San Jose By Jennifer Wadsworth High-stakes power struggles will play out in San Jose this weekend at the California Democratic Party’s political convention. Read More 3
October 23, 2015 Hillary Clinton’s Big Week Is the Turnaround We Expected By Rich Robinson Hillary Clinton, who has mastered the art of political timing, has become in these past two weeks a model for how to change perceptions. Read More 59
September 12, 2014 President Billy Jack, Not John Wayne By Rich Robinson Bravado from the president makes for good theater, but isn't an effective policy. At least this president, unlike the last, understands the real enemy we are facing, Rich Robinson writes. Read More 15