June 10, 2019 Vandal Targets Downtown San Jose’s LGBTQ Youth Space By Jennifer Wadsworth Someone smashed the door and three windows of the LGBTQ Youth Space, a resource center in the city’s SoFA arts district. Read More 8
April 12, 2019 San Jose to Hang Rainbow Pride Flags Around Airport Chick-fil-A By Rachel Sandler The flags will make the airport eatery the “gayest Chick-fil-A in the country,” Councilman Raul Peralez declared. Read More 21
March 13, 2019 Yeager Suspends State Senate Bid to Lead BAYMEC Foundation By Jennifer Wadsworth Decades after founding the Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee, Ken Yeager will take the helm as its PAC’s first executive director. Read More 6
February 6, 2019 Op-Ed: Raymond Mueller Has Proven Himself as the Best Candidate for ARUSD Board By Paul Escobar and Tanya Freudenberger If Alum Rock Union ever had a clearer choice for their newly vacant trustee seat, it would be now and it would be Ray Mueller. Read More 2
December 13, 2018 Former SCC Supervisor Susie Wilson, a Trailblazer in Silicon Valley Politics, Dies at 90 By Jennifer Wadsworth Susanne Boothe Wilson, who dedicated her life to public service, died in her San Jose home after a months-long battle with cancer. Read More 1
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
October 26, 2018 Transgender Activists, Allies in Silicon Valley Protest Trump Policy: ‘We Will Not be Erased’ By Jennifer Wadsworth South Bay trans advocates joined a nationwide campaign protesting a Trump administration proposal to narrow the definition of gender. Read More 8
October 9, 2018 Election 2018: John Cox, Gavin Newsom Disagree About Almost Everything at Their Only Debate By Ben Christopher The two men competing to be the next governor of California met for their first (and, alas, probably only) one-on-one stand-off. Read More 11
October 3, 2018 Op-Ed: Are We Serious About Ending Homelessness—or Pushing Out Homeless People? By Shaunn Cartwright San Jose, a city with a million residents and 4,000 people living on the streets, no longer has a 24-hour emergency homeless. Read More 3
July 25, 2018 Drag Queen Glams Up Story Time at San Jose Library, But Not Without Some Controversy By Tori Truscheit More than 400 attendees—about half of them children—showed up for the inaugural drag queen story time at the MLK Library last weekend. Read More 23
June 5, 2018 In Surprise Ruling, High Court Sides with Baker Who Refused to Make Gay Couple’s Wedding Cake By Jennifer Wadsworth The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, but not for the reasons expected. Read More 13
May 28, 2018 Op-Ed: Why We Disrupted the Diridon Station Advisory Meeting By Katherine Nasol A group of residents concerned about displacement and gentrification have formed a coalition to disrupt the Google-San Jose negotiations. Read More 11
April 12, 2018 Out + Smart in Silicon Valley: The New Faces of Gay Politics as the Breakthrough Generation Retires By Tori Truscheit Will quiet bias keep LGBTQ candidates out of office, or has shifting consciousness made the South Bay a safe place to run a gay campaign? Read More 18
March 28, 2018 Candidates Excluded From BAYMEC Forum Speak Out By The Fly Meet Mike Alvarado and Maria Hernandez, two grassroots candidates in the race to replace Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager. Read More 1
March 23, 2018 Candidates Vie for LGBTQ Support in Bid to Succeed Santa Clara County Supe Ken Yeager By Jennifer Wadsworth Several people running to replace Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager made their case Thursday for the BAYMEC endorsement. Read More 15
March 20, 2018 District 9 City Council Hopefuls Share Their Vision for San Jose By Jennifer Wadsworth Five folks running for the Cambrian council seat aired their views Monday in a forum hosted by the Santa Clara County Democratic Club. Read More 41
