November 12, 2018 Silicon Valley’s ‘All the Way Home’ Campaign Has Housed 1,200-Plus Homeless Veterans By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County’s multi-agency All the Way Home campaign has housed 1,237 homeless veterans since 2015, according to a new report. Read More 5
November 6, 2018 Orchard Supply Hardware’s Signature Retro Sign Mysteriously Disappears By Silicon Valley Newsroom The retro sign at the first-ever Orchard Supply Hardware store in San Jose vanished, prompting outcry from preservationists. Read More 3
November 1, 2018 Google Acquires Pair of Office Buildings in North San Jose By Silicon Valley Newsroom Google has been expanding its reach in San Jose beyond the scope of its planned headquarters in downtown. Read More 0
October 29, 2018 San Jose Talks Climate Change, Surveillance, Litter and Pensions at Tuesday’s Council Meeting By Jennifer Wadsworth Since launching its climate action plan, San Jose has created its own clean energy system and won a $2.5 million Bloomberg grant. Read More 5
October 24, 2018 California AG Probes Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse, Cover-Ups By Jennifer Wadsworth For the first time ever, California prosecutors are conducting a multi-jurisdictional probe into clergy abuse cover-ups in the Catholic church. Read More 14
October 11, 2018 San Jose, Airbnb Launch Housing Program for Disaster Victims By Silicon Valley Newsroom Host Corps is the first program in the nation recruit and residents willing to provide temporary housing ahead of a disaster. Read More 1
September 26, 2018 SCCOE Board Candidate Gino Borgioli Touted Fake Endorsement From Sunnyvale’s Mayor By The Fly Santa Clara County school board candidate Gino Borgioli was forced to take down a fake endorsement from his campaign website. Read More 3
September 24, 2018 Santa Clara County Wants a Closer Look at Sheriff Laurie Smith’s Overtime Spending By Jennifer Wadsworth The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office has far exceeded its overtime budget in the past six years, according to a newly published audit. Read More 11
August 16, 2018 Fatal Fall at Silvery Towers Prompts Cal OSHA Investigation By Silicon Valley Newsroom Someone fell to his death early Thursday at downtown San Jose’s Silvery Towers, a project already tainted by claims of wage theft and slavery. Read More 5
July 2, 2018 Op-Ed: Google-Diridon Proposal Turns Blind Eye to Displacement By Sandy Perry Unless changed, the proposed Google Diridon development will aggravate our housing crisis in San Jose, not improve it. Read More 11
June 27, 2018 Sheriff Candidate John Hirokawa Says He Willfully Ignored His Campaign Funder’s Bigoted Texts By Jennifer Wadsworth Retired Undersheriff John Hirokawa has changed his mind about whether the county should have fired one of his biggest supporters. Read More 25
June 25, 2018 Deputy Sheriffs’ Association Members Seek to Dump Leaders, Threaten to Leave Union By Jennifer Wadsworth A growing number of officers plan to withdraw from the DSA unless the union head resigns for his involvement in an obscene texting scandal. Read More 31
May 29, 2018 Op-Ed: Recall Persky to Stand Up for Victims of Sexual Assault By Michele Dauber Santa Clara County voters deserves judges who take sexual violence seriously and who are not biased in favor of privileged perpetrators. Read More 33
May 7, 2018 Builders Want San Jose to Delay Affordable Housing Fee by a Year By Jennifer Wadsworth Developers want the city to postpone an affordable housing fee, which charges builders $25 per square foot of new construction. Read More 5
April 30, 2018 Study: Growing Construction Costs May Hinder New Housing Development in San Jose By Jennifer Wadsworth A new study suggests that rising construction costs may hinder housing development in San Jose, which already faces an affordability crisis. Read More 19
April 18, 2018 Santa Clara Co. Sheriff Demands Full Retraction, Skips Mercury News’ Endorsement Interview By The Fly Sheriff Smith making herself inaccessible to reporters comes amid criticism that she’s also disengaged from constituents. Read More 32