May 14, 2021 Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Approves 9.1% Rate Hike By Jana Kadah, Bay City News Starting July 1, the average county resident will pay an additional $4.30 to $4.82 per month in their water bill. Read More 2
May 5, 2021 Morgan Hill Man Charged with Murder Over Fatal San Jose Crash By Michael Moore The defendant, Roberto Joseph Garcia, driving a 2017 Honda, was allegedly fleeing from a Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy. Read More 1
May 3, 2021 Gilroy Garlic Festival Set to Return, Announces 2021 Events By Erik Chalhoub After the 2020 Garlic Festival was cancelled, volunteers worked to reimagine Gilroy’s signature event with new public health protocols. Read More 2
May 3, 2021 Local Dentist Launches Donation Drive to Battle India Covid Surge By Erik Chalhoub Unused sleep apnea machines are converted into ventilators. Read More 1
April 29, 2021 Winter is Coming: South Bay Restaurants Brace for The Cold By Silicon Valley Newsroom South Bay restaurateurs are trying to figure out how to survive with limited indoor dining and winter on the way. Read More 0
April 20, 2021 Report: Wage Theft in SCC Keeps Workers Unpaid and Unprotected By Katie Lauer Despite decades of judgements and legislation, accounts of wage theft continue to run rampant in Santa Clara County, new data show. Read More 6
April 8, 2021 San Jose PD Named in Fed Civil Rights Lawsuit After Officers Fatally Shot Unarmed Man By Jana Kadah, Bay City News The plaintiffs say police violated due-process and the Fourth Amendment that protects citizens from excessive use of force. Read More 13
April 8, 2021 Scientists are Racing to Save a Finicky, Endangered Shrub Ahead of the Anderson Dam Retrofit By Madelyn Reese The badly needed project to retrofit the Anderson Dam directly threatens several thousand coyote ceanothus plants. Read More 4
March 10, 2021 SJ’s Police Chief Selection Raises Concerns About Favoritism By The Fly All but one of the finalists angling to become SJPD’s next chief constable have some sort of tie to the department. Read More 11
February 20, 2021 South County Woman Who Sought to Rescue Cats Charged With Animal Cruelty By Michael Moore Police say they found more than a dozen dead or neglected cats in Ava Geddes’ Morgan Hill home last summer. Read More 0
February 17, 2021 Los Gatos Vice Mayor Eyes Santa Clara County’s D1 Supe Seat By The Fly Los Gatos Vice Mayor Rob Rennie will be up against former San Jose Councilman Johnny Khamis. Read More 0
February 16, 2021 Half of County’s 65-and-Over Residents Have Been Vaccinated By Jana Kadah, Bay City News Officials said the milestone reflects “strong progress” toward their goal to get 85 percent of those 16 and older vaccinated by Aug. 1. Read More 27
February 15, 2021 Morgan Hill Overtakes San Jose: Second Most-Infected in County By Dan Pulcrano Over the past six months, cases in Morgan Hill and Gilroy have increased by more than 1,500 percent. Read More 6
January 29, 2021 Deputy Charged With Staging Drive-By Shooting By Jennifer Wadsworth Prosecutors say Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Sukhdeep Gill staged a “shocking ambush” to make it seem like he was shot. Read More 12
January 20, 2021 Police Investigate Swastikas Painted on Morgan Hill Temple By Michael Moore Anyone with information about the vandalism reported at Congregation Emeth can call Morgan Hill police at 408.779.2101. Read More 6
December 22, 2020 Valley Water Drains Anderson Reservoir to 3 Percent Capacity By Michael Moore Valley Water began draining the reservoir in October in response to a directive from federal regulators aiming to expedite the dam retrofit. Read More 0