August 13, 2018 San Jose May Place Police Activities League Under New Management After Critical Audit By Jennifer Wadsworth An audit exposing mismanagement at San Jose’s Police Activities League has officials debating whether to bring it under the city’s control. Read More 6
August 6, 2018 San Jose City Council Weighs Measures on Salary-Setting, Construction Bids, $950M Bond By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose officials are debating a few measures to bring to voters this fall, including a bond measure and some charter amendments. Read More 4
July 30, 2018 Court Sides with Donald Trump Supporters, Allowing Lawsuit Against SJPD to Proceed By Silicon Valley Newsroom A federal appeals court allowed Trump fans to proceed with a lawsuit against San Jose, claiming police led them into a crowd of protesters. Read More 16
July 26, 2018 How Smart is San Jose? Silicon Valley’s Biggest City Tries to Catch Up with the Digital Future By Lauren Hepler As local governments chase universal connectivity, San Jose considers how to digitize a city already grappling with user error. Read More 2
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
July 23, 2018 Op-Ed: San Jose’s Library Fine Amnesty Policy Highlights the Importance of Civic Engagement By Michael Melillo and Hilary Thorsen Serving on a public commission provides a means of implementing important policy changes, such as eliminating library fines. Read More 4
July 18, 2018 San Jose Council Whiles Away July Recess Traveling, Reading—and Still Doing Some Work By The Fly A couple San Jose City Council members took advantage of the July recess to jet out of town—and some out of the country altogether. Read More 6
July 10, 2018 San Jose Water Company’s Merger With Connecticut Utility Sparks Bicoastal Bidding War By Jennifer Wadsworth A planned tie-up between San Jose Water Company and another private utility on the East Coast has morphed into a four-way merger battle. Read More 10
June 26, 2018 Two San Jose Council Members Leave Republican Party Over Trump’s Immigration Policy By Winona Rajamohan President Donald Trump’s draconian family separation policy has prompted some South Bay leaders to cut ties with the Republican Party. Read More 12
June 25, 2018 San Jose Police Watchdog Aaron Zisser Denies Union’s Claims of Bias in Annual Oversight Report By Jennifer Wadsworth The police union is calling for an outside investigation to see if independent police auditor Aaron Zisser should be removed from office. Read More 6
June 25, 2018 Monday Night Live! Celebrates 25 Years of Sketch Comedy with SJ Mayor Sam Liccardo as Host By San Jose Inside San Jose Stage Company’s Monday Night Live! is back again, celebrating its 25th year of political satire with Mayor Sam Liccardo as host. Read More 4
June 11, 2018 San Jose City Council Weighs Mayor’s 2018-19 Spending Plan By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo’s revised 2018-19 spending plan includes investments in police, blight cleanup and affordable housing. Read More 4
June 6, 2018 San Jose Mayor Coasts to Re-Election; Evergreen Housing Developers Slide Toward Defeat By The Fly San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo celebrated two wins in one night—his re-election and a successful campaign against “greedy billionaires.” Read More 1
June 4, 2018 June Primary 2018: Elections to Watch in Santa Clara County By Jennifer Wadsworth California’s long-awaited primary comes Tuesday, which means it’s down to the wire for a number of hotly contested South Bay races. Read More 5
June 4, 2018 San Jose Urges State to Review Pending Water Company Merger By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose city officials are joining the call for greater scrutiny of a merger between the local water company and a utility in Connecticut. Read More 3
May 31, 2018 Op-Ed: Housing Crisis Can Only be Solved by Building More Houses By John Gamboa and Robert Apodaca This June, say no to corrupt back room policymaking and the empty promises of politicians. Vote no on Measure C. Read More 3