June 4, 2020 Op-Ed: Be Mad at Police, But Also at the Prosecutors Who Protect and Enable Their Abuses By Sajid Khan To DA’s offices, black lives—no matter what they tell you—do not truly matter except to rack up convictions and fill prisons. Read More 18
May 29, 2020 Car Rally Protesters to Santa Clara Co. Jails: ‘Free Them All’ By Kyle Martin While several inmates have been released from jails and been placed on house arrest since April, protesters said those measures are not enough. Read More 8
May 20, 2020 State Defunds 4Cs, Marking Beginning of the End for Decades-Old Childcare Nonprofit By The Fly The Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County has until June 30 to hand off $40-million-a-year in government contracts. Read More 19
April 29, 2020 SVO Accuses Santa Clara County ROV of Going to Bat for Labor By Jennifer Wadsworth The SVO president slammed the ROV as exceptionally inept, and called for the DA to investigate “improprieties” under Shannon Bushey’s watch. Read More 11
April 24, 2020 Santa Clara County to Clear Thousands of Pot Convictions By Silicon Valley Newsroom The expungements stem from collaborative efforts of the local district attorney, public defender, the county and the courts. Read More 9
April 18, 2020 Cannabis Sellers Slam Local Rule Allowing Delivery But Not Pickup By Grace Hase As part of its sweeping public health order, Santa Clara county has made recreational cannabis dispensaries illegal again. Read More 30
April 15, 2020 After Years of Dysfunction, Can 4Cs Weather Another Crisis? By Jennifer Wadsworth Many among the rank-and-file at the long-embattled 4C Council fear that Ben Menor will run yet another nonprofit into the ground. Read More 21
March 31, 2020 Santa Clara County Extends Stay-at-Home Order, Finally Discloses Hospitalization Stats By Grace Hase Public health officials announced the revised mandate at a news conference in which they also unveiled new social distancing criteria. Read More 34
March 31, 2020 WATCH LIVE: Santa Clara County Extends Shelter-in-Place Order By Silicon Valley Newsroom Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody issues a new stay-at-home order that extends through at least the third day of May. Read More 6
March 30, 2020 WATCH: Santa Clara County DA Cautions Against Pandemic-Related Hate Crimes in New PSA By Silicon Valley Newsroom Law enforcement officials are sounding the alarm as people of Asian descent report being discriminated against because of the outbreak. Read More 18
March 18, 2020 Inmate Advocates Slam Santa Clara County DA’s New Hires By The Fly Silicon Valley De-Bug was unimpressed with DA Jeff Rosen’s decision to take on lawyers fired by his S.F. counterpart, Chesa Boudin. Read More 14
January 9, 2020 Ex-SCUSD Trustee Arrested on Charges of Assault, Threats By Jennifer Wadsworth Chris Stampolis was booked Monday on two felony counts of making threats and using his car as a deadly weapon. Read More 13
December 23, 2019 Morgan Hill Mushroom Grower Settles Environmental Protection Lawsuit for $2.24 Million By Michael Moore Monterey Mushrooms Inc. also agreed to a five-year injunction with training, testing and oversight conditions. Read More 0
December 18, 2019 Pres Finally Probes Mishandling of Sexual Abuse Claims as SJPD Quietly Closes Its Own Case By Grace Hase As the private Catholic school proceeds with an external inquiry, local law enforcement quietly put their own case to rest. Read More 8
December 16, 2019 San Jose Considers $225,000 Payout for Woman Allegedly Raped by SJPD Officer By Grace Hase The city of San Jose is expected to pay the settlement to a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by ex-Officer Geoffrey Graves. Read More 8
December 3, 2019 Recent Reports Highlight Challenges in Fighting South Bay’s Human Trafficking Problem By Nicholas Chan A pair of reports recently presented to county officials underscore some of the difficulties in tackling modern-day slavery in Silicon Valley. Read More 3