October 18, 2024 Santa Clara County School Board Appoints Interim Superintendent, Dewan to Continue Legal Fight By Barry Holtzclaw The split vote Wednesday evening came hours after a Superior Court judge turned down a request from Dewan’s lawyers for an order blocking a board vote. Read More 2
April 7, 2021 Political Veterans Crowd 2022 County Supervisors Race By Michael Moore Four well-known candidates have already jumped in the race for the District 1 supervisor seat. Read More 0
October 30, 2020 SCCOE Trustee Joe DiSalvo Used Public Resources to Solicit Campaign Contributions By Grace Hase Superintendent Mary Ann Dewan asked the trustee to “cease and desist” from using his county email addresses for political purposes. Read More 3
October 22, 2020 Public School Teacher Challenges 20-Year Incumbent in Santa Clara County Board of Ed’s Area 5 By Katie Lauer Ultimately, voters will decide whether to stay with 20-year incumbent Anna Song or opt for new perspective with Victoria Chon. Read More 3
October 22, 2020 12-Year Santa Clara County Board of Ed Incumbent Joe DiSalvo Faces 2 Challengers in Area 4 By Katie Lauer Joseph Di Salvo is up against Ketzal Gómez and Lucia Garcia, two underdog challengers who want to bring a new voice to the board. Read More 6
October 21, 2020 Two Veteran School Trustees Face Off in SCCOE’s Area 1 Race By Katie Lauer Grace Mah, the incumbent since 2007, is up against Melissa Baten Caswell, a longtime Palo Alto Unified trustee. Read More 3
August 4, 2020 Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee Joseph Di Salvo Sues Over Censure By Grace Hase Joe Di Salvo wants the court to give him with a chance to voice his own opinion on sexual harassment allegations lobbed against him. Read More 5
August 3, 2020 New Mural Honors Lives of San Jose’s Homeless Residents By San Jose Inside Designed by tattoo artist Benny Arana O’Hara, the mural painted on West Virginia Street depicts two fists coming together against a red line. Read More 18
July 15, 2020 Santa Clara County Board of Education Censures Trustee Joseph Di Salvo in Split Vote By Grace Hase The board of education voted 4-3 on Joseph Di Salvo's censure. The trustee will now have to undergo gender bias training. Read More 10
July 15, 2020 Santa Clara County Board of Education Set to Censure Joseph Di Salvo for Sexist Behavior By The Fly An independent investigator found that the trustee demeaned some women, but not that he racially harassed people. Read More 4
November 1, 2019 San Jose’s Cornerstone Academy Vows to Appeal Charter Denial By Nicholas Chan Franklin-McKinley School District’s 3-2 vote to reject the charter ignited backlash from from families and staffers, who vow to fight back. Read More 9
July 31, 2019 Ex-SCCOE Supe Head-Butts Colleague at Texas Burger Joint By The Fly Erstwhile SCCOE Superintendent Xavier De La Torre has been making headlines down in Texas for less-than-upstanding behavior. Read More 5
May 22, 2019 Milpitas Mayor Eschews County Race to Run for State Assembly By Jennifer Wadsworth Rich Tran says he’ll withdraw from the Santa Clara County supe race to pursue an even higher office. Read More 8
May 15, 2019 2 School Trustees Announce Bids for Kansen Chu’s Assembly Seat By The Fly Kansen Chu sent local pols scrambling to rethink their 2020 plans when he opened up about his decision to eschew another term in the Assembly. Read More 6
March 14, 2019 Rocketship Warned for Violating Charter with Late Audits, Costly Lapse in Teacher Credentialing By Jennifer Wadsworth The charter chain came under fire for submitting late financials two years in a row and losing track of credential status for some instructors. Read More 9
March 8, 2019 Gov. Newsom Signs Law Bolstering Charter School Transparency, Accountability By Scott Forstner SB 126 ensures that all private charter schools are held to the same transparency standards as their public counterparts. Read More 8