July 6, 2017 More Flood Victims File Claims Against Silicon Valley Agencies By Jennifer Wadsworth A group of flood victims have filed claims against local agencies that they say failed to protect them from the February flood. Read More 9
June 20, 2017 Water District Resists Installing Low-Tech Pumps that Might Have Prevented San Jose Flood By Jennifer Wadsworth Silicon Valley’s flood protection agency might have prevented the Anderson Dam from overflowing earlier this year, but failed to act. Read More 8
June 9, 2017 Water District to Discuss Flood Protections for Rock Springs By Jennifer Wadsworth Rock Springs, the San Jose neighborhood hit hardest by the Feb. 21 flood, may finally get the help it needs to withstand a future deluge. Read More 3
April 26, 2017 Milpitas Mayor Defends NAACP Gala Drop-In, Declines Comment on City Manager’s Complaint By The Fly Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran dismissed rumors of party crashing and declined to comment on apparent conflicts with the city manager. Read More 4
March 30, 2017 Water District, San Jose Mayor Form Uneasy Alliance at Meeting on February Flood Disaster By Jennifer Wadsworth The water district took a combative tone from the start of Wednesday’s meeting to discuss how San Jose found itself underwater. Read More 8
March 13, 2017 San Jose Mayor, Water District Chair Trade Barbs in Letters about Special Meeting on Flood By Josh Koehn San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and John Varela, the local water district chair, are sparring in dueling letters about the San Jose flood disaster. Read More 10
March 10, 2017 San Jose Flood Victims Plead for Help; City Admits Many Mistakes By Jennifer Wadsworth More than 100 people packed the council chambers Thursday to demand answers about the city’s failure to warn them about the flood. Read More 15
March 7, 2017 New Emails Show Water District Limited Flow of Information to City Days before San Jose Flood By Dan Pulcrano Newly released emails show the SCV Water District and city were communicating well ahead of the flood. Then the communication ended. Read More 9
March 3, 2017 Water District Sat on $22 Million for Coyote Creek Flood Control By Josh Koehn The spin cycle on the San Jose flood disaster can be a blur, even for those paying attention. Read More 22
March 3, 2017 SJ Flood Evacuation Orders Failed to Reach Many Recipients By Jennifer Wadsworth According to a Santa Clara County memo, not everyone in the mandatory evacuation flood zones actually got the order to leave. Read More 6
March 1, 2017 San Jose Is Lucky No One Died in Inexcusable Response to Floods By Dan Pulcrano It wasn’t Katrina, but officials failed in every way when it came to notifying San Jose residents of flooding—and it could have been a lot worse. Read More 10
March 1, 2017 Floodgate: How the Water District and City’s Comedy of Errors Became a Local Tragedy By Jennifer Wadsworth and Josh Koehn An inside look at how thousands of homes in San Jose were evacuated due to heavy flooding and a comedy of errors that became a tragedy. Read More 23
February 27, 2017 San Jose to Request Federal, State Aid for Flood Cleanup By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose says it needs federal aid to recover from the flood that forced thousands of people to flee their homes last week. Read More 13
February 21, 2017 Flooding in San Jose Prompts Evacuations, Rescue Missions By Jennifer Wadsworth Rising waters have prompted daring rescues and forced evacuations of residents, homeless people and office buildings in the South Bay. Read More 21
January 18, 2017 Water District Considers Hiring Exec Who Spurred National Conversation on Trans Issues By The Fly The Santa Clara Valley Water District is poised to hire an administrator with a claim to fame as a champion of transgender acceptance. Read More 7
January 17, 2017 Plans for Topgolf Entertainment Complex in Alviso Drive Lawsuits By Jennifer Wadsworth Frustrated by San Jose approving a golf entertainment complex without an environmental review, Alviso residents have taken the city to court. Read More 14