October 8, 2019 UPDATE: PG&E Confirms Widespread Power Outage in Santa Clara Co. By Grace Hase On the second anniversary of the Tubbs fire, PG&E has confirmed that it will turn off the power for nearly 800,000 customers. Read More 7
September 20, 2019 Labor, Business Spar Over San Jose’s High-Rise Tax Breaks By Grace Hase Union bosses are pushing back on the subsidy in a way that their business counterparts are calling a politically motivated attack. Read More 5
September 17, 2019 San Jose Approves ‘Reach Codes’ to Promote Green Development By Grace Hase The environmentally friendly standards will become a part of the city’s building codes if state regulators give them the green light. Read More 12
September 11, 2019 San Jose Lawmakers Ask to Declare a Climate Emergency By Grace Hase If the council approves the plan, San Jose will join nearly 1,000 local governments across 18 countries that have issued similar declarations. Read More 18
September 10, 2019 San Jose Cancels Overnight Parking Program for Homeless Families at Seven Trees By Grace Hase Families who were parking overnight outside Seven Trees Community Center will be moving onto a different kind of shelter: a motel room. Read More 5
September 6, 2019 San Jose May End ‘Safe Parking’ Program for the Homeless at Seven Trees Community Center By Grace Hase Some have lost faith in the program, which was hailed as an innovative short-term fix for the growing number of car-dwelling families. Read More 6
August 20, 2019 San Jose Weighs Impact of Closing Reid-Hillview Airport By Grace Hase The East Side airport’s potential closure has been the subject of impassioned public discussion for the better part of the past year. Read More 1
August 19, 2019 San Jose Lawmakers Hear Next Steps for Reid-Hillview Closure By Grace Hase The City Council on Tuesday will review the land’s potential uses and the impact it would have on Mineta San Jose International Airport. Read More 14
August 13, 2019 San Jose Outlaws Section 8 Voucher Discrimination By Grace Hase The initiative, which passed in a 9-2 vote, will come back for another reading and is slated to go into effect toward the end of September. Read More 8
July 29, 2019 Silicon Valley Leaders React to Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting By Grace Hase As news broke on Sunday that a gunman had open fired on a crowd at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, local officials poured out words of support. Read More 4
July 28, 2019 Multiple People Killed, Gunman Shot Dead at Gilroy Garlic Fest By Silicon Valley Newsroom Four people were killed and at least a dozen wounded in a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival Sunday evening. Read More 2
June 20, 2019 As Community Lenders Sell Out or Go Under, Can Publicly-Owned Banks Restore Local Control? By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose and Santa Clara County join a growing movement to wean local governments off Wall Street by creating publicly owned banks. Read More 10
June 10, 2019 San Jose’s $4.3 Billion Budget Focuses on Equity, Opportunity, ‘Missing Middle’ Housing By Lloyd Alaban As San Jose prepares to finalize its 2020-21 fiscal year spending plan, concerns about equity have taken center stage. Read More 10
June 4, 2019 San Jose Weighs New Tax Measures for 2020 Ballot By Lloyd Alaban The question of whether to raise taxes forged an unlikely alliance between the most conservative and most progressive council members. Read More 16
May 20, 2019 San Jose Considers Whether to Back Public Banking Bill AB 857 By Lloyd Alaban San Jose’s elected leaders are debating whether to endorse a state bill that would give Californians an alternative to mega-banks. Read More 25
April 3, 2019 Election 2020: Transit Activist Andrew Boone to Challenge Dev Davis in San Jose’s District 6 By The Fly The first-term councilwoman, who represents the city’s affluent and politically active Willow Glen district, says she welcomes the challenge. Read More 8