January 9, 2017 San Jose Council to Discuss Safe Houses to Prevent Deportations under President Donald Trump By Josh Koehn San Jose’s City Council will consider assisting churches to create safe houses to protect people from being deported. Read More 12
January 4, 2017 South Bay LGBT Political Group Tries to Recoup after Losing Momentum in 2016 By The Fly BAYMEC, one of the South Bay’s leading LGBT organizations, is trying to recover after losing more than half its board of directors this past year. Read More 6
November 29, 2016 Sergio Jimenez, San Jose’s D2 Councilman-Elect, Sworn in Early By Jennifer Wadsworth Councilman-elect Sergio Jimenez, who represents the Edenvale-Santa Teresa neighborhoods, starts his new job a month early and without pay. Read More 1
November 16, 2016 With Thousands of Ballots Still Uncounted, Some South Bay Races Remain Too Close to Call By The Fly A week out from Election Day, some Santa Clara County races remain too close to call, which has prevented a few obligatory concession calls. Read More 3
November 10, 2016 Dead Heat in San Jose’s District 8 Council Race; Other Victors Clear By Silicon Valley Newsroom Vote counts in Santa Clara County are nearly finalized. However, one City Council race in San Jose remains too close to call. Read More 1
November 7, 2016 A Look at Who’s Funding San Jose Council Races, Local Measures By Jennifer Wadsworth Political donors have spent more than $1.6 million on three San Jose ballot measures and another $822,000 on three City Council contests. Read More 1
November 2, 2016 From San Jose to D.C., Women Lead the Way in Election 2016 By Silicon Valley Newsroom To help you make sense of the craziness that is the 2016 election, here’s our guide on how to vote from the nation’s highest office to city hall. Read More 63
October 26, 2016 Council Candidate Steve Brown Dogged by Claims of Wage Theft, Wrongful Termination By The Fly Council candidate Steve Brown owns a security company that regulators ordered to pay tens of thousands of dollars in wage theft judgments. Read More 5
October 11, 2016 Op-Ed: Difficult Times Require Us to Rally around Common Bonds By Sergio Jimenez San Jose’s District 2 and the broader city face many of the same challenges my family faced years ago. We can only solve them by getting to work. Read More 28
September 14, 2016 A Second Look at Steve Brown’s Meltdown, Bizarre Voting History By The Fly Steve Brown is a special guy. How else to explain his position to allow businesses to discriminate against gay people? Then there’s his voter record. Read More 20
September 9, 2016 San Jose Council Candidate Crashes Press Event, Denies Claims of LGBT Discrimination By Jennifer Wadsworth Council candidate Steve Brown crashed a press conference convened to denounce his views on discrimination against the LGBTQ community. Read More 19
September 8, 2016 San Jose’s District 2 Voters Have Tough Call on Brown, Jimenez By Silicon Valley Newsroom Both Steve Brown and Sergio Jimenez come from humble, if not hardscrabble, beginnings, and these origins led them to vastly different views of the world. Read More 29
June 8, 2016 San Jose Council Incumbents Win Re-Election; Frontrunners for 3 Open Seats Head to Fall Runoff By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose's two City Council incumbents managed to win another four years in office, one in a landslide victory and the other by only a slim margin. Read More 10
May 6, 2016 June Election: Breaking Down All 5 San Jose City Council Races By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose voters have some big decisions to make this summer. Here is a breakdown of all five City Council seats up for grabs. Read More 27