January 13, 2017 Op-Ed: City of San Jose Tackles Challenge of Digital Equity By Dolan Beckel San Jose may be the Capital of Silicon Valley, but it is very much a tale of two cities with significant inequality for income and connectedness. Read More 3
December 20, 2016 Judge in Stanford Sexual Assault Case Cleared of Misconduct By Jennifer Wadsworth The Santa Clara County judge who sentenced Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexual assault has been cleared of misconduct. Read More 7
December 15, 2016 Moneybrawl: How the Mayor of Santa Clara, San Francisco 49ers Went to War over Levi’s Stadium By Josh Koehn The 49ers and Santa Clara are locked in an epic grudge match over how money moves at Levi’s Stadium, and neither appears willing to blink. Read More 29
November 18, 2016 One Voice: Summit on Sexual Assault Creates Important Conversation on College Rape By Taylor Jones An event to combat sexual assaults on college campuses featured District Attorney Jeff Rosen, Congresswoman Jackie Speier and actress Sharon Stone. Read More 24
October 4, 2016 California Enacts New Law Prompted by Brock Turner Case By Jennifer Wadsworth A new law spurred by the Brock Turner case mandates state prison time for those convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious victim. Read More 17
September 2, 2016 Protest Held at Jail after Release of Stanford Rapist Brock Turner By Jennifer Wadsworth Brock Turner walked out of jail after three months of incarceration for sexually assaulting a woman last year after a campus party. Read More 13
August 10, 2016 Pokémon Go Takes Over Silicon Valley, But Sparks Controversy By Jennifer Wadsworth Pokémon Go takes the South Bay and the world by storm, but raises concerns about privacy, safety and the social inequities of the real world. Read More 21
July 18, 2016 Drama Averted in D6: Chapman Agrees to Take Part in San Jose Council Candidate Forums By Jennifer Wadsworth Helen Chapman took issue with the incumbent’s role in organizing a series of political forums, but she has since agreed to participate. Read More 8
June 27, 2016 Photo Gallery: President Obama, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Talk Shop at Stanford Summit By San Jose Inside President Obama dropped by Stanford University Friday to talk tech, business and polities at the seventh annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit. Read More 3
June 15, 2016 Stanford Rape Case Raises Vital Questions of Justice, Consent By Jennifer Wadsworth Stanford students hope to foster a nuanced dialogue about justice and sexual consent in the wake of Brock Turner's controversial sentencing. Read More 51
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
June 6, 2016 Lenient Sentencing in Stanford Rape Case Sparks Outrage at Judge, Mercury News Columnist By Jennifer Wadsworth A sexual assault perpetrated by a Stanford University athlete has ignited public outrage after he came away with just a six-month jail sentence. Read More 58
June 3, 2016 Campaign Records Provide a Glimpse of Silicon Valley’s Political Landscape By Saurabh Datar and Shane Newell Santa Clara County is one of just 17 in California that offer campaign finance records in easily analyzed online forms. Here's what they show. Read More 8
May 14, 2016 Op-Ed: ‘Rock the Campus’ Tour Swings through Silicon Valley in Support of Bernie Sanders By Shaunn Cartwright Actors Max Carver, Danny Glover and Kendrick Sampson spoke at South Bay college campuses Thursday to rally support for Bernie Sanders' campaign. Read More 14
March 2, 2016 New Research Finds Ethnic Studies Improve Overall Learning By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil New research out of Stanford shows clear academic benefits to ethnic studies, especially for younger students who are on the cusp of dropping out of school. Read More 20
December 28, 2015 Billionaires Back Lab-Grown Diamonds to Disrupt Industry By Jennifer Wadsworth Diamond Foundry, a Peninsula-based startup with A-list investors, puts a Silicon Valley spin on high-end, lab-made diamonds. Read More 9