January 9, 2020 Ex-SCUSD Trustee Arrested on Charges of Assault, Threats By Jennifer Wadsworth Chris Stampolis was booked Monday on two felony counts of making threats and using his car as a deadly weapon. Read More 13
December 17, 2019 Several Bay Area Cities Vow to Investigate Misconduct Claims Against Downtown Streets Team By Jennifer Wadsworth At least six public agencies are re-evaluating contracts with the tax-exempt homeless services provider in light of the allegations. Read More 25
December 11, 2019 Downtown Streets Team Faces Claims of Hard-Partying Work Culture, Gender Discrimination By Jennifer Wadsworth Zia MacWilliams left DST because of what she describes as a toxic culture that promoted heavy drinking and tolerated discrimination. Read More 38
November 1, 2019 Verizon Breaks Ground on Coleman Highline Campus By Nicholas Chan The telecom giant plans to employ 3,400 people at the site, which is part of a larger campus by the Mineta San Jose International Airport. Read More 2
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 23, 2019 Texting 911 Will Soon be an Option in City of San Jose, Unincorporated Santa Clara Co. By Silicon Valley Newsroom The county Board of Supervisors plan to announce the official text-to-911 launch in a press conference Wednesday morning. Read More 4
September 19, 2019 SJSU Student Charged With Carrying Semi-Automatic Gun By Silicon Valley Newsroom The teen, who is a minor, was booked into Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall and suspended from San Jose State. Read More 10
August 16, 2019 Trade War Hits Silicon Valley as Cisco Lays Off 5 Percent of Employees in San Jose, Milpitas By Silicon Valley Newsroom Cisco is Santa Clara County’s largest private sector employer, with more than 10,000 local employees. Read More 21
July 25, 2019 Family Orchard Battles Local Museum Over How to Protect Sunnyvale’s Historic Legacy By Lloyd Alaban In an ironic twist, it’s not suburban sprawl encroaching on the iconic orchard but curators of the community’s collective memory. Read More 17
July 11, 2019 County Assessor: Silicon Valley Property Values are Booming By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose helped spearhead a record-setting year for property values in Santa Clara County, according to a recently released report. Read More 7
May 30, 2019 CEQA Lawsuit Halts Irvine Company’s 1,076-Unit Housing Development in Sunnyvale By Jennifer Wadsworth The complaint is part of a broader trend of CEQA litigation delaying desperately needed housing development throughout the state. Read More 17
May 24, 2019 Santa Clara Unified Names Dr. Stella Kemp as Superintendent By Silicon Valley Newsroom The SCUSD board has unanimously chosen a successor to Stanley Rose as he brings his near-half-century career in education to a close. Read More 9
May 17, 2019 Despite Taking Thousands of People Off the Streets, San Jose Sees 42% Jump in Homelessness By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose’s homeless population went from 4,350 in 2017 to 6,172 this year. For Santa Clara County, it grew by 31 percent. Read More 43
March 29, 2019 Investors Buy Land for Office Space in Sunnyvale’s Peery Park By Rachel Sandler Foster City-based SteelWave and Iowa-based Principal Real Estate Investors bought the 3.5 acre property for a reported $28 million. Read More 1
March 11, 2019 SJ Mulls Ways to Offset Cost of Upping Downtown Height Limits By Lloyd Alaban As part of its quest to raise downtown building heights, San Jose will consider a unique funding proposal to offset costs to the airline industry. Read More 4
January 2, 2019 Donated Workspace Helps South Bay Nonprofits Stay Local Despite Skyrocketing Rents By Grace Hase Silicon Valley nonprofits stave off commercial rent hikes thank to an initiative that matches public-benefit groups with donated workspace. Read More 3
