December 10, 2020 Alum Rock Union School Board to Appoint Fifth Trustee in January By Jennifer Wadsworth With Wednesday’s five-hour board discussion a wrap, the rules are revised and the dates are set for replacing Scott Pham. Read More 2
December 9, 2020 Newly Elected Alum Rock School Trustee Abruptly Resigns Before Taking His Oath of Office By Jennifer Wadsworth On Dec. 4, just a day after officials certified results from last month’s election, Scott Pham submitted his letter of resignation. Read More 4
November 13, 2018 Election 2018: Close Races to Watch in Santa Clara County By Jennifer Wadsworth A week after Election Day, voter turnout is on track to reach 60 percent while roughly 100,000 ballots remain uncounted. Read More 1
September 12, 2018 Judge Upholds Restraining Order Against Alum Rock Union School Board Trustee Khanh Tran By The Fly An Alum Rock school trustee’s comments about kicking ass and lining folks up in front of a firing squad got him banned from the dais. Read More 3
August 22, 2018 Alum Rock Trustee Hit With Restraining Order for Verbally Attacking Superintendent By Jennifer Wadsworth ARUSD Superintendent Hilaria Bauer filed a stay-away order against a trustee who threatened violence against her at an Aug. 9 meeting. Read More 17
June 27, 2018 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury: Alum Rock School District’s Board Majority Should Resign By The Fly Yet another report came out that puts the troubled Alum Rock Union Elementary School District in a bad light. Read More 15
May 30, 2018 Alum Rock Schools Chief Spared the Axe; Trustees Partially Cut Ties With Shady Contractor By Jennifer Wadsworth Reform advocates in Alum Rock Union Elementary School District celebrated some major victories Tuesday. Read More 2
May 16, 2018 Did Alum Rock Board President Esau Herrera Play Hooky to Attend a Luis Miguel Concert? By The Fly Alum Rock Union board president Esau Herrera reportedly skipped an important meeting last week to watch the Mexican pop sensation. Read More 8
April 12, 2018 Out + Smart in Silicon Valley: The New Faces of Gay Politics as the Breakthrough Generation Retires By Tori Truscheit Will quiet bias keep LGBTQ candidates out of office, or has shifting consciousness made the South Bay a safe place to run a gay campaign? Read More 18
March 6, 2018 District-Wide Walkout Planned to Protest Alum Rock School Board By Jennifer Wadsworth Parents frustrated by the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District’s dysfunctional leadership are planning a walkout later this week. Read More 1
September 20, 2017 New Issues Arise in Alum Rock School District’s Bond Oversight By The Fly A citizen watchdog says he found evidence of even more dysfunction in the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District. Read More 5
September 7, 2017 Alum Rock School Board Trustee Andrés Quintero Accuses Colleague Khanh Tran of Slander By Jennifer Wadsworth Alum Rock Union School District trustee Khanh Tran’s war of words has prompted his colleague Andrés Qunitero to threaten legal action. Read More 6
September 6, 2017 Alum Rock Trustee Khanh Tran Goes to War with Everyone (Except George Shirakawa Jr.) By Jennifer Wadsworth The Alum Rock Union trustee’s insistence that he’s in the right led to his ouster as board president, but he’s not backing down. Read More 7
September 1, 2017 Alum Rock Union School District Ousts Fiery Board President By Jennifer Wadsworth The Alum Rock Union School District gave incendiary board president Khanh Tran the boot only to appoint a like-minded successor. Read More 2
June 7, 2016 California’s Long-Awaited Primary Election Day is Here By Jennifer Wadsworth Election Day is here. After months of waiting, Californians have until 8pm to cast their vote in the presidential primary. Read More 3
March 2, 2016 CA Democratic Party Convention Full of Endorsement Shenanigans By The Fly Democrats sparred this past weekend in San Jose, host of this year’s state party convention, and there was no shortage of shenanigans. Read More 15