January 6, 2021 San Jose Mayor Calls for Sedition Charges Against Donald Trump By Jennifer Wadsworth Sam Liccardo’s comment comes as chaos grips Washington D.C., where a mob contesting the 2020 election results stormed the U.S. Capitol. Read More 86
December 22, 2020 Op-Ed: Follow the Science—An Open Letter to Anna Eshoo By Salem Ajluni The real question we should be asking is: “how can we afford not to adopt a single-payer system?” Read More 38
December 22, 2020 Rep. Anna Eshoo Helps Lead Legislation Reform Of Nursing Homes Amid Pandemic By Emanuel Lee Over 100,000 residents and workers in long-term care homes have died from the virus, with the first outbreak recorded as early as February. Read More 2
December 18, 2020 Silicon Valley Congresswoman Under Self-Quarantine After Possible Coronavirus Exposure By Jennifer Wadsworth Rep. Anna Eshoo announced today that she’ll err on the safe side after one of her staffers tested positive for the coronavirus. Read More 2
November 9, 2020 Silicon Valley Leaders Celebrate Biden-Harris Victory By Silicon Valley Newsroom For the Bay Area, the festivities took on greater resonance because of Kamala Harris, an Oakland native and now the first woman VP. Read More 9
November 4, 2020 Incumbent Democrats Rule the Day in Bay Area House Races By Tony Hicks, BCN Democrats easily won all 12 Bay Areas House of Representative seats. Read More 5
September 19, 2020 Op-Ed: Silicon Valley Must Vote Out Sellout Politicians By Meriam Ahmad A local student supporting the Rishi Kumar campaign for Congress says her generation is sick of leaders beholden to corporate interests. Read More 9
August 18, 2020 Silicon Valley Rep Demands Criminal Probe into Alleged Election-Rigging at USPS By Jennifer Wadsworth As calls mount for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to reverse disruptive policies, Rep. Anna Eshoo urges the California AG to investigate. Read More 6
August 14, 2020 USPS Sends Mixed Messages About Plans to Remove Dozens of South Bay Collection Boxes By Jennifer Wadsworth Some residents worried that discarding the signature blue bins was part of a broader effort to undermine mail delivery ahead of election day. Read More 11
July 23, 2020 Google’s Newest Housing Promises Include Modular, Investments and Land By Janice Bitters Google has announced its latest round Bay Area housing funding, aimed at pushing forward about 24,000 new homes over the next decade. Read More 5
July 20, 2020 Santa Clara County Supervisors to Discuss Caltrain Tax Measure By Grace Hase The measure needs to be approved by three counties and multiple transit boards in order to make it on the November ballot. Read More 7
July 18, 2020 Rep. Anna Eshoo Calls Feds to Task for Surveillance Overreach By Emanuel Lee The congresswoman joined 22 of her colleagues in demanding answers about government surveillance of peaceful protesters. Read More 3
March 12, 2020 WATCH: Coronavirus Update at San Jose International Airport By Silicon Valley Newsroom Silicon Valley officials held a press conference at SJC to share updates about the outbreak and demand answers from the federal government. Read More 1
March 12, 2020 Coronavirus: California Advises Banning Crowds of 250 or More By Jennifer Wadsworth The guidance applies to all non-essential work and social events that draw people into a shared space at the same time—both indoors and out. Read More 2
March 2, 2020 UPDATE: New Coronavirus Cases Confirmed in Santa Clara County By Jennifer Wadsworth Public health officials say this makes for a total of nine confirmed COVID-19 cases countywide and 84,000 around the world. Read More 4
February 27, 2020 South Bay Letter Carriers Say Mail Problems Linked to USPS Cost-Cutting Experiment By Jennifer Wadsworth Despite all the problems reported, the U.S. Postal Service continues to expand the pilot and hopes to roll it out to 230 sites. Read More 18