June 10, 2020 Hundreds of Rubber Bullets Later, San Jose Confronts the Human Toll of Forceful Tactics By Jennifer Wadsworth More than a week has passed since SJPD responded to protests with alarming force. How many people were hurt in the fray is still unclear. Read More 45
June 3, 2020 Multiplicity of Crises, Years of Police Brutality Stoked Anger Over George Floyd’s Killing By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose deploys curfews, tear gas and rubber bullets to quell protests. Perhaps it’s time for a fundamental rethink of American policing. Read More 75
June 3, 2020 Vandals, Looters Target Downtown Businesses By Emanuel Lee All told, 21 businesses were vandalized on Friday and Saturday nights, according to the San Jose Downtown Association. Read More 9
May 31, 2020 LIVE UPDATES: Silicon Valley Gears Up for Another March Against George Floyd’s Killing By Silicon Valley Newsroom Organizers plan to repeat the route eight times, one for each minute George Floyd was choked to death by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin. Read More 14
May 31, 2020 Thousands Demand Firing of San Jose Cop Filmed Antagonizing, Swearing at Protesters By Grace Hase SJPD Officer Jared Yuen’s apparently antagonistic behavior emerged in tens of thousands of posts on social media since Friday’s protest. Read More 64
May 26, 2020 Independent Media Exec Bob Kieve Left a Legacy in San Jose By Dan Pulcrano Bob Kieve, who died Sunday at the age of 98, believed that signs were critical to economic prosperity, and he set out to change the rules. Read More 6
May 26, 2020 D3 Councliman Convenes Task Force to Oversee Downtown San Jose’s Economic Recovery By Kyle Martin The next meeting of the Greater Downtown San Jose Economic Recovery Task Force takes place from 1 to 2:30pm on Wednesday. Read More 13
May 19, 2020 Beloved Downtown Arts Group Works/San Jose Faces Eviction By Jennifer Wadsworth The nonprofit gallery, which set so many on a creative course in life, faces a roadblock on its own path—and it couldn’t come at a worse time. Read More 23
May 13, 2020 Decades of Community-Building at Stake as San Jose’s Cultural Districts Fight to Survive By Jennifer Wadsworth From Little Saigon to Little Italy, will Silicon Valley’s treasured ethnic enclaves be recognizable once the pandemic runs its course? Read More 6
May 8, 2020 Two-Alarm Blaze Damages Home Daycare in Downtown San Jose By Amani Hamed Officials say there were no children in the building at the time and that there were no injuries reported. The cause of the fire is unknown. Read More 0