November 27, 2019 Non-Profit Foundation Shirks Pledge of ‘Immediate Relief’ to North Bay Fire Victims By Peter Byrne and Will Carruthers According to a months-long investigation, the Rebuild North Bay Foundation functions more as a lobbying firm than disaster relief group. Read More 0
October 30, 2019 Santa Clara County Supervisors Call for Closure of Intake Center for Abused, Neglected Kids By Jennifer Wadsworth The Board of Supervisors will discuss the RAIC moratorium when it meets at 9:30am Tuesday at the County Government Center. Read More 9
September 12, 2019 Stealing Home: Weak Oversight Leaves Rent-Subsidy Fraud Unchecked for Years on End By Jennifer Wadsworth The local housing agency says it doesn't aggressively pursue fraud. As a result, scammers fall under the radar for years—and sometimes decades. Read More 10
August 7, 2019 DA Targets Sheriff’s Inner Circle in Apparent Corruption Probe By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County’s six-term sheriff and her closest allies are the subject of an ongoing criminal inquiry led by the office of DA Jeff Rosen. Read More 36
June 26, 2019 Fee for All: Private Wealth Managers Siphon San Jose’s Pension Reform Savings By Jennifer Wadsworth A shift toward risky but poor-performing investments now costs San Jose’s pension plans more than $70 million a year in fees alone. Read More 20
May 15, 2019 Tap Dance: Snooping on Jail Calls Catches Bad Actors, But Easy Access Raises New Concerns By Jennifer Wadsworth A quiet push to give local prosecutors on-demand access to inmate phone calls has ignited a controversy over checks and balances. Read More 27
March 20, 2019 Traffic Court’s Ticketing Glitch is Latest in Long Line of Missteps Linked to Tyler Technologies By Jennifer Wadsworth Sources say court officials downplayed the scope of a software bug that charged too much or too little for some traffic violations. Read More 8
February 6, 2019 Victim Recounts Rape, DA Files Charges, Suspect Remains Free By Jennifer Wadsworth Accused rapist Sharwian Bobian walked away from a psych hold a full month before the Santa Clara County DA filed charges against him. Read More 22
August 1, 2018 Public Agencies’ Secret Sexual Harassment Settlements Cost South Bay Taxpayers Millions By Jennifer Wadsworth While state agencies have undergone a reckoning over sexual harassment, local governments have largely escaped scrutiny—until now. Read More 21
July 11, 2018 CEQA Racket Extracts 11th Hour Payoffs Amidst Housing Crisis By Jennifer Wadsworth A landmark law designed to protect California’s environment has enabled profiteers to hold up critical projects. Read More 20
June 20, 2018 Demotion Over Hateful Texts Moves to Center Stage in Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Race By Jennifer Wadsworth A powerful union leader violated agency policies by failing to report hate speech—and the former undersheriff leapt to his defense. Read More 30
May 8, 2018 More Harassment Claims Surface Against Santa Clara County Supe Candidate Dominic Caserta By Jennifer Wadsworth The Santa Clara Councilman has been the subject of sexual harassment claims since he began teaching high school in the early 2000s. Read More 106
April 6, 2018 State Audit Reveals Startling Abuses at 4Cs, Silicon Valley’s Largest Child Care Nonprofit By Jennifer Wadsworth A scathing new report found that 4Cs child care nonprofit mismanaged state grants and caused undue financial hardship for countless families. Read More 20
March 28, 2018 Nonprofit Officials Accused of Harassing, Silencing Parents By Jennifer Wadsworth The federal Office of Early Head Start is investigating claims of harassment at the Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County. Read More 4
March 21, 2018 Campaign to Recall Judge in Stanford Sexual Assault Case Morphs into a Culture War By Lauren Hepler The #MeToo ethos fuels the effort to oust Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky from the bench in an unprecedented recall election. Read More 107
March 8, 2018 Facebook Fights Fakery by Burying Real Reporting By Daniel Walters For years, media outlets desperately chased the clicks promised by Facebook; now the social media giant threatens to destroy them. Read More 2