News July 15, 2020 The New Face of Labor? By Dan Pulcrano The SBLC reportedly passed the torch Tuesday, at least on an interim basis, to Jean Cohen, its first vice president. Read More 11
News July 14, 2020 Ben Field Exits Divided Labor Council After ‘Fair Elections’ Ballot Measure Debacle By Dan Pulcrano Less than a month after a key measure to change San Jose’s election dates failed to make it to the ballot, Ben Field has resigned. Read More 3
Investigative Reports June 25, 2020 Billion-Dollar Boondoggle: Four Years After Measure A, Santa Clara Co. Has Little to Show for It By Dan Pulcrano and Barry Holtzclaw While homelessness worsens, county bond funds aren’t being spent fast enough and money is being thrown at political donors’ stalled projects. Read More 12
News June 24, 2020 Downtown Highrise Pivots to Section 8, Applies for County Measure A Homeless Funds By Dan Pulcrano Gateway Tower has been controversial because it will demolish two century-old buildings in the low-slung SoFA arts neighborhood. Read More 26
Deaths 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 7
Deaths March 9, 2020 Susan Hammer Transformed City’s Political Landscape By Dan Pulcrano Former San Jose Mayor Susan Hammer, a key figure in the revitalization of San Jose’s downtown, died Saturday at the age of 81. Read More 2
News January 9, 2020 Online Giants Made Billions Charging for Tax Filing the IRS Was Supposed to Offer for Free By Dan Pulcrano For two decades, Americans paid for tax services that were supposed to be free. This week, that all changes. Read More 8
News December 13, 2019 Lofgren: Trump Represents Grave Danger to Republic By Dan Pulcrano I find myself in a unique position. I’m the only member of Congress who has participated in the Judiciary Committee for all three modern impeachment proceedings. This is not something I planned on. Read More 0
News April 11, 2018 Zuckerberg in the Hot Seat as Congresswoman Anna Eshoo Grills Him for Four Tense Minutes By Dan Pulcrano Congresswoman Anna Eshoo grilled her constituent, Mark Zuckerberg, over his company’s stewardship of Americans’ personal information. Read More 9
Business April 3, 2018 Schurra’s Announces Closing of Century-Old Chocolate Shop By Dan Pulcrano San Jose will lose a bit of its soul when a 106-year-old business closes shop on The Alameda and moves operations to Santa Clara. Read More 19
Opinion January 31, 2018 Sarah Winchester’s Legacy of Shopping Centers and Cinemas By Dan Pulcrano The ghosts could just as easily be hiding out at Louis Vuitton at Valley Fair or Gucci at Santana Row. Read More 4
Opinion January 19, 2018 Honest and Calm Brendan Byrne Left Rare Legacy as Governor By Dan Pulcrano Brendan Byrne, who died earlier this month at age 93, was one of New Jersey’s last honest governors. Read More 4
News August 2, 2017 Light Tower Proposal Would Give San Jose a True Landmark By Dan Pulcrano Can San Jose rebuild its iconic light tower, visually brand itself and break the curse of century of mediocre architecture? Read More 22
Opinion June 14, 2017 Google Deal Is a Key Moment for San Jose to Finally Get It Right By Dan Pulcrano Has San Jose’s moment arrived? The city is negotiating a deal to bring Google to downtown and the timing is ripe. Read More 9
News March 7, 2017 New Emails Show Water District Limited Flow of Information to City Days before San Jose Flood By Dan Pulcrano Newly released emails show the SCV Water District and city were communicating well ahead of the flood. Then the communication ended. Read More 9
Opinion March 1, 2017 San Jose Is Lucky No One Died in Inexcusable Response to Floods By Dan Pulcrano It wasn’t Katrina, but officials failed in every way when it came to notifying San Jose residents of flooding—and it could have been a lot worse. Read More 10