English
Spanish
Vietnamese
Los Gatos Union School District trustees are backing the district’s superintendent almost a week after he came under fire for encouraging teachers to skip the line for COVID-19 vaccines by pretending to be health care workers. “I firmly believe teachers are essential workers and that we should be vaccinating them all as soon as possible,”...
State watchdog fines San Jose Water executive, Cupertino political committee for campaign violations
The state’s political watchdog has fined a Silicon Valley political action committee and San Jose Water Chief Administrative Officer Andrew Walters $5,000 for failing to file campaign finance reports on time. The Cupertino Chamber PAC and Walters, who was the committee’s treasurer at the time, failed to timely file two expenditure reports disclosing a total...
Sand Hill invokes controversial state law to build 91 townhomes in Saratoga
Sand Hill Property Co. is planning a new 91-townhome development in Saratoga, but the project comes with a twist: the prominent developer is using a controversial state law to streamline city approvals. Since Senate Bill 35 took effect in 2018, the law, which speeds up the development of certain housing projects, has been used only...
Cupertino commissioner threatens lawsuit for Nextdoor posts
The Cupertino Planning Commission chair who in July came under fire for a past harassment lawsuit and more recent controversial posts on social media site NextDoor says a former resident’s postings on the site have defamed his character and he is considering legal action. Planning Commission Chair R “Ray” Wang’s attorney, Krista Baughman, a partner...
Residents brace for 8×8’s move next to busy Campbell intersection
Campbell officials celebrated the day San Jose-based 8×8 announced it would become the city’s largest employer by moving its headquarters to a busy part of the small South Bay city in the new year. But rather than excitement, some residents or neighbors can only muster anxiety about the news of the move. The office it’s set...
Cupertino policymaker in hot water for past sexual harassment lawsuit
After making headlines for encouraging people to contact pro-growth activists’ employers to get them “reprimanded,” Cupertino Planning Commission Chair R “Ray” Wang is in hot water again — this time for a sexual harassment lawsuit that was buried for more than a decade. Rosanne Foust, a top transportation leader, accuses Wang of sending sexually explicit...
8×8 will move HQ from San Jose to Campbell, expand throughout Bay Area
When searching for its new headquarters, a major San Jose-based tech company decided to go west. Cloud Communication Company 8×8 has leased nearly 178,000 square feet in Campbell and have started looking for more office space throughout the Bay Area and elsewhere, company officials said Monday. After a monthslong search for a new headquarters space,...
Major retail investor buys Campbell’s Pruneyard shopping center
The retail portion of Campbell’s newly renovated Pruneyard shopping center has traded hands for $212.5 million, according to an announcement Monday by buyer Regency Centers Corp. The purchase by the Jacksonville, Florida-based retail investor and developer marks the sale of the third and final portion of the mixed-use center since the start of the year...