Los Gatos Teacher Jailed on Suspicion of Molesting a Child
A longtime elementary school teacher was arrested today on suspicion of molesting a child years ago and recently making sexual advances on students via Zoom. According to the Santa Clara County...
View ArticleHow a Monthly Skate Night Turned into Activism in San Jose
On the first Saturday night in December, a thundering rumble of hundreds of wheels on roller skates, skateboards, bicycles and an electric unicycle reverberated throughout the otherwise empty stalls in...
View ArticleHow Do Silicon Valley Techies Celebrate Getting Rich in a Devastating Global...
Things are so hot in Silicon Valley that it’s freaking people out. As tech startups have rushed to go public and valuations have soared, Aaron Rubin, a partner at Werba Rubin Papier Wealth Management,...
View ArticleCompanies That Rode Pandemic Boom Get a Reality Check
While the pandemic battered the economy, tech companies and consumer firms powered by digital technology stood out as islands of growth. But with coronavirus cases and deaths falling, more than 2...
View ArticleAltered Valley: What a Year of Pandemic Has Done to Our Lives
A year into the pandemic, San Jose’s Andrew Phan has gotten used to marking the end of his workday by cracking open a beer, usually craft and often locally made. It’s a ritual that pairs neatly with...
View ArticleAfter Cutting Cinequest Short Last Year, Silicon Valley’s Annual Film...
Audiences at the Cinequest Film Festival last March wondered if “Before the Fire,” a story about panic, quarantine and family in a disease-stricken America, would prove prophetic during the first week...
View ArticleBill to Keep Remote Access to Public Forums Meets Resistance
One of the silver linings of the pandemic was that more public meetings of local jurisdictions were streamed online, allowing more residents to tune in and participate without having to make time to go...
View ArticleZoom Agrees to Pay $85M to Settle Lawsuit Alleging It Failed to Protect...
Zoom says it was “deeply upset” over pornographic “zoombombing” incident in 2020. The post Zoom Agrees to Pay $85M to Settle Lawsuit Alleging It Failed to Protect Users’ Privacy appeared first on San...
View ArticleFederal Court OKs $85M Privacy Settlement for Zoom App Users Nationwide
Settlement resolves class action lawsuits brought by customers of San Jose-based Zoom, including a San Francisco church after 'zoombomber' streamed porn into a Bible study class in May 2020. The post...
View ArticleJudge Rejects Sheriff Smith’s Pleas for Dismissal, as She Denies All Charges
The case against the sheriff will proceed because San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Nancy Fineman, in a ruling filed Thursday, rejected Smith’s requests that misconduct charges be dismissed. The...
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