SJ Councilwoman Files for 2nd Bankruptcy to Save Family Home
San Jose Councilwoman Magdalena Carrasco—who’s running in the March 3 primary to replace terming-out Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese—filed for personal bankruptcy protection in 2019 to...
View ArticleUpcoming Planning Commission Appointment Will Test San Jose’s Commitment to...
As San Jose’s elected leaders quibble about equity in the city’s budget, another test of their fidelity to the principle is on the horizon with the next person they appoint to the currently all-white...
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Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran Condemns Malicious Ad Linking Him to Communist Vietnam
A campaign mailer painting Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran as a communist seems to have backfired by drawing fierce condemnation on whoever sent the offending literature. The first-term mayor, who’s defending...
View ArticleMom of D5 Council Candidate Followed, Photographed San Jose Vice Mayor...
San Jose Vice Mayor Magdalena Carrasco says she’s been followed and photographed by political rivals ever since her initial and unsuccessful 2010 run against scandal-plagued Xavier Campos for the...
View ArticleFiling Deadline Closes with No Formidable Challengers in San Jose’s 2018...
The deadline to jump in the San Jose mayor’s race closed Friday with no realistic challengers for Sam Liccardo, who’s now on a glide path to re-election. He marked the occasion with a celebratory...
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Photo Gallery: Vice Mayor Gets Last Laugh at Monday Night Live!
Former Assemblywoman Nora Campos and her family—husband Neil Struthers, as well as little brother and ex-East Side San Jose Councilman Xavier Campos—have routinely inspired punchlines at the annual...
View ArticleSan Jose Council Member Magdalena Carrasco Dismisses Criticism from Nora Campos
Nov. 8, 2016, may very well be a day that lives in infamy, but not every election went sideways. See: Nora Campos. For nearly two decades she remained on the periphery of power representing San Jose’s...
View ArticleLabor Council Execs Insult, Lie to Palo Alto City Council Candidate
The South Bay Labor Council’s once formidable political machine has seen better days, with the implosion of the Campos siblings, Mike Honda’s impending downfall and Ash Kalra’s distant second showing...
View ArticleNora Campos Gave Biz Award to Her Campaign Office’s Landlord
State Sen. Jim Beall trounced Nora Campos in last week’s election, but the San Jose assemblywoman still has five more months to live off donors raise funds for her campaign thanks to the state’s jungle...
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Assemblywoman Nora Campos Has No Shame, Awards Brother’s Company ‘Business of...
Shameless legislator Nora Campos spent the past month accusing state Senator Jim Beall of various improprieties while her husband, Neil Struthers, fended off accusations that he stooped to racial and...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Consider Substance over Sisterhood at the Ballot Box
As a woman, a feminist and a lifelong activist, I’ve been aghast at how dirty this campaign season has become—particularly as it relates to several female candidates. Women often feel we should support...
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Nora Campos Doubles Down on Accusations against Jim Beall, CHP Report Tells...
Assemblywoman Nora Campos doubled down Tuesday in accusing her election opponent of criminal behavior, but a law enforcement report suggests she may have gone too far in her comments. After husband...
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Campos Says Husband Being Kicked in the Balls Was Part of Senators’...
There are different stories about what led to the Casino Night fight involving the spouse of Assemblywoman Nora Campos. While not everyone agrees about how it started, or who hit who, we can say one...
View ArticleSources: Assemblywoman Nora Campos’ Spouse Brawls, Hurls Slurs at Fairmont...
Which state Assemblywoman’s spouse rumbled at a “Casino Night” last month at the Fairmont Hotel? If you guessed Neil Struthers, spouse of Nora Campos (D-San Jose), step right up and claim your punch in...
View ArticleNora Campos’ Continued Staff Turnover Is the Stuff of Legend
Nearly three months have passed since we last gawked at the revolving door that is Assembly member Nora Campos’ office. Not to worry—unless you’re a constituent—things are just as dysfunctional as...
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Little Portugal Residents Fume over Stalled Road Work
A seven-mile stretch of orange barricades, A-frame signs and dug-up asphalt cuts through Little Portugal. For a year-and-a-half, construction has turned San Jose’s Five Wounds corridor into a...
View ArticlePolitical Operative Again Targets Carrasco, Who Accuses Campos Clan of...
James Rowen just can’t seem to quit Magdalena Carrasco. The political operative who was sued off the Internet for defamation has once again taken aim at the San Jose councilwoman’s fundraising before...
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Mayor, Nearly Half the Council Broke a San Jose Election Law
The sudden realization that most of San Jose’s lawmakers are law breakers is not the best way to end summer vacation. Not that they intended to end up on the wrong side of the law, of course. It’s just...
View ArticleState Assembly Race Strains Campos, Chavez Relationship
A race that’s still a year away has created a wedge between two longtime political allies. Sources tell Fly that county Supervisor Cindy Chavez and Assemblymember Nora Campos (D-San Jose), who terms...
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Bizarre Courtroom Spectacle Plays Out as George Shirakawa Gets 45 Days...
George Shirakawa Jr. stole an election with a fraudulent mailer, and Judge Ron Del Pozzo called his sentence of 45 days community service "a win-win-win-win situation." That was far from the consensus....
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