South Bay Chronicle is an independent digital news magazine covering power, technology, and public life in Silicon Valley, from the boardrooms of the world’s most influential companies to the council chambers, courtrooms, and neighborhoods of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.

What we cover

Silicon Valley exports technology to the world, but the decisions that shape life here get made in a small number of rooms. We report on who is in those rooms and what they decide, across eight ongoing beats:

• High Society: the social networks of Silicon Valley wealth: philanthropy, galas, power players, clubs and estates.
• Politics: the inside game of power, including donors, coalitions, lobbying, and the tech industry’s growing political ambitions.
• Tech: what is being built here, from AI and chips to data centers and the startups trying to unseat the incumbents.
• Real Estate Development: housing, office, megaprojects, and the land-use fights that will shape the region for decades.
• Enterprise & Private Equity: boardroom battles, deals, venture and private equity, and the workforce consequences of corporate strategy.
• Regional Civic Issues: transportation, housing and homelessness policy, water and environment, public safety, and quality of life.
• Local Government: San Jose City Hall, Peninsula and South Bay city councils, and the Santa Clara and San Mateo County boards.
• Political Happenings: elections, fundraisers and endorsements, and ballot measures.

Where we cover

Our coverage area is Santa Clara County and San Mateo County: San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Cupertino, Milpitas, Campbell, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Morgan Hill, and Gilroy to the south; and Redwood City, San Mateo, Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, Burlingame, South San Francisco, Daly City, and the coastside up the Peninsula.

Our mission

We want readers to understand how power works in the place they live, and where it is taking them. Silicon Valley moves fast, but its biggest stories unfold over years: the remaking of work by artificial intelligence, the long fight over housing and land use, the fiscal strain on cities and counties, the shifting relationship between the tech industry and the governments around it. We report today’s news with that longer arc in view, so readers understand not just what happened this week but why it matters for the decade ahead.

That means original reporting, clear explanations of complicated decisions, and accountability for the people and institutions who make them. We name our sources, link to the documents and reporting we rely on, and correct our mistakes in public.

Read our Ethics & Corrections policy.

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