News April 27, 2020 Revelations About Excess Deaths in Santa Clara County Spark Calls for Greater Transparency By Grace Hase The latest death stats signal that Covid-19 was likely spreading through Silicon Valley much earlier than originally thought. Read More 9
News April 24, 2020 San Jose Races to Close the ‘Digital Divide’ as Coronavirus Moves Learning Online By Grace Hase Census data from the latest American Community Survey estimates that more than 20,000 households in the city lack internet access. Read More 6
News April 23, 2020 Silicon Valley to the Rescue: Local Companies Are at the Forefront of Covid-19 Response By Emanuel Lee and Grace Hase Businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators in the tech sector seem to be driven as much by the need to contribute as by future profit. Read More 3
News April 22, 2020 San Jose Approves Emergency ‘Bridge Housing’ for Homeless Amid Coronavirus Outbreak By Grace Hase Old tensions ran high at Tuesday’s meeting over a proposed site for emergency shelter for the homeless at Monterey and Bernal roads. Read More 12
News April 22, 2020 Google Reportedly Halts Negotiations for 2 Million Square Feet of Bay Area Real Estate By Grace Hase Google’s parent company has reportedly halted negotiations to buy or lease more than 2 million square feet of real estate in the region. Read More 7
News April 21, 2020 Rep. Ro Khanna Co-Authors ‘Essential Workers’ Bill of Rights By Grace Hase The pair of progressive lawmakers have called on their colleagues to weave the proposal into an upcoming pandemic relief package. Read More 17
News April 20, 2020 Santa Clara County Updates Covid-19 Reporting Methods By Grace Hase As of Monday afternoon, the county of nearly 2 million people had reported 1,922 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 83 deaths. Read More 6
News April 18, 2020 Cannabis Sellers Slam Local Rule Allowing Delivery But Not Pickup By Grace Hase As part of its sweeping public health order, Santa Clara county has made recreational cannabis dispensaries illegal again. Read More 30
News April 17, 2020 San Jose Considers Reinstating ‘Sunshine Law’ Provisions By Grace Hase After suspending some “sunshine laws” to fast-track proposals related to the coronavirus outbreak, the city now wants to bring them back. Read More 2
News April 10, 2020 Santa Clara County Reports Three More COVID-19 Deaths, Unveils Data on Race, Ethnicity By Grace Hase Forty-two more people have also tested positive for the highly contagious virus, placing the total number of confirmed cases at 1,484. Read More 25
News April 9, 2020 San Jose Rent Suspension Proposal Ruled Out Over Constitutional Concerns By Grace Hase Council members Raul Peralez and Magdalena Carrasco opted to withdraw their proposal to instead pursue a citywide rent freeze. Read More 26
News April 8, 2020 Santa Clara County Requests Individuals and Businesses to Report Large Supplies of PPE By Grace Hase County Supervisor Mike Wasserman emphasized that the order is about “protecting the people who protect us.” Read More 4
News April 7, 2020 San Jose Leaders Brace for Deep Cuts in City’s 2020-21 Budget By Grace Hase The city manager is expected to roll his budget proposal in May before the council approves the final 2020-21 spending plan in late June. Read More 10
News April 5, 2020 Santa Clara County Reports More Than 1,200 COVID-19 Cases By Grace Hase No new deaths were reported, so the local death toll remains at 39. Meanwhile, the county reports that nearly 11,000 people have been tested. Read More 14
News April 2, 2020 ‘Zoom Bombers’ Shout Epithets, Flash Obscene Images in VTA’s Virtual Board Meeting By Grace Hase Hackers logged onto the videoconference call to shout the N-word, project a swastika and broadcast pornography onto the screen. Read More 11
News April 1, 2020 BREAKING: Santa Clara Co. Reports 8,246 COVID Tests as Stanford Passes 10,000 Mark By Jennifer Wadsworth and Grace Hase Local health officials finally released data about the total number of people tested and other critical data related to the COVID-19 outbreak. Read More 13