News March 23, 2020 Santa Clara County Has Tested Just 647 Patients for COVID-19 By Jennifer Wadsworth How many have been tested at private labs remains unclear because they have no obligation to report that to local health officials. Read More 16
News March 23, 2020 San Jose FoodMaxx to Close Temporarily After Coronavirus-Infected Employee Dies By Jennifer Wadsworth Word of the death spread earlier today online, where people criticized the grocer for trying to keep employees from talking about it. Read More 17
News March 23, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 23, 2020: Hospitals Expand Surge Capacity as Outbreak Spreads By Jennifer Wadsworth We’re now in the second week of what’s become a statewide shutdown. Meanwhile, as testing ramps up, the confirmed case count increases. Read More 4
News March 23, 2020 12-Step Meetings Migrate Online During Coronavirus Pandemic By Jennifer Wadsworth For folks in Alcoholics Anonymous, sobriety is hard enough already. In a pandemic, all the more so, with 12-step meetings suspended indefinitely. Read More 2
News March 22, 2020 As Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Rise, Santa Clara Co. Has Yet to Disclose Testing Capacity By Jennifer Wadsworth As the COVID-19 death toll reaches double digits countywide, local health officials have yet to disclose how many people they’ve tested. Read More 14
News March 22, 2020 Santa Clara County Can’t Change When Property Taxes Are Due, But It May Waive Late Fees By Jennifer Wadsworth We get a little more time to pay federal and state taxes, but the due date for local property taxes is what it is. And it’s still April 10. Read More 10
News March 21, 2020 Bay Area Air Quality Likely to Improve as Traffic Declines During Coronavirus Slowdown By Jennifer Wadsworth With far fewer cars on the roads, California’s sweeping stay-at-home order may have a measurable effect on air quality in the region. Read More 3
News March 20, 2020 Coronavirus Live Updates, March 20, 2020: Local Lockdown Goes Statewide With No End in Sight By Jennifer Wadsworth That Bay Area stay-at-home order meant to last three weeks? It applies to all of California now and no one’s sure how long it’ll last. Read More 7
News March 18, 2020 Lack of Tests Means Health Officials Still Don’t Know Full Scope of Coronavirus Outbreak By Jennifer Wadsworth Delays and incompetence in the federal government’s COVID-10 testing set the U.S. far behind other countries in controlling the pandemic. Read More 9
News March 12, 2020 Coronavirus: California Advises Banning Crowds of 250 or More By Jennifer Wadsworth The guidance applies to all non-essential work and social events that draw people into a shared space at the same time—both indoors and out. Read More 2
News March 12, 2020 Draft Report Offers New Details on Jay Paul Co.’s CityView Plaza By Jennifer Wadsworth If approved, the project slated for an eight-acre site in the heart of the city would break ground later this year and finish up by 2026. Read More 0
News March 11, 2020 Palo Alto Commissioners Call for Greater Accountability From Downtown Streets Team By Jennifer Wadsworth A recommendation to make DST’s funding conditional is slated to go before the Human Relations Commission at some point. Read More 0
News March 11, 2020 Coronavirus Crisis Highlights Importance of Effective Public Health Communication By Jennifer Wadsworth During an ongoing crisis, the way public experts, political leaders and other authorities talk to the public carries profound weight. Read More 9
News March 9, 2020 Valley Palms Landlord Agrees to Tenant Demands in Exchange for $120M in Tax-Free Refinancing By Jennifer Wadsworth At the the city of San Jose’s behest, KDF Communities agreed to allocate $15.7 million in bond revenue for property upgrades and tighter security. Read More 9
News March 6, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Recommends Event Cancelations, Reduced Travel as Coronavirus Spreads By Jennifer Wadsworth County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody has issued revised guidelines for the public on how to slow the COVID-19 outbreak. Read More 6
News March 2, 2020 UPDATE: New Coronavirus Cases Confirmed in Santa Clara County By Jennifer Wadsworth Public health officials say this makes for a total of nine confirmed COVID-19 cases countywide and 84,000 around the world. Read More 4