January 18, 2021 New Covid Variant Linked to SJ Kaiser Increases in Bay Area By Lisa Hix, Bay City News Over the course of a month the variant has increased from 3.8 percent of the cases in California to 25.2 percent. Read More 1
January 16, 2021 California Launches Website for School Staff, Parents to Report Covid-19 Health Concerns By Eli Walsh, Bay City News The website features resources about education-related public health directives and on-campus coronavirus testing. Read More 5
January 16, 2021 New Gastro Lounge Prepares to Open in SJ’s SoFA District By Katie Lauer Good Spot is one part of a major transformation in downtown, including a wave of new business moving into the SoFA District while others shutter. Read More 0
January 15, 2021 Advocates for the Homeless in Sunnyvale Fight Encampment Sweep in Woman’s Name By Jana Kadah, Bay City News Homeless advocates in Sunnyvale say encampment sweeps are inhumane, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More 1
January 15, 2021 Covid-19 Deaths Surpass 1,000 in Santa Clara County By Silicon Valley Newsroom The total number of Covid-19 cases in Santa Clara County is 88,379, according to the county’s coronavirus data dashboard. Read More 5
January 14, 2021 Vaccine Now Available for Santa Clara County Residents 75 and Up By Silicon Valley Newsroom Santa Clara County residents age 75 and older are now eligible for a Covid-19 vaccination through certain healthcare providers. Read More 8
January 12, 2021 Bay Area’s ICU Capacity Falls Below 1% Amid Covid Surge By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Approximately 0.7 percent of the 11-county greater Bay Area region’s ICU beds remain open, according to state public health data. Read More 2
January 8, 2021 More Contagious? Here’s What You Need to Know About the Mutating Virus Now in California By Ana B. Ibarra and Barbara Feder Ostrov The new variant so far has been detected in six people in the Golden State, after its initial discovery in the U.S. in a Colorado National Guardsman. Read More 21
January 6, 2021 Kaiser Faces $44,000 in Fines for Handling of San Jose Outbreak By Jennifer Wadsworth The county has launched an investigation into the hospital’s handling of the superspreader event that infected at least 60 people and killed one. Read More 5
January 5, 2021 California Extends Deadline for Small Business Relief Grants By Keith Burbank and Lisa Hix, Bay City News Santa Clara County, meanwhile, is inviting small businesses to apply for low-interest loans of up to $100,000. Read More 6
January 4, 2021 One Dead, 43 Others Infected in San Jose Kaiser Covid Outbreak By Jennifer Wadsworth The South Bay hospital outbreak comes amid a post-holiday season explosion in coronavirus cases throughout California. Read More 6
January 3, 2021 Dozens of Staffers at San Jose Kaiser Test Positive for Covid By Bay City News The medical center is using contact tracing and will personally notify and test any staff member or patient who were potentially exposed. Read More 1
January 1, 2021 How Food Banks are Coping With the Pandemic’s Hunger Crisis By Jennifer Wadsworth, Todd Guild and Jacob Pierce Hunger has long been a harsh reality in Silicon Valley, but the pandemic has broadened and deepened the destitution. Read More 19
December 31, 2020 2020: The Lost Year By Silicon Valley Newsroom It’s been a millennium and a decade since two identical numbers divisible by 10 paired together in such a beautiful fashion. Read More 1
December 27, 2020 Calif. School Districts, Charters Get $6.8 Billion in Federal Aid By John Fensterwald and Daniel J. Willis, EdSource The latest relief package offers about four times as much as the $13.5 billion in aid that went to K-12 schools under the CARES Act. Read More 3
December 25, 2020 Covid Becomes Third Leading Cause of Death in Santa Clara Co. By Silicon Valley Newsroom Covid-19 deaths as of now lag behind only cancer and heart disease, which are projected to be the top two killers in the South Bay this year. Read More 6