December 23, 2020 South Bay Project Roomkey Residents Fear a Housing Shuffle By San Jose Inside The initiative has turned 16,000 hotel and motel rooms in 55 counties and tribal areas into housing for 22,300 people. Read More 9
December 23, 2020 Who Will Pay for California’s Unemployment Fraud? By Lauren Hepler and Stephen Council, CalMatters With another stimulus bill poised to inject more cash into a leaky system, taxpayers could be left holding the bag. Read More 8
December 22, 2020 Hospitals Urge Safety Ahead of Holiday Covid-19 Surge By Kate Selig, Bay City News California registered 32,659 Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of positive cases to nearly 2 million. Read More 0
December 22, 2020 Rep. Anna Eshoo Helps Lead Legislation Reform Of Nursing Homes Amid Pandemic By Emanuel Lee Over 100,000 residents and workers in long-term care homes have died from the virus, with the first outbreak recorded as early as February. Read More 1
December 21, 2020 Op-Ed: Nurse-Patient Ratios Aren’t Just a Numbers Game—They’re About Safety By Jessica Smits Now is the time for hospitals to protect nurses so that they can continue to provide this work—work that puts them on the front lines of a pandemic. Read More 4
December 20, 2020 Veggielution Distributes 200 Soup Kits to Needy Families in ESSJ By Emanuel Lee Instead of its usual soup meal at the farm, the East Side farm packed the ingredients in boxes for families to make the recipes at home. Read More 4
December 18, 2020 SCC Exec: ‘Vigorous’ Statewide Quarantine Would Better Serve People Than Mere Warnings By Jennifer Wadsworth Jeff Smith says a well-enforced state order would be more effective than announcements about body bags and overflow morgues. Read More 25
December 18, 2020 Silicon Valley Congresswoman Under Self-Quarantine After Possible Coronavirus Exposure By Jennifer Wadsworth Rep. Anna Eshoo announced today that she’ll err on the safe side after one of her staffers tested positive for the coronavirus. Read More 0
December 18, 2020 Saint Louise Medical Staff Receive New Covid-19 Vaccine By Michael Moore Santa Clara County received its first 5,850 doses of the new Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine earlier this week. Read More 0
December 18, 2020 Santa Clara County Plans to Offer $6 Million in Low-Interest Loans for Small Businesses By Michael Moore The loan program was first proposed two months ago by county supervisors Joe Simitian and Susan Ellenberg. Read More 6
December 17, 2020 Report: Jail Deputies Party Without Masks Despite Sharp Rise in Covid-19 Infections By Silicon Valley Newsroom The Mercury News broke the story today about the off-duty revelry, which reportedly took place on Dec. 6. Read More 10
December 17, 2020 What Silicon Valley’s Sewers Reveal About the Coronavirus By Jennifer Wadsworth Because Covid-19 can be found in stool, even from people without symptoms, researchers are testing wastewater to monitor the virus. Read More 7
December 17, 2020 #ShopLocalSJ Campaign Promotes Small Businesses During Stay-at-Home Order By Silicon Valley Newsroom The initiative includes a fee cap on food-delivery apps, local business directory and a resource guide for mom-and-pop enterprises. Read More 4
December 17, 2020 Coronavirus Wipes Away Wage Gains for Lowest-Income Earners By Jackie Botts, CalMatters State Democrats and Republicans are proposing various solutions, but experts warn jobs alone will not bridge growing inequality. Read More 6
December 16, 2020 San Jose, Santa Clara County Cap Fees for Food-Delivery Apps By Silicon Valley Newsroom The ordinances limit how much money food-delivery apps can charge mom-and-pop restaurants struggling to survive the pandemic. Read More 4
December 16, 2020 Santa Clara County Receives First Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine By Silicon Valley Newsroom This delivery is the first of the initial 17,550 doses allocated to the county by the state, 230 of which will go to San Benito County. Read More 1