April 28, 2020 Fewer Than 200 of Santa Clara County’s 10,000 Homeless Have Been Tested for Coronavirus By Grace Hase Though they’re among the most vulnerable, unhoused people struggle to get tested for the coronavirus and find shelter for quarantine. Read More 5
April 28, 2020 Governments Wrestle with ‘Medical’ vs. ‘Recreational’ Pot By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside The dual nature of cannabis—it’s both a “vice” and a health elixir, and sometimes both at once—makes it hard to regulate. Read More 6
April 27, 2020 Bay Area’s Shelter-in-Place Extended Through End of May By Silicon Valley Newsroom The extended stay-home order also eases restrictions on “lower-risk activities” that have been in place for most of the past month. Read More 23
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
April 24, 2020 Santa Clara County to Clear Thousands of Pot Convictions By Silicon Valley Newsroom The expungements stem from collaborative efforts of the local district attorney, public defender, the county and the courts. Read More 9
April 24, 2020 Small, Little-Known Companies Sell CBD as Cure-All, Prompting Federal Regulators to Step In By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside The Food and Drug Administration isn’t effing around when it comes to cracking down on companies selling supposed cures for Covid-19. Read More 7
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
April 23, 2020 Letter to the Editor: Turn Shelter-in-Place into Something Beautiful By Guest Columnist Whether it is reading a poem, singing or expressing your feelings through an instrument, you can transform SIP into something beautiful. Read More 6
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
April 22, 2020 Data Scientist Questions Lapses in Santa Clara County’s Coronavirus Data Dashboard By The Fly A data scientist says that while the county has done a fine job of putting together a robust dashboard, the reporting gaps give him pause. Read More 10
April 22, 2020 Autopsies Indicate Santa Clara Co. Covid-19 Deaths Occurred Earlier Than Initially Thought By Silicon Valley Newsroom Until this week, the earliest Covid-19 fatality in the U.S. was believed to have happened on Feb. 29 in Kirkland, Washington. Read More 13
April 22, 2020 Having a Baby is Complicated, But the Coronavirus Pandemic Adds a New Set of Issues to the Mix By San Jose Inside With new Covid-19 precautions and visitor restrictions in hospitals, many women are considering giving birth at home. Read More 1
April 22, 2020 Over a Million California Students Lack Access to Remote Learning By Elizabeth Aguilera, CalMatters Based on 2018-19 K-12 public school enrollment data, roughly 1.2 million children in California lack digital access. Read More 5
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
April 21, 2020 Predicting a Pandemic’s Path: What Models Can and Can’t Do By Barbara Feder Ostrov Forecasting models need to be fed reliable info, which is in short supply without widespread testing for the virus that causes Covid-19. Read More 3
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