October 19, 2020 San Jose May Join Bay Area-Wide ‘Cut the Commute’ Pledge By Grace Hase The Bay Area Air Quality Management District wants companies to prolong work-from-home by at least 25 percent. Read More 4
October 19, 2020 Latest Casualty of the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Volunteer Shortage at Second Harvest Food Bank By Emanuel Lee Volunteers make up 40 percent of the Second Harvest workforce, but the pandemic caused a huge shortfall of good Samaritans. Read More 1
October 17, 2020 Op-Ed: Online Special Ed—a Failure in the Making By Jennifer Madigan Routine, consistency and specialized instruction from a credentialed teacher are the cornerstones of special education. Read More 9
October 16, 2020 Op-Ed: The Equity Case For Caltrain’s Measure RR By Adina Levin Measure RR would fund unprecedented new equity and connectivity policies that were recently approved by the Caltrain board. Read More 2
October 16, 2020 San Jose Telemedicine Company Releases At-Home Covid-19 Test By Emanuel Lee Even though the technology is ready, no company has federal approval to sell the tests to consumers for widespread screening. Read More 2
October 13, 2020 South Bay Moves to Less Restrictive Tier Under State’s Covid Reopening Guidelines By Silicon Valley Newsroom Under the new reopening tier, which goes into effect at midnight, more establishments can expand indoor operations—with certain limitations. Read More 4
October 12, 2020 New State Cannabis Laws Move Needle, But Only Marginally By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside Hoped-for fundamental changes to state law on matters like high taxes and over-regulation will have to wait until next year. Read More 2
October 9, 2020 Plasma Shortage Intensified by Pandemic Covid-19 By Erik Chalhoub With the Covid-19 pandemic canceling donation drives, the nation is seeing a severe shortage of plasma donations. Read More 2
October 7, 2020 Racism in the Streets: How Homelessness Became a Civil Rights Issue in the South Bay By Grace Hase Experts say Silicon Valley’s homeless crisis—like that of the nation—is interwoven with its long, painful history structural racism. Read More 21
October 7, 2020 Santa Clara County Prepares to Resume Indoor Gatherings—With Certain Restrictions in Place By Emanuel Lee Indoor events could resume at up to 25 percent capacity or up to 100 people and outdoor gatherings of up to 200 people. Read More 7
October 1, 2020 Santa Clara County’s 2020 Assessment Roll Culminates Decade of Economic Growth By Silicon Valley Newsroom The roll shows that the net assessed value of all property in the county grew by $35.5 billion to a total of $551.5 billion from the year prior. Read More 4
September 30, 2020 Health Officials Hope to Increase Covid-19 Testing Numbers By Erik Chalhoub The state Covid-19 framework gives counties credit toward their case rate for reopening if they test more people than the state average. Read More 2
September 29, 2020 Santa Clara County Releases Guide to Safe Halloween, Dia de Los Muertos Celebrations By Silicon Valley Newsroom County health officials are asking people not to hold parties or visit haunted houses this Halloween. Read More 0
September 25, 2020 Stanford Group Says Legal Threat Won’t Stop Criticism of White House Coronavirus Advisor By Silicon Valley Newsroom Dozens of doctors and researchers from the Palo Alto-based university are standing by their critique of former colleague Dr. Scott Atlas. Read More 14
September 24, 2020 San Jose Tattoo Artists Embrace Reopening After Months in Limbo By Katie Lauer After seven months without steady work, the artists at San Jose’s State of Grace, including Tyler Harrington, are seeing clients. Read More 0
September 23, 2020 Silicon Valley Gears Up for ‘Bike to Wherever Day’ This Thursday By Grace Hase The annual event was originally set for May 14 but had to be rescheduled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More 2