June 1, 2020 Health Officials Urge Protestors to Get Tested for COVID-19 By Grace Hase Symptoms of the disease include fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, loss of taste or smell, vomiting and diarrhea. Testing is free. Read More 17
May 29, 2020 Who’s COVID Killing? Santa Clara County Offers Most Detailed Look Yet at Coronavirus Deaths By Jennifer Wadsworth The list notes the age, gender and health issues of everyone killed by the virus since the first known South Bay fatality in early February. Read More 10
May 29, 2020 Car Rally Protesters to Santa Clara Co. Jails: ‘Free Them All’ By Kyle Martin While several inmates have been released from jails and been placed on house arrest since April, protesters said those measures are not enough. Read More 8
May 28, 2020 How to Stay Safe as Silicon Valley Retail Cautiously Reopens By Jennifer Wadsworth and Wallace Baine Customers venturing out to reopened businesses should be prepared to make their own safety assessments, health officials say. Read More 22
May 28, 2020 Chronic Town: Will Covid Pandemic Sap Weed-Biz Hype? By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside MedMen will go down in the annals as a symbol of the early days of the legal-weed industry: a meteoric rise and a spectacular crash. Read More 5
May 26, 2020 Santa Clara County Offers Closer Look at $97M in COVID Costs By Jennifer Wadsworth The financial disclosures come three months after the county declared a state of emergency, which expanded its authority to fight the crisis. Read More 12
May 26, 2020 Santa Clara County Extends Eviction Moratorium By Erik Chalhoub An extended repayment plan is also expected to be developed after the county was told to look at the city of San Jose as an example. Read More 6
May 26, 2020 COVID-19 Cluster Reported at Morgan Hill Seafood Company By Michael Moore Thirty-eight employees of Lusamerica Foods have tested positive for the illness, county officials announced this morning. Read More 5
May 26, 2020 D3 Councliman Convenes Task Force to Oversee Downtown San Jose’s Economic Recovery By Kyle Martin The next meeting of the Greater Downtown San Jose Economic Recovery Task Force takes place from 1 to 2:30pm on Wednesday. Read More 13
May 22, 2020 San Jose Extends Eviction Moratorium Through June By Grace Hase Tenants in San Jose will now have 12 months after the expiration of the eviction moratorium to pay back past-due rent. Read More 8
May 22, 2020 Proposal Would Force California Counties to Pay Cash Rebates to Commercial Landlords By Jennifer Wadsworth For a scheme with such potentially devastating consequences on schools and local governments, it’s garnered surprisingly little attention. Read More 26
May 21, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Ramps Up COVID Testing—With Focus on ESSJ By Kyle Martin Any county resident who wants to get tested for the coronavirus can now sign up online at projectbaseline.com or by calling 2-1-1. Read More 26
May 21, 2020 San Mateo-Based Pier 1 Closing All 1,000 Stores Nationwide By Erik Chalhoub On March 23, the San Mateo-based company furloughed 65 percent of its workforce in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Read More 0
May 20, 2020 San Jose Delays Vote on Stricter Face Mask Requirements By Grace Hase Though that decision is still a couple weeks away, some residents expressed their concerns about enforcement and their constitutional rights. Read More 17
May 20, 2020 Santa Clara County Supervisors Call for Greater Transparency Over Emergency Spending By Jennifer Wadsworth Two county supervisors want a COVID cost tracker so the public can see precisely what’s being invested to pull through this crisis. Read More 6
May 20, 2020 San Jose Teams Up with East Side Schools to Close ‘Digital Divide’ By Grace Hase The City Council also voted to have the California Emerging Technology Fund divvy up tens of thousands of dollars in grants to the neediest students. Read More 7