May 10, 2020 Chronic Town: Don’t Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside Given the economic pressures that governments face, the push to legalize pot could end up resembling the end of prohibition in more ways than one. Read More 6
May 10, 2020 San Jose Teams Up with SimpliGov to Speed Up Online Applications, Paperwork By Emanuel Lee Not San Jose. The largest city in the Bay Area recently selected the SimpliGov platform for workflow automation and online forms. Read More 2
May 10, 2020 Postmates Couriers Demand Sick Pay, Protective Gear, Fair Wages By Emanuel Lee The #GuacOff campaign is the latest initiative supporting gig workers as they play an increasingly important role in the economy. Read More 3
May 9, 2020 Silicon Valley Firm Gilead Sciences Races to Treat COVID By Emanuel Lee In the race to find a treatment for COVID-19, Foster City-based Gilead Sciences is going all in on its experimental drug, remdesivir. Read More 4
May 8, 2020 Wanted: Health Care Workers. Wait! Never Mind … By Ana B. Ibarra It’s an ironic twist to the pandemic: When the health care system seems to need workers the most, it can’t afford to keep them all. Read More 3
May 7, 2020 County: Non-Essential Curbside Business Still Prohibited By Silicon Valley Newsroom Although the state offered guidance about how non-essential businesses can slowly reopen, such plans are not in effect at the local level. Read More 11
May 7, 2020 Op-Ed: San Jose’s Digital Inclusion Plan Misses the Mark By Ken Pyle Why isn’t San Jose more aggressively working with Comcast/Xfinity and AT&T to use their existing broadband infrastructures? Read More 4
May 7, 2020 ‘Everyday Heroes’ Bring Semblance of Normalcy to a World Turned Upside Down By Emanuel Lee The everyday heroes in the fight against the coronavirus are everywhere, making sure things keep running in a world turned upside down. Read More 7
May 6, 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic Echoes Santa Clara County’s Bout with ‘Spanish Flu’ a Century Ago By San Jose Inside Just like today, optimistic predictions and phony cures accompanied the Spanish flu as the pandemic made its deadly sweep through the region. Read More 8
May 6, 2020 State Senate Hopeful Ann Ravel Nabs Support From San Jose Council’s Centrist Faction By Grace Hase The candidate has now captured the support of San Jose City Council members Johnny Khamis, Dev Davis, Lan Diep and Pam Foley. Read More 4
May 5, 2020 Stanford Health Resumes Non-Emergency Procedures, But Still Faces Financial Fallout By San Jose Inside Though they play a vital role in pulling this nation through the pandemic, U.S. hospitals have taken a huge financial hit from the crisis. Read More 4
May 5, 2020 Cyclists Take Back the Streets During Shelter Orders By Grace Hase With the coronavirus pandemic keeping more people cooped up at home, bike shop owners have noticed an uptick in business. Read More 3
May 4, 2020 Reagent Shortage Hinders Widespread Covid-19 Testing By Grace Hase Santa Clara County health officials are looking to increase testing capacity to 1,300 a day. But they’ve hit a road block getting there. Read More 3
May 1, 2020 VTA to Require Face Masks Starting Next Week By Silicon Valley Newsroom VTA has also limited rider capacity to nine people on 60-foot buses, six people on 40-foot buses and five people on 35-foot buses. Read More 4
April 30, 2020 How to Buy a Bike in a Pandemic By San Jose Inside If done correctly, buying a bicycle can be an enjoyable process giving you a newfound sense of freedom and control during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More 3
April 30, 2020 Social Distancing Complicates Valley Water’s CEO Search By The Fly The first round of interviews for Norma Camacho’s replacement commenced last week via the videoconferencing platform Zoom Read More 3