Wildfires east of Santa Clara Valley have burned through nearly 300,000 acres with only 10 percent containment today, per Cal Fire.

In three major clusters, they darkened skies, forced thousands to flee home and pushed California’s firefighting capacity to the brink.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and Kip Harkness, the head of the city’s emergency operations center, fielded questions from residents.

Mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect for the San Jose foothills, with an advisory issued for the city’s East Side.

The skies may have cleared up, but evacuation orders and advisories remain in effect today as the SCU Complex continues to rage.

Resident ordered to evacuate to escape the SCU Lightning Complex fire can find shelter at the Milpitas Library starting at 5pm.

The new ordinance “is critical to deal with the significant volume of complaints,” County Counsel James Williams told the Board of Supervisors.

Experts say the nation’s inability to create an efficient testing system is part of what’s fueling the recent surge in Covid-19 infections.

The decisions free up hundreds of thousands of dollars to help students during a public health crisis that forces them to learn from home. 

Independence High School didn’t let the pandemic stop it from hosting its fourth annual Mock Interview Extravaganza.

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. 

At the the city of San Jose’s behest, KDF Communities agreed to allocate $15.7 million in bond revenue for property upgrades and tighter security.

Not only did Sofia Galvan lose one of her six children, she has to figure out how to come up with close to $20,000 to bury her son.

The biggest chunk of the investment—$10 million—will come from the state. And the remaining $4 million from a vote by the City Council.

If voters OK the measure in the March primary, the district would build 100 below-market-rate homes at the agency HQ.

Let an apartment building rise in every neighborhood—especially in West San Jose, Willow Glen, the Rose Garden and Almaden.