April 26, 2021 Bay Area Health Officers: Safe to get Johnson & Johnson Vaccine By Bay City News There have been 15 confirmed cases of the rare clotting event among nearly 8 million total doses administered in the U.S. All were women. Read More 1
November 15, 2020 Women Workers in Santa Clara Co. Fare Worse Than You Think By Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters A new index that ranks women’s well-being in all California counties shows South Bay women are the most likely to work low wage jobs in the state. Read More 7
November 6, 2020 Bay Area Election Officials Say They Prefer Early Voting By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Statewide, more than 11.2 million voters—at least 2.7 million in the San Francisco Bay Area—cast ballots before Election Day. Read More 2
October 29, 2020 Bay Area Voters Cast Two Million Ballots Ahead of Election Day By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Mail-in ballots must be signed and dated and postmarked by Election Day, and received no later than 17 days after Election Day. Read More 0
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
September 30, 2020 White House Extends FEMA Wildfire Aid to Santa Clara Co. By Silicon Valley Newsroom Initial damage estimates for the SCU Lightning Complex zone put the loss of cattle and grazing lands at $26 million. Read More 2
September 2, 2020 Santa Clara County Supervisor Requests Federal Aid for Those Impacted by SCU Complex Fires By Silicon Valley Newsroom The people affected by one of the largest fires in California history—the SCU Complex—still don’t qualify for FEMA relief. Read More 1
August 30, 2020 Bay Area, Central Coast Fires: 1,500+ Structures Leveled So Far By Tony Nuñez The SCU, CZU and LNU Lightning complexes, River Fire and Carmel Fire have chewed through 892,313 acres across 15 counties. Read More 0
August 24, 2020 Lightning Mostly Spares South Bay; Red Flag Warning Lifted By Jennifer Wadsworth Fires raging all around the South Bay continue to close in, prompting new evacuation orders in the Tri-Valley, Morgan Hill and Los Gatos. Read More 0
July 22, 2019 Opioid Crisis: 203 Million Pills Distributed in Santa Clara County Over Seven-Year Period By Silicon Valley Newsroom Doctors prescribed nearly 203 million opioids in Santa Clara County from 2006 to 2012, according to new analysis of federal data. Read More 6
January 30, 2019 The Big Problem This Bankruptcy Won’t Solve for PG&E By Judy Lin, CALmatters PG&E may be solvent, but it is facing a cash flow problem as a byproduct of $30 billion in potential liabilities from a series of catastrophic fires. Read More 4
January 28, 2019 Cal Fire: Tubbs Caused by Private Electric System, Not PG&E By Tom Gogola Cal Fire issued a statement and report last week identifying a private power system—and not PG&E—as the culprit in the deadly 2017 wildfire. Read More 2
January 25, 2019 PG&E Escaped Blame for a Huge Disaster—But It’s Still the Utility California Loves to Hate By Judy Lin, CALmatters Mention PG&E to Victor Porter, and the response is nothing like the bland non-opinion most Americans have of their utility provider. Read More 9
October 10, 2017 North Bay Continues Battle with Wind-Whipped Firestorm: ‘It Looks Like a Nuclear Wasteland’ By Stett Holbrook and Tom Gogola The North Bay firestorms left much of Santa Rosa a smoking ruin, and took at least 15 lives and left authorities looking for 150 people. Read More 8