Liccardo, a former city councilman, led the Bay Area city through a pandemic, a mass shooting, a homelessness crisis, a horrific flood and more.

The countywide benefit was created in response to a 2022 proposal calling for the formation of a program to support employees at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center who had been on the frontlines of the Covid pandemic.

State test results show California students overall performed much worse in math and English language arts than pre-pandemic, but a persistent achievement gap didn't worsen, as initially feared. The results left education officials and experts neither surprised nor hopeless.

Physicians' union claim the county is ignoring poor working conditions in its health systems that affect patient care.

Vaccination or frequent testing had been a requirement for workers in settings with a high-risk of viral transmission since last summer.

A one-time state program worth $500 million has opened up from its pilot program to support displaced workers who want to acquire new job skills. 

Mark Schena, 59, of Los Altos, president of Arrayit Corporation, was convicted in federal court in San Jose of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, wire fraud, health care fraud and securities fraud, plus conspiracy to pay kickbackd and payment of kickbacks.

Kaiser Permanente facilities in the greater Bay Area that had the demonstrations included medical centers in  San Jose, Manteca, Modesto, Antioch, Fremont, Oakland, San Francisco and Walnut Creek.

Meanwhile, San Jose Inside Power Poll respondents favor some kind of gas tax rebate—even the environmentalists.

California’s community college enrollment plummeted during the pandemic. Here are the stories of some of the students who left.

BART reversed itself to reinstate masks, even though the California Department of Public Health also announced last week that it would align with the CDC and drop its own mask requirement for public transit and transit hubs like bus stations and airports.

Airlines, airports and other transportation agencies, including BART and Caltrain. had followed suit in making masks optional.

Of those sampled in the Bay Area Council poll, 49% said they were very or somewhat concerned about contracting the virus, and . 59% said the same about a family member contracting COVID. 

The event has been modified to be a no-contact event, with masks and social distancing, as families will receive food, books, rapid-test kits and gifts at a curbside pick-up April 9 at Santee Elementary

While the state and Santa Clara County lifted indoor mask requirements in mid-February and early March, San Jose had continued to require them in public places like grocery stores and restaurants.

Income inequality grew in California during three of the last four recessions before the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers are trying to figure out if the same happened in 2020.