May 9, 2021 Facebook’s Oversight Board has Upheld its Ban of Donald Trump By Mike Isaac Facebook’s Oversight Board said the ongoing risk of violence “justified” the suspension. Read More 6
April 30, 2021 Big City Mayors Ask State for $20 Billion to Curb Homelessness By Jana Kadah, Bay City News The mayors want $4 billion per-year for five years in flexible funding as part of the state budget. Read More 10
April 25, 2021 Boba Tea Could be the Next Unlikely Pandemic-era Shortage By Kellen Browning The impending boba shortage is yet another sign of how the pandemic has snarled global supply chains and upended industries. Read More 3
April 18, 2021 All California Adults Can Get a Vaccine. Now to Find One By Vindu Goel The vaccine rollout has been chaotic, according to news reports and hundreds of emails sent by The New York Times' California Today readers. Read More 0
April 15, 2021 How California Could Benefit in the $2.2T Infrastructure Proposal By Shawn Hubler Perhaps more than any other part of the country, California stands to benefit from the $2.2 trillion proposal by Joe Biden. Read More 2
April 14, 2021 Leaders From All 9 Bay Area Counties Announce Plan To Shrink Homelessness By 75% By Jana Kadah, Bay City News After a year of planning, the multi-pronged strategy to house more people was announced at a virtual news conference on Tuesday. Read More 11
April 13, 2021 Supreme Court Lifts State’s at-home Prayer Meeting Restrictions By Adam Liptak The opinion expressed impatience with the federal appeals court in California for disregarding the Supreme Court’s instructions. Read More 4
April 6, 2021 The U.S. Favors Cars Over Trains, Buses. Can Biden Change That? By Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich Nuria Fernandez, former G.M. for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is now Federal Transit Administration's senior official. Read More 7
April 3, 2021 Health and Equity Experts Grade California’s Vaccine Rollout By Jill Cowan A dozen epidemiology, public health and equity experts weigh in on the state's vaccine rollout as more people become eligible for the jab. Read More 5
March 15, 2021 The Plight of the Barcades: How Three Bay Area Gaming Bars Are Surviving the Pandemic By Charles Lewis III, Bay City News Covid restrictions notwithstanding, the light of hope shines through for gamers and their favorite watering holes. Read More 0
March 12, 2021 SF Man Charged With Hate Crime After Attack on Asian Woman at San Jose’s Diridon Station By Jennifer Wadsworth Johan Strydom’s arraignment is set for 1:30pm today in Department 24 of the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice. Read More 28
March 11, 2021 Bay Area Lawmakers Laud Passage of Covid Relief Bill By Eli Walsh, Bay City News The $1.9 trillion bill includes monthly payments for families with children and $1,400 checks for millions of Americans. Read More 9
March 8, 2021 How Do Silicon Valley Techies Celebrate Getting Rich in a Devastating Global Pandemic? By Erin Griffith Not by buying airplanes. Instead, the newest start-up millionaires are proceeding cautiously. Read More 4
March 3, 2021 Plagued by Covid-Related Delays, High Speed Rail Costs Rise By Sonya Herrera Despite the challenges, HSR Authority staff are hopeful that President “Amtrak Joe” Biden’s administration will prioritize funding the project. Read More 8
February 10, 2021 San Jose Again Mulls Scrapping Highrise Fire Safety Code By Jennifer Wadsworth Without air-refilling stations in San Jose’s highrises, firefighters say they’d have to lug metal oxygen tanks up flight after flight of stairs. Read More 24
January 20, 2021 Even Before Recent Outbreak, San Jose Kaiser Faced Steep Fines for Covid Safety Violations By Jennifer Wadsworth According to Cal-OSHA, Kaiser’s San Jose Medical Center is one of the top pandemic-safety violators in the state. Read More 6