April 23, 2020 Silicon Valley to the Rescue: Local Companies Are at the Forefront of Covid-19 Response By Emanuel Lee and Grace Hase Businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators in the tech sector seem to be driven as much by the need to contribute as by future profit. Read More 3
April 10, 2020 ‘Little Free Library’ Becomes Food Pantry to Help Those in Need By Emanuel Lee The project serves as a reminder about how even in the most difficult circumstances, people are coming together to serve others in need. Read More 3
April 9, 2020 Government Transparency Suffers Amid Pandemic By The Fly Santa Clara has joined a long list of government bodies putting public records requests on the back burner amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Read More 13
April 6, 2020 Santa Clara County Field Hospital Accepts First COVID-19 Patients By Silicon Valley Newsroom The county is also working with local hotels and homeless shelters to isolate and care for people who have nowhere else to go. Read More 18
April 6, 2020 Sunnyvale Factory Finds a Way to Keep Running Amid Pandemic By Emanuel Lee Sierra Circuits provides medical equipment to dozens of customers, including one that makes a quick-turnaround COVID-19 test. Read More 3
March 27, 2020 National Guard Preps Events Center for Coronavirus Patients By Jennifer Wadsworth Dr. Jennifer Tong, who’s leading the county’s surge plan for all local hospitals, said she expects patients to start filling the beds by Tuesday. Read More 5
March 23, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 23, 2020: Hospitals Expand Surge Capacity as Outbreak Spreads By Jennifer Wadsworth We’re now in the second week of what’s become a statewide shutdown. Meanwhile, as testing ramps up, the confirmed case count increases. Read More 4
March 22, 2020 Santa Clara County PR Chief Sickened by COVID-19 By Silicon Valley Newsroom María Leticia Gómez, the county’s director of communications and public affairs, fell sick on March 13 and has self-isolated ever since. Read More 1
March 17, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 17, 2020: South Bay Hunkers Down By Silicon Valley Newsroom As COVID-19 testing slowly ramps up throughout the U.S., most of the Bay Area hunkers down at home. Welcome to day one of the lockdown. Read More 5
March 11, 2020 Police Deem Valley Fair Mall Shooting Threat ‘Non-Credible’ By Grace Hase San Jose PD said the same person made similar threats about San Jose High School and other places throughout California. Read More 3
March 10, 2020 Op-Ed: How Santa Clara’s City Leaders Fight to Uphold a Discriminatory Voting System By J. Byron Fleck Measure C may have ended in defeat, but the voting rights issue will continue to cost residents dearly unless the city changes course. Read More 12
March 6, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Recommends Event Cancelations, Reduced Travel as Coronavirus Spreads By Jennifer Wadsworth County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody has issued revised guidelines for the public on how to slow the COVID-19 outbreak. Read More 6
February 28, 2020 New Report ID’s Riskiest Cycling Spots in Santa Clara County By Jennifer Wadsworth Though San Jose is the deadliest city in Santa Clara County for bicyclists, the most dangerous intersection lies in Palo Alto. Read More 4
February 27, 2020 South Bay Letter Carriers Say Mail Problems Linked to USPS Cost-Cutting Experiment By Jennifer Wadsworth Despite all the problems reported, the U.S. Postal Service continues to expand the pilot and hopes to roll it out to 230 sites. Read More 18
February 26, 2020 Santa Clara Dark Money Meeting Puts Measure C in the Spotlight By Grace Hase The ballot initiative took center stage at a town hall on what city officials describe as “dark money” pouring into local elections. Read More 7
February 20, 2020 FPPC Complaint Accuses Santa Clara Officials of Using Public Money for Political Purposes By Silicon Valley Newsroom Former Mayor Pat Mahan is asking a state watchdog agency to investigate whether the city put taxpayer money to political use. Read More 45