October 14, 2020 South Bay Labor IE Blows Past Campaign Filing Deadline By The Fly Missing a campaign filing deadline is no small offense. Especially this close to the Nov. 3 Election Day. Read More 5
October 13, 2020 South Bay Moves to Less Restrictive Tier Under State’s Covid Reopening Guidelines By Silicon Valley Newsroom Under the new reopening tier, which goes into effect at midnight, more establishments can expand indoor operations—with certain limitations. Read More 4
October 9, 2020 Plasma Shortage Intensified by Pandemic Covid-19 By Erik Chalhoub With the Covid-19 pandemic canceling donation drives, the nation is seeing a severe shortage of plasma donations. Read More 2
October 7, 2020 Racism in the Streets: How Homelessness Became a Civil Rights Issue in the South Bay By Grace Hase Experts say Silicon Valley’s homeless crisis—like that of the nation—is interwoven with its long, painful history structural racism. Read More 21
October 7, 2020 Santa Clara County Prepares to Resume Indoor Gatherings—With Certain Restrictions in Place By Emanuel Lee Indoor events could resume at up to 25 percent capacity or up to 100 people and outdoor gatherings of up to 200 people. Read More 7
October 6, 2020 Metro Family of Newspapers Purchases Press-Banner By Silicon Valley Newsroom The community news publication serves Scotts Valley, Boulder Creek and the San Lorenzo Valley. Read More 0
October 6, 2020 DA Declines to File Charges Against Activist Held on Extraordinary $500,000 Bail By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose police got prosecutor-turned-jurist Paul Bernal to sign off on the warrant on Sept. 28—and then waited five days to serve it. Read More 18
October 5, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom Vetoes Anderson Dam Bill By Michael Moore Assembly Bill 3005 would have hastened the rebuild and strengthening of Anderson Dam, which is long overdue for a seismic retrofit. Read More 5
October 1, 2020 Santa Clara County’s 2020 Assessment Roll Culminates Decade of Economic Growth By Silicon Valley Newsroom The roll shows that the net assessed value of all property in the county grew by $35.5 billion to a total of $551.5 billion from the year prior. Read More 4
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 30, 2020 Health Officials Hope to Increase Covid-19 Testing Numbers By Erik Chalhoub The state Covid-19 framework gives counties credit toward their case rate for reopening if they test more people than the state average. Read More 2
September 29, 2020 Santa Clara County Releases Guide to Safe Halloween, Dia de Los Muertos Celebrations By Silicon Valley Newsroom County health officials are asking people not to hold parties or visit haunted houses this Halloween. Read More 0
September 25, 2020 Census Deadline Extended as South Bay is Partially Uncounted By Janice Bitters Days before the 2020 Census was set to come to an early close, a U.S. District Judge in California extended the deadline by a month. Read More 0
September 25, 2020 Stanford Group Says Legal Threat Won’t Stop Criticism of White House Coronavirus Advisor By Silicon Valley Newsroom Dozens of doctors and researchers from the Palo Alto-based university are standing by their critique of former colleague Dr. Scott Atlas. Read More 14
September 24, 2020 San Jose Tattoo Artists Embrace Reopening After Months in Limbo By Katie Lauer After seven months without steady work, the artists at San Jose’s State of Grace, including Tyler Harrington, are seeing clients. Read More 0
September 23, 2020 Silicon Valley Gears Up for ‘Bike to Wherever Day’ This Thursday By Grace Hase The annual event was originally set for May 14 but had to be rescheduled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More 2