San Jose isn’t alone in having a police force shirk the burden of masking up. NYPD has come under fire for the same reason.

The county still encourages social distancing and will require re-opened businesses to follow certain safety protocols.

Symptoms of the disease include fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, loss of taste or smell, vomiting and diarrhea. Testing is free.

Spearheaded by SJ Councilwoman Magdalena Carrasco, the group will work on ways to remedy pandemic-related health disparities.

Customers venturing out to reopened businesses should be prepared to make their own safety assessments, health officials say.

From Jan. 1 to May 8, at least 19 people died from fentanyl in this county. During the same period in 2019, seven died from the drug.

Three-and-a-half months after COVID-19 surfaced in Santa Clara County, officials have finally released data on cases in each ZIP code.

The revised mandate also lets manufacturing, warehousing and logistical operations that support such businesses to get back to work.

Nearly half of all deaths related to COVID-19 in California are linked to elder care facilities. That figure is more than 40 percent in the South Bay.

Vice Mayor Chappie Jones and Councilman Sergio Jimenez want the city to align with neighboring counties that have stricter rules in place.

Valley Water’s board vice chair, Tony Estremera, says the agency is ready to quickly respond to a variety of emergencies.

All childcare centers for essential workers must follow physical distancing and sanitation practices specified by health agencies.

Santa Clara County health officials are looking to increase testing capacity to 1,300 a day. But they’ve hit a road block getting there.

Though they’re among the most vulnerable, unhoused people struggle to get tested for the coronavirus and find shelter for quarantine.

As of Monday afternoon, the county of nearly 2 million people had reported 1,922 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 83 deaths.

As part of its sweeping public health order, Santa Clara county has made recreational cannabis dispensaries illegal again.