December 16, 2021 State Mask Mandate Holds in Santa Clara County, but Not in Five Others By Bay City News Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, and Sonoma counties said their rules won't change, despite the month long statewide mandate that went into effect Wednesday morning. Read More 6
April 14, 2021 Santa Clara and 7 Other Bay Area Counties Pause J&J Vaccines Amid Blood Clot Concerns By Eli Walsh, Bay City News The state’s Department of Public Health issued a statement Tuesday urging a temporary pause on the vaccine’s administration. Read More 0
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
January 22, 2021 Rainstorms Expected to Drench Bay Area in Coming Week By Eli Walsh, Bay City News The rain follows dry winds and high temperatures at the start of the week that helped spark fires around the region. Read More 0
November 6, 2020 Bay Area Election Officials Say They Prefer Early Voting By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Statewide, more than 11.2 million voters—at least 2.7 million in the San Francisco Bay Area—cast ballots before Election Day. Read More 2
October 12, 2020 New State Cannabis Laws Move Needle, But Only Marginally By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside Hoped-for fundamental changes to state law on matters like high taxes and over-regulation will have to wait until next year. Read More 2
September 2, 2020 Santa Clara County Supervisor Requests Federal Aid for Those Impacted by SCU Complex Fires By Silicon Valley Newsroom The people affected by one of the largest fires in California history—the SCU Complex—still don’t qualify for FEMA relief. Read More 1
August 30, 2020 Bay Area, Central Coast Fires: 1,500+ Structures Leveled So Far By Tony Nuñez The SCU, CZU and LNU Lightning complexes, River Fire and Carmel Fire have chewed through 892,313 acres across 15 counties. Read More 0
August 21, 2020 Overnight Growth Makes SCU Complex California’s Biggest Fire By Jennifer Wadsworth In three major clusters, they darkened skies, forced thousands to flee home and pushed California’s firefighting capacity to the brink. Read More 0
May 21, 2020 PG&E Bankruptcy Deal Nears Crucial June 30 Deadline By Jean Tepperman Some critics are calling for specific changes in the plan, especially tighter rules for oversight of finances and safety upgrades. Read More 1
October 27, 2019 PG&E Power Outage Impacts 22,500 Residents in San Jose By Grace Hase At a Sunday morning press conference, Deputy City Manager Kip Harkness said the impact to San Jose is “relatively small.” Read More 5
July 22, 2019 Opioid Crisis: 203 Million Pills Distributed in Santa Clara County Over Seven-Year Period By Silicon Valley Newsroom Doctors prescribed nearly 203 million opioids in Santa Clara County from 2006 to 2012, according to new analysis of federal data. Read More 6
May 1, 2019 South County Lumber Company to Pay $375K Over Saw Mill Death By Michael Moore The Morgan Hill company reached the settlement agreement with a northern California county over the death of an employee in 2013. Read More 2
January 30, 2019 The Big Problem This Bankruptcy Won’t Solve for PG&E By Judy Lin, CALmatters PG&E may be solvent, but it is facing a cash flow problem as a byproduct of $30 billion in potential liabilities from a series of catastrophic fires. Read More 4
January 28, 2019 Cal Fire: Tubbs Caused by Private Electric System, Not PG&E By Tom Gogola Cal Fire issued a statement and report last week identifying a private power system—and not PG&E—as the culprit in the deadly 2017 wildfire. Read More 2
October 10, 2017 North Bay Continues Battle with Wind-Whipped Firestorm: ‘It Looks Like a Nuclear Wasteland’ By Stett Holbrook and Tom Gogola The North Bay firestorms left much of Santa Rosa a smoking ruin, and took at least 15 lives and left authorities looking for 150 people. Read More 8