June 29, 2020 Campbell Police Chief Defends Planned BearCat Purchase By Grace Hase The BearCat has been on the Campbell Police Department’s wish list ever since it returned a V150 armored rescue vehicle to the DOD. Read More 19
June 12, 2020 Palo Alto Transportation Commissioner Cari Templeton Announces City Council Bid By Grace Hase Also in the running are fellow planning commissioner Ed Lauing, attorney Rebecca Eisenberg and incumbent Councilwoman Lydia Kou. Read More 1
May 26, 2020 Op-Ed: Independence High School Career Program Prepares Students for the Digital Future By Francine Sucgang Independence High School didn’t let the pandemic stop it from hosting its fourth annual Mock Interview Extravaganza. Read More 3
May 14, 2020 Palo Alto VA’s Ex-Cardiology Chief Indicted for Sexual Battery By Silicon Valley Newsroom Dr. John Giacomini, a 71-year-old Atherton resident, stands accused of assaulting a doctor while both were on duty in December of 2017. Read More 0
May 8, 2020 Wanted: Health Care Workers. Wait! Never Mind … By Ana B. Ibarra It’s an ironic twist to the pandemic: When the health care system seems to need workers the most, it can’t afford to keep them all. Read More 3
May 6, 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic Echoes Santa Clara County’s Bout with ‘Spanish Flu’ a Century Ago By San Jose Inside Just like today, optimistic predictions and phony cures accompanied the Spanish flu as the pandemic made its deadly sweep through the region. Read More 8
May 5, 2020 Stanford Health Resumes Non-Emergency Procedures, But Still Faces Financial Fallout By San Jose Inside Though they play a vital role in pulling this nation through the pandemic, U.S. hospitals have taken a huge financial hit from the crisis. Read More 4
April 20, 2020 Stanford Study: Covid-19 Infection Rate Up to 80 Times Greater Than Official Tally By San Jose Inside The study’s findings could have ramifications concerning shelter-in-place practices as well as treatment of current COVID-19 patients. Read More 21
April 3, 2020 Stanford Researchers Study the Impact of Sheltering in Place By Lauren Villa As data continue to roll in, trends will form and we will know more about how shelter-in-place truly changed our lives. Read More 6
March 31, 2020 New Interactive Model Explores How Various Interventions Would Alter the Spread of Coronavirus By Jennifer Wadsworth The project aims to help the public understand just how important it is to “flatten the curve” of the now-ubiquitous epidemiological graph. Read More 5
March 21, 2020 Bay Area Air Quality Likely to Improve as Traffic Declines During Coronavirus Slowdown By Jennifer Wadsworth With far fewer cars on the roads, California’s sweeping stay-at-home order may have a measurable effect on air quality in the region. Read More 3
March 18, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 18, 2020: Testing Ramps Up on 2nd Day of Regional Lockdown By Silicon Valley Newsroom Drive-through testing has rolled out, giving local health officials more tools to map out the scope of the problems in the Bay Area and beyond. Read More 3
March 18, 2020 Lack of Tests Means Health Officials Still Don’t Know Full Scope of Coronavirus Outbreak By Jennifer Wadsworth Delays and incompetence in the federal government’s COVID-10 testing set the U.S. far behind other countries in controlling the pandemic. Read More 9
March 11, 2020 As Coronavirus Outbreak Spreads, So Do Fears of Its Impact on California’s Economy By Judy Lin, CALmatters Lenny Mendonca, the governor’s chief economic and business advisor, said California is assessing the economic impact of the virus. Read More 0
March 4, 2020 Stanford Suspends Study Abroad in Response to Coronavirus By Silicon Valley Newsroom More than 230 students were signed up for the spring-quarter programs, according to a notice on the university’s website. Read More 1
January 22, 2020 Catalyze SV Fights NIMBY Backlash by Forging Alliances Between Residents, Developers By Grace Hase The non-profit aims to “improve, then approve” projects as part of a broader push for the region to build its way out of the housing crisis. Read More 11