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California Passed 50,000 Covid Deaths, the Most of Any State

The country’s most populous state averaged more than 560 deaths a day at its peak in January, according to The New York Times.

San Jose City Hall, the SAP Center, Avaya Stadium, Levi’s Stadium, San Jose’s Convention Center and Historic Theaters will be lit Tuesday night.

The total number of Covid-19 cases in Santa Clara County is 88,379, according to the county’s coronavirus data dashboard.

Fatal fentanyl overdoses are on track to double this year in the South Bay compared to 2019, officials announced Friday.

The list notes the age, gender and health issues of everyone killed by the virus since the first known South Bay fatality in early February.

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.

The latest death stats signal that Covid-19 was likely spreading through Silicon Valley much earlier than originally thought.

Until this week, the earliest Covid-19 fatality in the U.S. was believed to have happened on Feb. 29 in Kirkland, Washington.

Forty-two more people have also tested positive for the highly contagious virus, placing the total number of confirmed cases at 1,484.

So far, 591 people in the county have tested positive, though officials expect the actual number is much higher due to the lack of testing.

But if people ignore public health guidelines about staying six feet apart and at home as much as possible, as many as 16,000 could die.

San Jose will take another step against illegal racing—this time going after the people who show up just to watch sideshows.

Thanks to a new law, police video once available only to authorities and few others will become public to anyone who asks.

Santa Clara County saw a steep increase in domestic violence-related deaths in 2017, which saw six more fatalities than in 2016.

Seven people died as a result of domestic violence last year in Santa Clara County, according to a new report.

Santa Clara County is trying to equip the public with a lifesaving antidote that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose.