News June 3, 2020 Temporary Court Closure in Santa Clara County May Delay Some Cases by Days, if Not Weeks By San Jose Inside Defense lawyers feared that in addition to violating due-process rights, the closure further exposed defendants to COVID-19 as they wait in jail. Read More 4
Business May 28, 2020 Chronic Town: Will Covid Pandemic Sap Weed-Biz Hype? By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside MedMen will go down in the annals as a symbol of the early days of the legal-weed industry: a meteoric rise and a spectacular crash. Read More 5
News May 23, 2020 Chronic Town: Refreshing Candor Among (Some) Pot Execs By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside There’s a frankness that was fairly unusual even at in-person trade shows that are now canceled or delayed as we all shelter in place. Read More 1
News May 20, 2020 Sheltering in Place Has Vastly Improved Region’s Air Quality—But How Long Will It Last? By San Jose Inside The pandemic has led to a massive reduction in pollution, but it could come back with a vengeance once commuters hit the road again. Read More 3
News May 12, 2020 Nurses Protest San Jose Regional Medical Center’s Planned Closure of Labor, Delivery Unit By San Jose Inside The decision to close the maternity ward was announced April 1. The ward’s last planned day of operation will be May 30. Read More 5
News May 10, 2020 Chronic Town: Don’t Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside Given the economic pressures that governments face, the push to legalize pot could end up resembling the end of prohibition in more ways than one. Read More 6
News May 8, 2020 Two-Alarm Blaze Damages Home Daycare in Downtown San Jose By San Jose Inside Officials say there were no children in the building at the time and that there were no injuries reported. The cause of the fire is unknown. Read More 0
News 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
News 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
News April 30, 2020 How to Buy a Bike in a Pandemic By San Jose Inside If done correctly, buying a bicycle can be an enjoyable process giving you a newfound sense of freedom and control during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More 3
News April 28, 2020 Governments Wrestle with ‘Medical’ vs. ‘Recreational’ Pot By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside The dual nature of cannabis—it’s both a “vice” and a health elixir, and sometimes both at once—makes it hard to regulate. Read More 6
News April 24, 2020 Small, Little-Known Companies Sell CBD as Cure-All, Prompting Federal Regulators to Step In By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside The Food and Drug Administration isn’t effing around when it comes to cracking down on companies selling supposed cures for Covid-19. Read More 7
News April 22, 2020 Having a Baby is Complicated, But the Coronavirus Pandemic Adds a New Set of Issues to the Mix By San Jose Inside With new Covid-19 precautions and visitor restrictions in hospitals, many women are considering giving birth at home. Read More 1
News 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
News April 16, 2020 Cannabis and Chicanery: No, Weed Does Not Cure Covid-19 By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside Some pot advocates and peddlers of elixirs now declare that their products can alleviate the symptoms of Covid-19, or even cure it. Read More 2
News February 5, 2020 Smoke Signals: Legal Weed’s Gold Rush Days May End in a Bust By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside Celebrity investors. Headline-grabbing IPOs. New tax revenues. Is the cannabis industry getting high on its own supply? Read More 19