April 13, 2021 The Silicon Valley Organization Names New President and CEO By Katie Lauer Derrick Seaver is currently Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg’s Chief of Staff, but isn't new to the SVO. Read More 5
April 13, 2021 Santa Clara County Opens Covid Vaccine Eligibility to Age 16-plus By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Health officials said a significantly increased allocation of vaccine doses that allowed them to expand eligibility Tuesday. Read More 0
April 13, 2021 Newsom’s Vow to Reopen is a High-stakes Political Gamble By Laurel Rosenhall, CALmatters The effort to oust the Democratic governor began before the year-long pandemic upended life in California, driven by conservative activists. Read More 3
April 13, 2021 Supreme Court Lifts State’s at-home Prayer Meeting Restrictions By Adam Liptak The opinion expressed impatience with the federal appeals court in California for disregarding the Supreme Court’s instructions. Read More 4
April 13, 2021 Vaccine Passports in California? Answers to Your Questions By Barbara Feder Ostrov What does the state plan to do when it comes to proving that people are vaccinated in the coming months and years? Read More 8
April 12, 2021 Palo Alto Officials Rethink Zoning Program Meant to Draw Housing By Janice Bitters The program came in response to state housing goals, but a new proposal for a 24-unit apartment building has put residents on edge. Read More 3
April 12, 2021 Santa Clara County Covid-19 Testing Rate Drops by 34 Percent By Bay City News Health officials say testing is critical to understanding where the region stands in the pandemic, particularly as new variants circulate. Read More 4
April 10, 2021 How Bay Area Musicians Kept Music Alive in the Year of Covid By Woody Weingarten, Bay City News Covid-19 financially stunted hundreds of Bay Area performers over the past year, but some found a way to succeed anyway. Read More 0
April 9, 2021 Calls for Santa Clara’s Watanabe Censure Continue After Apology By Katie Lauer Watanabe offered the apology Silicon Valley leaders demanded in a letter, but some say the mea culpa fell short. Read More 13
April 9, 2021 San Jose’s Poor House Bistro Preps for Move—Building and All By Madelyn Reese Downtown San Jose’s iconic Poor House is moving, fleeing the path of development proposed in Google’s Downtown West project. Read More 7
April 9, 2021 Clubhouse’s Allure and Pitfalls as the New Social Media Sensation By Liza Monroy The Clubhouse app became a social media sensation by evolving the art of conversation. Will it end up an echo chamber? Read More 0
April 8, 2021 Former 49er Suspected of Murder-Suicide in South Carolina By Kiley Russell, Bay City News Investigators are still searching for a motive, including the possibility that Adams was upset at being denied medication. Read More 3
April 8, 2021 City Lights’ Annual Plays Festival Goes Digital—Maybe for Good By Emanuel Lee The digital festival-turned-podcast returned this week with its first 2021 episode and will continue through April. Read More 0
April 8, 2021 San Jose PD Named in Fed Civil Rights Lawsuit After Officers Fatally Shot Unarmed Man By Jana Kadah, Bay City News The plaintiffs say police violated due-process and the Fourth Amendment that protects citizens from excessive use of force. Read More 13
April 8, 2021 State Poised to Lift Tiered Reopening Amid Low Covid-19 Cases, Increased Vaccinations By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Roughly 20 million vaccine doses have been administered statewide, state officials say. Read More 2
April 8, 2021 Scientists are Racing to Save a Finicky, Endangered Shrub Ahead of the Anderson Dam Retrofit By Madelyn Reese The badly needed project to retrofit the Anderson Dam directly threatens several thousand coyote ceanothus plants. Read More 4