December 30, 2020 Appeals Rules Against Santa Clara in Voting Rights Act Case By Janice Bitters The ruling released Wednesday affirms an earlier decision that split the South Bay city into six parts for future elections. Read More 9
December 30, 2020 Watch Now: SJ Mayor Liccardo Delivers State of the City By Janice Bitters The mayor promised a message of "hope" after an unprecedented and challenging year in the South Bay city and the country. Read More 2
December 27, 2020 Calif. School Districts, Charters Get $6.8 Billion in Federal Aid By John Fensterwald and Daniel J. Willis, EdSource The latest relief package offers about four times as much as the $13.5 billion in aid that went to K-12 schools under the CARES Act. Read More 3
December 26, 2020 Recounts Affirm Election Outcomes in Los Altos Hills, Mountain View By Bay City News Automatic recounts are required if the margin of victory is within 0.25 percent of the total number of ballots cast or 25 votes. Read More 0
December 25, 2020 Covid Becomes Third Leading Cause of Death in Santa Clara Co. By Silicon Valley Newsroom Covid-19 deaths as of now lag behind only cancer and heart disease, which are projected to be the top two killers in the South Bay this year. Read More 6
December 24, 2020 How a Monthly Skate Night Turned into Activism in San Jose By Katie Lauer Not everyone loves sharing the road with this colorful cadre of wheeled activists, but the feeling is mostly mutual—and that’s the point. Read More 7
December 23, 2020 South Bay Project Roomkey Residents Fear a Housing Shuffle By San Jose Inside The initiative has turned 16,000 hotel and motel rooms in 55 counties and tribal areas into housing for 22,300 people. Read More 9
December 23, 2020 SEC Accuses Silicon Valley Developer of Scamming Investors By Jennifer Wadsworth A claim lodged this week in federal court describes how all but one of SiliconSage’s projects in the past few years failed to turn a profit. Read More 16
December 23, 2020 Who Will Pay for California’s Unemployment Fraud? By Lauren Hepler and Stephen Council, CalMatters With another stimulus bill poised to inject more cash into a leaky system, taxpayers could be left holding the bag. Read More 8
December 22, 2020 Valley Water Drains Anderson Reservoir to 3 Percent Capacity By Michael Moore Valley Water began draining the reservoir in October in response to a directive from federal regulators aiming to expedite the dam retrofit. Read More 0
December 22, 2020 Hospitals Urge Safety Ahead of Holiday Covid-19 Surge By Kate Selig, Bay City News California registered 32,659 Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of positive cases to nearly 2 million. Read More 0
December 22, 2020 Newsom Selects Secretary of State to Serve as U.S. Senator By Bay City News Alex Padilla will be the first Southern Californian in nearly three decades to serve as one of the state’s two representatives in the Senate. Read More 13
December 22, 2020 Rep. Anna Eshoo Helps Lead Legislation Reform Of Nursing Homes Amid Pandemic By Emanuel Lee Over 100,000 residents and workers in long-term care homes have died from the virus, with the first outbreak recorded as early as February. Read More 1
December 21, 2020 Pizzetta 408, Other Downtown Storefronts to Close for Good By Janice Bitters Three restaurants have declined to renew their leases in the SoFA Market food hall, and other downtown restaurants have called it quits. Read More 11
December 21, 2020 Charges Filed in 32-Year-Old Kidnapping, Murder By Bay City News David Misch is currently in Santa Rita Jail awaiting trial in a separate double murder case and has been in prison since 1989. Read More 2
December 21, 2020 Foothills Park Opens to All for First Time Since 1965 By San Jose Inside The Dec. 17 opening of the nature preserve settles a lawsuit brought against the city of Palo Alto by the ACLU of Northern California. Read More 5