January 5, 2021 California Extends Deadline for Small Business Relief Grants By Keith Burbank and Lisa Hix, Bay City News Santa Clara County, meanwhile, is inviting small businesses to apply for low-interest loans of up to $100,000. Read More 6
January 4, 2021 One Dead, 43 Others Infected in San Jose Kaiser Covid Outbreak By Jennifer Wadsworth The South Bay hospital outbreak comes amid a post-holiday season explosion in coronavirus cases throughout California. Read More 6
January 4, 2021 Bay Area Public Schools Build Community Wireless Networks to Bridge the Digital Divide By Ali Tadayon Districts throughout California are replacing hotspots for a more reliable, long-term alternative. Read More 1
January 3, 2021 Dozens of Staffers at San Jose Kaiser Test Positive for Covid By Bay City News The medical center is using contact tracing and will personally notify and test any staff member or patient who were potentially exposed. Read More 1
January 1, 2021 How Food Banks are Coping With the Pandemic’s Hunger Crisis By Jennifer Wadsworth, Todd Guild and Jacob Pierce Hunger has long been a harsh reality in Silicon Valley, but the pandemic has broadened and deepened the destitution. Read More 19
December 31, 2020 2020: The Lost Year By Silicon Valley Newsroom It’s been a millennium and a decade since two identical numbers divisible by 10 paired together in such a beautiful fashion. Read More 1
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