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
December 21, 2020 Rescuers Search for Severely Sick Bobcat in Coyote Valley By Bay City News The animal is not expected to survive without help, said Rebecca Dmytryk of Wildlife Emergency Services. Read More 2
December 21, 2020 Whack and Stack: PG&E’s Toppling of Trees to Prevent Fire Creates New Hazards By Julie Cart, CalMatters In an attempt to prevent wildfires, the utility company is removing vegetation from around power lines. Read More 2
December 20, 2020 Shooting at Milpitas Great Mall Was Self-Inflicted, Police Say By Silicon Valley Newsroom The Milpitas Police Department asked holiday shoppers to shelter in place for hours as they searched the center store by store. Read More 5
December 20, 2020 Veggielution Distributes 200 Soup Kits to Needy Families in ESSJ By Emanuel Lee Instead of its usual soup meal at the farm, the East Side farm packed the ingredients in boxes for families to make the recipes at home. Read More 4
December 19, 2020 BREAKING: Police Investigate Shooting at Milpitas Great Mall By Silicon Valley Newsroom Milpitas police shared few details about the incident, saying they ordered a shelter-in-place “out of an abundance of caution.” Read More 1
December 19, 2020 Convicted Pimp Sentenced to 104 Years in Prison for Trafficking South Bay Woman By Michael Moore Authorities say Andre William Furtado, a Watsonville resident, exploited and abused victims for years. Read More 9
December 18, 2020 SCC Exec: ‘Vigorous’ Statewide Quarantine Would Better Serve People Than Mere Warnings By Jennifer Wadsworth Jeff Smith says a well-enforced state order would be more effective than announcements about body bags and overflow morgues. Read More 25
December 18, 2020 Silicon Valley Congresswoman Under Self-Quarantine After Possible Coronavirus Exposure By Jennifer Wadsworth Rep. Anna Eshoo announced today that she’ll err on the safe side after one of her staffers tested positive for the coronavirus. Read More 0
December 18, 2020 Saint Louise Medical Staff Receive New Covid-19 Vaccine By Michael Moore Santa Clara County received its first 5,850 doses of the new Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine earlier this week. Read More 0
December 18, 2020 Santa Clara County Plans to Offer $6 Million in Low-Interest Loans for Small Businesses By Michael Moore The loan program was first proposed two months ago by county supervisors Joe Simitian and Susan Ellenberg. Read More 6