December 17, 2020 Report: Jail Deputies Party Without Masks Despite Sharp Rise in Covid-19 Infections By Silicon Valley Newsroom The Mercury News broke the story today about the off-duty revelry, which reportedly took place on Dec. 6. Read More 10
December 17, 2020 What Silicon Valley’s Sewers Reveal About the Coronavirus By Jennifer Wadsworth Because Covid-19 can be found in stool, even from people without symptoms, researchers are testing wastewater to monitor the virus. Read More 7
December 17, 2020 #ShopLocalSJ Campaign Promotes Small Businesses During Stay-at-Home Order By Silicon Valley Newsroom The initiative includes a fee cap on food-delivery apps, local business directory and a resource guide for mom-and-pop enterprises. Read More 4
December 17, 2020 Coronavirus Wipes Away Wage Gains for Lowest-Income Earners By Jackie Botts, CalMatters State Democrats and Republicans are proposing various solutions, but experts warn jobs alone will not bridge growing inequality. Read More 6
December 16, 2020 How Hubris and Netflix Buckled Blockbuster—Except One Store By Aaron Carnes ‘The Last Blockbuster’ looks at how the Netflix revolution brought down a corporate giant—and the one video store that survived. Read More 0
December 16, 2020 San Jose, Santa Clara County Cap Fees for Food-Delivery Apps By Silicon Valley Newsroom The ordinances limit how much money food-delivery apps can charge mom-and-pop restaurants struggling to survive the pandemic. Read More 4
December 16, 2020 Santa Clara County Receives First Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine By Silicon Valley Newsroom This delivery is the first of the initial 17,550 doses allocated to the county by the state, 230 of which will go to San Benito County. Read More 1
December 16, 2020 Victims of Grace Baptist Church Stabbing Join Soaring Death Toll Among Silicon Valley’s Homeless By Jennifer Wadsworth The Nov. 22 tragedy points to the same dangers driving the 122 percent jump in homeless deaths Santa Clara County has seen so far in 2020. Read More 12
December 15, 2020 Mountain View Tables Rent ‘Decontrol’ Talks—For Now By Sonya Herrera The debate comes in response to rising vacancy and landlords who say rent control is keeping them from renting empty homes. Read More 9
December 15, 2020 Can Calif. Protect Covid Vaccine From Cheaters and Fraudsters? By Ana B. Ibarra State leaders believe the rich and influential will have a hard time cutting in line to get the first precious doses of the vaccine. Read More 4
December 15, 2020 California Attorney General Accuses Amazon of Defying Pandemic Safety Investigation By Eli Walsh, Bay City News The DOJ is seeking concrete details about infection and death counts as well as Amazon’s efforts to prevent the virus spreading in its facilities. Read More 2
December 14, 2020 Ex-Church Elder Sentenced for Embezzling Millions From Saratoga Congregation By Kathleen Kirkwood, Bay City News A Cupertino man who paid cash for multiple homes with a millions of stolen dollars was sentenced to four years in prison. Read More 0
December 14, 2020 California Community Colleges Hard Hit as Enrollment Among High School Graduates Falls By Betty Marquez Rosales This fall, as the pandemic raged and classes moved online, community colleges nationwide saw a 30 percent drop in enrollment. Read More 9
December 13, 2020 Santa Clara Co. to Chip in Funds for Women Impacted by Covid By Jana Kadah, Bay City News County leaders agreed to fund two programs for women who have been heavily impacted by the economic fallout from the pandemic. Read More 6
December 13, 2020 Can ‘Fire Hardening’ Solve State’s Home Insurance Crisis? By James Bikales, CalMatters Incentives for homeowners to mitigate wildfire risk would be a win-win for insurers and consumers. Creating one is the hard part. Read More 0
December 13, 2020 Sharks Foundation, CEFCU Team Up With East Side Counseling Center for Annual Toy Giveaway By Emanuel Lee The Alum Rock Counseling Center annually provides presents for kids and extremely low-income households on San Jose’s East Side Read More 0