September 10, 2020 Smoke Forces Some Happy Hollow Zoo Animals Indoors By Jennifer Wadsworth Every day, zoo staff monitors the Air Quality Index to determine which of the facility’s 150 animals to keep outside and which to shelter. Read More 0
September 10, 2020 Tips Ahoy: SJI, ProPublica Partner for 2020 Election By Silicon Valley Newsroom The Electionland collaboration investigates issues with voting such as mail ballot delivery problems, purged voter rolls and registration errors. Read More 0
September 10, 2020 Ash, Smoke Cast Eery Orange Glow Over Santa Clara Valley By Silicon Valley Newsroom Forecasters expect the smoke-cooling effect to last for another few days, with highs in the 75-to-80-degree Fahrenheit range. Read More 1
September 10, 2020 Winchester Mystery House to Reopen Its Doors—Yet Again By Emanuel Lee Proprietors of the famed landmark hope this weekend’s reopening will be the one that sticks for the rest of 2020 and beyond. Read More 0
September 10, 2020 SJPD Asks for Public’s Help in Sexual Assault Case Against Local Nightclub Promoter By Silicon Valley Newsroom Tipsters who help lead to a conviction of Marcos Lopez-Cabera may qualify for a cash reward from Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers. Read More 0
September 10, 2020 Second Round of Grants, State Tax Credits Now Available for Small Businesses in San Jose By Janice Bitters City and state leaders launched new initiatives to give struggling entrepreneurs a lifeline as the pandemic stretches into its sixth month. Read More 5
September 9, 2020 Fire-Scorched Bay Area Begins the Long Process of Rebuilding By Jacob Pierce and Jennifer Wadsworth The fires include the CZU Complex, which ripped through the Santa Cruz Mountains to become the state’s ninth-most destructive fire. Read More 1
September 8, 2020 Other Major Cities Dropped Curfew Charges Months Ago. What Took San Jose So Long? By Jennifer Wadsworth It’s unclear when news of the decision would have reached defendants had SJI not inquired about the mayor shirking the same rule. Read More 14
September 8, 2020 South Bay Personal-Care Services, Museums, Gyms Can Reopen at Limited Capacity By Grace Hase If Santa Clara County maintains progress in slowing Covid-19 for the next two weeks, schools may be able to reopen as well, officials said. Read More 1
September 8, 2020 Gilroy Teacher Accused of Threatening Public Health Official is Due in Court Again Oct. 5 By Silicon Valley Newsroom Alan Viarengo is accused of repeatedly threatening Santa Clara County’s chief public health officer over her Covid-19 mandates. Read More 5
September 8, 2020 Doctors-in-Training Urge Valley Med to Offer Housing Stipends By Emanuel Lee The union representing interns and residency trainees say other healthcare organizations in the Bay Area already offer such a benefit. Read More 7
September 8, 2020 Valley Water Relocates Threatened Steelhead to Keep Them Safe From Dam Retrofit By Emanuel Lee The fish—classified as threatened species—needed to be relocated before the agency starts to drain Anderson Dam on Oct. 1. Read More 8
September 8, 2020 Is Cannabis an ‘Industry’ in the U.S? Depends Who You Ask By Dan Mitchell and San Jose Inside Language is important in the pot world in surprising ways, and a new debate over what to call the business is brewing. Read More 2
September 6, 2020 This Cupertino Teen is Tackling the Mental Health Crisis Twofold By Emanuel Lee The 14-year-old sophomore has a lofty goal to pair a wearable device she's developing with her soon-to-launch app, LivelyKit. Read More 1
September 4, 2020 Parents, Teachers Sue San Jose Over Charcot Avenue Overpass By Grace Hase Plaintiffs say an environmental review of the project fell short of state standards by underestimating the traffic, pollution and noise impacts. Read More 3
September 4, 2020 Google, SJ ‘Explore Options’ for Downtown After Legislative Blow By Janice Bitters A bill that would’ve offered a lifeline to behind-schedule projects—like Google’s San Jose mega-campus—never made it to the governor’s desk. Read More 8