May 21, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Ramps Up COVID Testing—With Focus on ESSJ By Kyle Martin Any county resident who wants to get tested for the coronavirus can now sign up online at projectbaseline.com or by calling 2-1-1. Read More 26
May 21, 2020 San Mateo-Based Pier 1 Closing All 1,000 Stores Nationwide By Erik Chalhoub On March 23, the San Mateo-based company furloughed 65 percent of its workforce in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Read More 0
May 20, 2020 Carl Guardino Appointed to San Jose Water Board of Directors By Grace Hase San Jose Water Group is the second largest investor-owned water utility in the country, serving nearly 1.5 million people in Silicon Valley. Read More 8
May 20, 2020 San Jose Delays Vote on Stricter Face Mask Requirements By Grace Hase Though that decision is still a couple weeks away, some residents expressed their concerns about enforcement and their constitutional rights. Read More 17
May 20, 2020 Santa Clara County Supervisors Call for Greater Transparency Over Emergency Spending By Jennifer Wadsworth Two county supervisors want a COVID cost tracker so the public can see precisely what’s being invested to pull through this crisis. Read More 6
May 20, 2020 San Jose Teams Up with East Side Schools to Close ‘Digital Divide’ By Grace Hase The City Council also voted to have the California Emerging Technology Fund divvy up tens of thousands of dollars in grants to the neediest students. Read More 7
May 20, 2020 Sheltering in Place Has Vastly Improved Region’s Air Quality—But How Long Will It Last? By San Jose Inside The pandemic has led to a massive reduction in pollution, but it could come back with a vengeance once commuters hit the road again. Read More 3
May 19, 2020 All Aboard! BART Finally Sets Date for San Jose Service By Emanuel Lee The 10-mile, $2.3 billion extension brings BART service from Warm Springs in Fremont through Milpitas and on to North San Jose. Read More 8
May 19, 2020 Beloved Downtown Arts Group Works/San Jose Faces Eviction By Jennifer Wadsworth The nonprofit gallery, which set so many on a creative course in life, faces a roadblock on its own path—and it couldn’t come at a worse time. Read More 23
May 19, 2020 San Jose to Serve 30,000 Meals a Week to Seniors and People with Medical Vulnerabilities By Grace Hase The city, which has taken the lead on food distribution in the South Bay, is partnering with World Central Kitchen to implement the program. Read More 4
May 18, 2020 Santa Clara County Releases COVID-19 Case Data by ZIP Code By Grace Hase Three-and-a-half months after COVID-19 surfaced in Santa Clara County, officials have finally released data on cases in each ZIP code. Read More 27
May 18, 2020 Santa Clara County Relaxes Health Restrictions to Allow Curbside Retail, Manufacturing By Silicon Valley Newsroom The revised mandate also lets manufacturing, warehousing and logistical operations that support such businesses to get back to work. Read More 23
May 18, 2020 Nurses Accuse Santa Clara County of Unfair Labor Practices By Michael Moore Unions say the county assigned members to nursing homes with “false assurances” that they would only treat non-COVID patients. Read More 0
May 16, 2020 Monterey County Nonprofit Owner Says She Was Scammed by Biden Accuser Tara Reade By Jacob Pierce Lynn Hummer, head of Pregnant Mare Rescue, says the candidate’s storied accuser is “a very big fraud” who “can’t be trusted.” Read More 30
May 15, 2020 County Approves Nation’s First UBI for Former Foster Youth By Grace Hase The pilot program approved earlier this week will pay $1,000 a month to individuals ages 21 to 24 from June 2020 through May 2021. Read More 25
May 15, 2020 Can Sen. Jim Beall’s SB 795 Fix California’s Housing Crisis? By Mike Huguenor The latest iteration of the legislator’s affordable housing bill addresses some of the concerns that got a previous version vetoed last year. Read More 12