March 27, 2020 San Jose Tweaks Transparency Rules Amid COVID-19 Outbreak By Grace Hase In light of the public health crisis that’s upended so many rules already, local leaders have relaxed some of the city’s transparency guidelines. Read More 1
March 26, 2020 SJ Braces for 2,000 COVID-19 Deaths Over Next Two Months By Jennifer Wadsworth But if people ignore public health guidelines about staying six feet apart and at home as much as possible, as many as 16,000 could die. Read More 29
March 26, 2020 Coronavirus Live Blog, March 26, 2020: Staying Home Saves Lives By Jennifer Wadsworth The shutdowns are working. And California has no plans to grant President Trump’s wish of getting back to business as usual by Easter. Read More 6
March 26, 2020 Banks Agree to Coronavirus Mortgage Relief in Calif. Amid Push for Temporary Eviction Ban By Laurel Rosenhall, CALmatters The agreement does not eliminate debt for California homeowners. Instead, it gives them a 90-day grace period. Read More 2
March 25, 2020 Infectious Disease Expert Says Nearly Half the Patients at San Jose Kaiser Have Coronavirus By Jennifer Wadsworth Roughly half of all patients at the Blossom Hill hospital have tested positive for coronavirus or are suspected to have been infected with it. Read More 52
March 25, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 25, 2020: Officials Say Actual Case Count is Higher Than You Think By Silicon Valley Newsroom As the COVID-19 case count slowly ticks upward, the actual number of people infected with the coronavirus is many times greater. Read More 5
March 25, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Tells Lehigh Quarry to Fix Pollution Issue By Silicon Valley Newsroom Supervisor Joe Simitian, whose district encompasses the quarry, said he called for the update to “resolve this particular issue once and for all.” Read More 8
March 25, 2020 Incomplete Testing Blurs Full Picture of COVID-19 Outbreak By Jennifer Wadsworth As Santa Clara County public health authorities battle a mounting pandemic, what they don’t know can actually hurt us. Read More 17
March 24, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 24, 2020: Silicon Valley Wraps Up Week One of the Lockdown By Grace Hase We’re in this for the long haul folks, so buckle up, find a good book and please please please stay at home as much as you possibly can. Read More 4
March 24, 2020 New Mandate Requires Private Labs to Report Comprehensive Test Data in 7 Bay Area Counties By Grace Hase The order issued this morning will make private companies disclose overall COVID-19 test data—not just the positive results. Read More 0
March 24, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom Supports PG&E’s Bankruptcy Exit Plan By Will Carruthers Additionally, the utility will appoint a “chief transition officer” and begin a process to sell the company, according to recent news reports. Read More 4
March 24, 2020 East Bay Express Joins Five-Newspaper Alt-Weekly Group By Silicon Valley Newsroom The new regional newspaper chain will be known simply as “Weeklys” and a new portal is under construction at Weeklys.com. Read More 0
March 23, 2020 Santa Clara County Has Tested Just 647 Patients for COVID-19 By Jennifer Wadsworth How many have been tested at private labs remains unclear because they have no obligation to report that to local health officials. Read More 16
March 23, 2020 San Jose FoodMaxx to Close Temporarily After Coronavirus-Infected Employee Dies By Jennifer Wadsworth Word of the death spread earlier today online, where people criticized the grocer for trying to keep employees from talking about it. Read More 17
March 23, 2020 Silicon Valley Leaders Launch $11M Coronavirus Relief Fund By Grace Hase The fund is part of Santa Clara County’s ongoing regional effort to pull together amid the global coronavirus outbreak. Read More 5
March 23, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 23, 2020: Hospitals Expand Surge Capacity as Outbreak Spreads By Jennifer Wadsworth We’re now in the second week of what’s become a statewide shutdown. Meanwhile, as testing ramps up, the confirmed case count increases. Read More 4