News February 2, 2021 San Jose Considers ‘Hazard Pay’ for Grocery Store Workers By Jana Kadah, Bay City News The additional pay would apply to stores with 300 or more employees nationwide and companies that are publicly traded. Read More 31
Opinion February 2, 2021 Michelle Goldberg: It’s Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Party Now By Michelle Goldberg The controversial lawmaker embarrasses some Republicans, but she’s no outlier. Read More 4
News February 1, 2021 San Jose Mayor Recommends Removal of Thomas Fallon Statue By Jennifer Wadsworth The decision comes after a public forum on the statue’s fate in which community members criticized it as a glorification of colonialism. Read More 33
Opinion February 1, 2021 Op-Ed: Ash Kalra Should Be California’s Next AG By Molly ONeal, Manohar Raju, Oscar Bobrow, Tracie Olson, David Epps, Michael Ogul and Sajid A. Khan Public defenders are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to name the Silicon Valley lawmaker—a former defense attorney—to the AG post. Read More 10
Covid-19 February 1, 2021 What to Know About the California Covid Variant By Jill Cowan Carl Zimmer, a science columnist for the New York Times, discusses where things stand and what he’s watching going forward. Read More 2
News February 1, 2021 Schools Press ‘Play’ on eSports Leagues During Pandemic By Ali Tadayon Some districts have turned to organized video games to give students the team sports experience they’re missing during distance learning. Read More 1
News January 29, 2021 Deputy Charged With Staging Drive-By Shooting By Jennifer Wadsworth Prosecutors say Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Sukhdeep Gill staged a “shocking ambush” to make it seem like he was shot. Read More 12
News January 29, 2021 Health Care Unions Find a Voice in the Coronavirus Pandemic By Ian Prasad Philbrick and Reed Abelson Faced with the urgent need to protect their members and patients from the virus, labor organizations are pushing hospitals to do more. Read More 6
News January 29, 2021 BART Riders More Satisfied With Service During Pandemic By Eli Walsh, Bay City News BART received responses from some 3,000 riders for its biennial customer satisfaction survey. Read More 3
News January 28, 2021 Santa Clara County: No Covid Outbreaks Linked to Salons By Jennifer Wadsworth The county acknowledged as much in response to a story on how the beauty industry was hard-hit by public health messaging. Read More 3
News January 28, 2021 Silicon Valley Lawmakers Weigh in on GameStop Controversy By Jennifer Wadsworth Congressman Ro Khanna is now calling for an investigation into retail trading apps, including Robinhood and TD Ameritrade. Read More 25
News January 28, 2021 County Launches New Covid Vaccination Site in East San Jose By Bay City News The new vaccination site at Mexican Heritage Plaza, located at 1700 Alum Rock Ave., is launching today. Read More 0
News January 27, 2021 Bank of America Says It Lost ‘Hundreds of Millions’ on State’s Unemployment Fiasco By Lauren Hepler, CalMatters Payment contractor was pitted against state employment officials at a legislative hearing on benefit delays and rampant fraud. Read More 7
Business January 27, 2021 Salons, Personal Care Services Got a Bad Rap in Pandemic, Industry Members Say By Jennifer Wadsworth Though salons can reopen now, stylists and manicurists worry how to regain public trust in the aftermath of so much negative PR. Read More 4
Business January 27, 2021 Opinion: Trump Era Spurred Tech Workers to Push for Social Responsibility By Ben Tarnoff and Moira Weigel The Trump era spurred them to collective action. But the work has just begun. Read More 3
The Fly January 26, 2021 Minneapolis Chief Withdraws Application for SJPD Job By The Fly The fact that Medaria Arradondo was even an option rubbed some local civil rights leaders the wrong way. Read More 45