News 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
News 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
The Fly December 16, 2020 With Garcia Out, Who’s in Line to Become SJ’s Next Police Chief? By The Fly After 30 years on the force and four years as chief of the San Jose PD, Eddie Garcia has called it quits—at least in this town. Read More 11
News 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
Opinion December 16, 2020 Op-Ed: Equity? Not in San Jose By Gil Rodan The Diridon area never seemed to be worth “revitalizing” before the prospect of Google money came into the picture. Read More 9
News 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
News 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
Opinion December 15, 2020 Op-Ed: Mothers Join Youth in Urging San Jose to Show the Way to Climate Safety By Linda Hutchins-Knowles and Maggie Dong As the Capital of Silicon Valley, San Jose should incentivize clean-energy solutions, not the fossil gas past. Read More 4
News 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
Opinion December 14, 2020 Op-Ed: Santa Clara County Should Do More to Protect Frontline Healthcare Workers By Allan Kamara The Registered Nurses Professional Association says the county is falling short in its response to the ongoing surge in Covid-19. Read More 1
News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
News December 12, 2020 South Bay City Officials Slam VTA’s Measure B Outlook By Erik Chalhoub Critics worry that too many of the funds are going to extend BART to Silicon Valley instead of repairing local streets. Read More 11