News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
Investigative Reports 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
The Fly March 25, 2020 Santa Clara County’s Still Finalizing Primary Vote Tallies By The Fly Election officials are still working on tallying up the more than 493,000 ballots cast in the March 3 primary, which saw a 51 percent turnout. Read More 11
News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
News March 23, 2020 USPS to Dog Owners: Keep Your Canines Sheltered in Place By Silicon Valley Newsroom When kids stay home from school, dogs are more likely to attack our friendly neighborhood mail carriers. Read More 2
News March 23, 2020 12-Step Meetings Migrate Online During Coronavirus Pandemic By Jennifer Wadsworth For folks in Alcoholics Anonymous, sobriety is hard enough already. In a pandemic, all the more so, with 12-step meetings suspended indefinitely. Read More 2