News March 22, 2020 As Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Rise, Santa Clara Co. Has Yet to Disclose Testing Capacity By Jennifer Wadsworth As the COVID-19 death toll reaches double digits countywide, local health officials have yet to disclose how many people they’ve tested. Read More 14
News March 22, 2020 Santa Clara County PR Chief Sickened by COVID-19 By Silicon Valley Newsroom María Leticia Gómez, the county’s director of communications and public affairs, fell sick on March 13 and has self-isolated ever since. Read More 1
News March 22, 2020 Cash, Safety Supplies Sought for Frontline Medical Workers By Silicon Valley Newsroom Elected leaders team up with businesses to collect cash donations and desperately needed equipment for doctors and nurses. Read More 3
News March 22, 2020 VTA Offers Free Rides During Public Health Shutdown By Silicon Valley Newsroom Yup. From now until who-knows-when this stay-at-home decree is finally lifted, the price of passage is on the house. Read More 7
News March 22, 2020 Santa Clara County Can’t Change When Property Taxes Are Due, But It May Waive Late Fees By Jennifer Wadsworth We get a little more time to pay federal and state taxes, but the due date for local property taxes is what it is. And it’s still April 10. Read More 10
News March 21, 2020 Bay Area Air Quality Likely to Improve as Traffic Declines During Coronavirus Slowdown By Jennifer Wadsworth With far fewer cars on the roads, California’s sweeping stay-at-home order may have a measurable effect on air quality in the region. Read More 3
News March 21, 2020 SJPD Warns 56 Businesses to Close Under Health Order By Grace Hase Residents can report non-essential businesses that are still operating by calling the non-emergency number at 3-1-1. Read More 6
News March 20, 2020 Ethics Complaints Filed Against Feinstein for Selling Stocks Before Coronavirus Crash By Silicon Valley Newsroom U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and three of her congressional colleagues face ethics complaints filed by nonpartisan watchdog Common Cause. Read More 14
News March 20, 2020 Coronavirus Live Updates, March 20, 2020: Local Lockdown Goes Statewide With No End in Sight By Jennifer Wadsworth That Bay Area stay-at-home order meant to last three weeks? It applies to all of California now and no one’s sure how long it’ll last. Read More 7
News March 19, 2020 Coronavirus Live Updates, March 19, 2020: Silicon Valley Enters Third Day of Regional Lockdown By Silicon Valley Newsroom As people adjust to life under lockdown, lawmakers from D.C. to City Hall have been working on ways to keep the economy moving. Read More 1
News March 19, 2020 San Jose Explores Paid Sick Leave Law For ‘Essential Employees’ By Grace Hase As the U.S. tries to “flatten the curve” of the pandemic, the city mulls a paid sick leave policy so workers can stay home if they fall ill. Read More 1
News March 19, 2020 Silicon Valley Arts Groups, Restaurateurs Struggle Through the Coronavirus Quarantine By Grace Hase Decades of community-building suffers a setback as performances cancel, dining goes takeout-only and the economy slides into recession. Read More 1
News March 19, 2020 Out of a Job? Can’t Pay Your Bills? These Proposals May Keep You Afloat Amid This Pandemic By Jackie Botts, CalMatters The coronavirus threatens to swell the ranks of poor Californians as restaurants, stores and other businesses shutter and workers stay home. Read More 2
News March 18, 2020 Where California Stands with Coronavirus Testing Right Now By Rachel Becker and Ana B. Ibarra, CalMatters So where are we on this? Who can get tested and where exactly should you go? If you do get a hold of a test, is it going to cost anything? Read More 0
News March 18, 2020 COVID-19 Expected to Impact San Jose’s Next Budget Cycle By Grace Hase A lot has changed since Mayor Sam Liccardo authored his annual March budget message a little less than two weeks ago. Read More 2
News March 18, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 18, 2020: Testing Ramps Up on 2nd Day of Regional Lockdown By Silicon Valley Newsroom Drive-through testing has rolled out, giving local health officials more tools to map out the scope of the problems in the Bay Area and beyond. Read More 3