María Leticia Gómez, the county’s director of communications and public affairs, fell sick on March 13 and has self-isolated ever since.

Elected leaders team up with businesses to collect cash donations and desperately needed equipment for doctors and nurses.

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.

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.

Residents can report non-essential businesses that are still operating by calling the non-emergency number at 3-1-1. 

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.

Decades of community-building suffers a setback as performances cancel, dining goes takeout-only and the economy slides into recession.

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.

Delays and incompetence in the federal government’s COVID-10 testing set the U.S. far behind other countries in controlling the pandemic.

As COVID-19 testing slowly ramps up throughout the U.S., most of the Bay Area hunkers down at home. Welcome to day one of the lockdown.

A day after the state urged bars to close and seniors to stay home, South Bay public health officials announce new measures to curb the outbreak.

Two women accused Takis Salpeas of harassment and discrimination. VTA put in charge of the Silicon Valley BART extension anyway.

Restaurants can remain open as long as they reduce capacity by half and require customers to stay at least six feet apart from one another. 

Incidences of the disease—caused by a novel coronavirus that has now been named SARS-CoV-2—are expected to rise as testing continues. 

All this pandemic news is overwhelming. We’ll do our best to keep you up to date on how COVID-19 is impacting life in Santa Clara County.

The Santa Clara County Republican Party treasurer and a campaign finance consultant reportedly broke state election laws.