Experts say the nation’s inability to create an efficient testing system is part of what’s fueling the recent surge in Covid-19 infections.
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Labor Groups Push for Extra Protections Amid Pandemic
Assembly members Ash Karla and Lorena Gonzalez introduced a bill that would offer workers extra protections during the pandemic.
California Cities, Counties Target Homelessness with Newly Launched Project HomeKey
Can a program created to help the most vulnerable during the pandemic successfully morph into permanently helping the unsheltered?
Great America to Remain Closed for Remainder of 2020
The amusement park plans to reopen in 2021 with a new South Bay Shores waterpark and a host of special events
SCC Housing Authority Employees Balk at Demand to Return to Covid-Exposed Office
Housing Authority workers says there isn’t a single thing they can do in the office that they couldn’t accomplish more safely from home.
Op-Ed: Automated Traffic Enforcement Can Ease Some of Bay Area’s Policing Problems
It’s time to give cameras a chance, ending the Driving While Black phenomenon and reducing traffic chaos in Bay Area streets.
San Jose, AT&T Provide 4G Hotspots for Distance Learning
With the pandemic shifting learning from classroom to computer, San Jose has expedited efforts to close the so-called digital divide.
New Mural Honors Lives of San Jose’s Homeless Residents
Designed by tattoo artist Benny Arana O’Hara, the mural painted on West Virginia Street depicts two fists coming together against a red line.
SEIU 521, elected officials lead caravan protest demanding billionaires to ‘pay their fair share’
With horns blaring non-stop, a caravan of 100 cars led by a local union made its way through Atherton on July 11 to demand that billionaires do their part to help the racial and social inequities that have risen to the forefront of the nation’s consciousness during the Covid-19 crisis. SEIU 521 led a brigade of Bay Area workers, labor leaders and elected officials on a 2 ½ hour ride through Atherton, specifically targeting four billionaires—Jan Koum, George Roberts, Mark Stevens and Douglas Leone—three of the four whose wealth reportedly increased during the coronavirus pandemic. Assemblymember Ash Kalra [D-CA 27 District 27] was in one of the caravans to voice his support to raise taxes on billionaires.
Santa Clara County Property Values Hit Another Peak
The total net assessed value of all real and business property grew by $35.5 billion, a 6.87 percent increase over the prior year.
Op-Ed: Masks Can Help Us All Regain More Freedom
While politicians still dither over whether or not to mandate masks, it’s time to put factually based statistics and science above politics.
Domestic Abuse, Divorce on the Rise During Shelter-in-Place
The Santa Clara County Family Court has been inundated with divorce filings amid an uptick in intimate partner violence.
Report: U.S. Response to Coronavirus Pandemic Has Been Poor at Best, Disastrous at Worst
The U.S. took 98 days to reach one million confirmed cases of Covid-19, but just 16 days to increase from 3 million to 4 million.
San Jose’s Watergarden Survived Homophobia, Political Shifts, AIDS—But Not Coronavirus
What the storied history—and now closure—of the Watergarden bathhouse means for Silicon Valley’s LGBTQ community.
City of Santa Clara Turns Up Heat on San Francisco 49ers
The war of words between the city of Santa Clara and the San Francisco 49ers flared up again this week, with millions of dollars on the line.
Google’s Newest Housing Promises Include Modular, Investments and Land
Google has announced its latest round Bay Area housing funding, aimed at pushing forward about 24,000 new homes over the next decade.
