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Thursday, April 23, 2026

A look inside San Jose politics and culture

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State Sends Out a Rallying Call for New Health Corps Initiative

Uncertainty looms regarding just how intense the surge may be, but one thing is for sure: the governor is preparing the troops for battle.

Local health officials finally released data about the total number of people tested and other critical data related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Bay Area retail cannabis industry reinvented itself overnight for shelter-in-place, and legal weed may never be the same again.

While the county previously reported how many patients had been laid up in hospital beds, it stopped sharing that number on its new web portal.

The project aims to help the public understand just how important it is to “flatten the curve” of the now-ubiquitous epidemiological graph.

Public health officials announced the revised mandate at a news conference in which they also unveiled new social distancing criteria.

Bloom Energy CEO KR Sridhar said his company had to quickly learn the inner workings of ventilators, a machine they hadn’t made before.

Whether it’s foregoing rent hikes or reducing payments, a group of property owners says it’s time to support tenants in their time of need.

Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody issues a new stay-at-home order that extends through at least the third day of May.

If there is an undercount in California, the state could lose a seat in Congress and receive less federal funding.

Law enforcement officials are sounding the alarm as people of Asian descent report being discriminated against because of the outbreak.

Bay Area health officials confirmed today that the sweeping stay-at-home mandate will be extended through at least May 1.

By the end of last week, the $11 million budgeted by the nonprofit to help families in need had already been tapped out.

A shortage of chloroquine, which sells under the brand name Plaquenil, is one of the many unforeseen consequences of the pandemic.

For the international aid organization, the sudden drop in blood donations amid the pandemic is a matter of life and death.

Dr. Jennifer Tong, who’s leading the county’s surge plan for all local hospitals, said she expects patients to start filling the beds by Tuesday.