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Saturday, August 1, 2026

A look inside San Jose politics and culture

San Jose Inside (https://www.sanjoseinside.com)

Silicon Valley Leaders Launch $11M Coronavirus Relief Fund

The fund is part of Santa Clara County’s ongoing regional effort to pull together amid the global coronavirus outbreak.

We’re now in the second week of what’s become a statewide shutdown. Meanwhile, as testing ramps up, the confirmed case count increases.

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

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.

As people adjust to life under lockdown, lawmakers from D.C. to City Hall have been working on ways to keep the economy moving.

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

A lot has changed since Mayor Sam Liccardo authored his annual March budget message a little less than two weeks ago.

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.

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 expansion of telephonic payment services aligns with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control promoting “social distancing.”

As of today, the city reports that 16 are back at work and 52 remain on paid leave to avoid passing the illness on to other people.

The guidance applies to all non-essential work and social events that draw people into a shared space at the same time—both indoors and out.

During an ongoing crisis, the way public experts, political leaders and other authorities talk to the public carries profound weight.