March 24, 2020 New Mandate Requires Private Labs to Report Comprehensive Test Data in 7 Bay Area Counties By Grace Hase The order issued this morning will make private companies disclose overall COVID-19 test data—not just the positive results. Read More 0
March 23, 2020 Santa Clara County Has Tested Just 647 Patients for COVID-19 By Jennifer Wadsworth How many have been tested at private labs remains unclear because they have no obligation to report that to local health officials. Read More 16
March 23, 2020 San Jose FoodMaxx to Close Temporarily After Coronavirus-Infected Employee Dies By Jennifer Wadsworth Word of the death spread earlier today online, where people criticized the grocer for trying to keep employees from talking about it. Read More 17
March 23, 2020 Silicon Valley Leaders Launch $11M Coronavirus Relief Fund By Grace Hase The fund is part of Santa Clara County’s ongoing regional effort to pull together amid the global coronavirus outbreak. Read More 5
March 23, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 23, 2020: Hospitals Expand Surge Capacity as Outbreak Spreads By Jennifer Wadsworth We’re now in the second week of what’s become a statewide shutdown. Meanwhile, as testing ramps up, the confirmed case count increases. Read More 4
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
March 18, 2020 Inmate Advocates Slam Santa Clara County DA’s New Hires By The Fly Silicon Valley De-Bug was unimpressed with DA Jeff Rosen’s decision to take on lawyers fired by his S.F. counterpart, Chesa Boudin. Read More 14
March 18, 2020 Lack of Tests Means Health Officials Still Don’t Know Full Scope of Coronavirus Outbreak By Jennifer Wadsworth Delays and incompetence in the federal government’s COVID-10 testing set the U.S. far behind other countries in controlling the pandemic. Read More 9
March 17, 2020 Coronavirus and the Census: California Fears an Undercount By Elizabeth Castillo, CALmatters Low turnout for the Census Bureau’s decennial count could jeopardize the state’s 53 congressional seats, along with billions in federal funding. Read More 0
March 17, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 17, 2020: South Bay Hunkers Down By Silicon Valley Newsroom 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. Read More 5