The Board of Supervisors took a stand for menstrual equity, voting to stock county bathrooms with tampons and pads for anyone to use free of charge.

About 8,500 appointments scheduled through the county between now and March 21 will be transferred to the Oakland-based hospital chain.

City and county leaders asked residents to volunteer to help and spread information to non-English speakers eligible for the vaccine.

To date, no one on the San Jose City Council or Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors have been inoculated against the virus.

Without air-refilling stations in San Jose’s highrises, firefighters say they’d have to lug metal oxygen tanks up flight after flight of stairs. 

Public health officials expect to vaccinate 5,000 people a day, with plans to boost daily capacity to 15,000 people as supplies increase.

Covid-19 deaths as of now lag behind only cancer and heart disease, which are projected to be the top two killers in the South Bay this year.

The ordinances limit how much money food-delivery apps can charge mom-and-pop restaurants struggling to survive the pandemic.

The Registered Nurses Professional Association says the county is falling short in its response to the ongoing surge in Covid-19.

County leaders agreed to fund two programs for women who have been heavily impacted by the economic fallout from the pandemic.

Local leaders will consider regulating one of restaurants’ major costs when on-site dining isn’t allowed: third-party delivery charges. 

The referral introduced by Supervisor Susan Ellenberg also asks that the county disclose some key data points to improve transparency.

In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the county Board of Supervisors reinforced its commitment to build a new mental health facility.

Indoor dining, gyms, churches and gatherings are prohibited under the purple tier.

The former Sunnyvale mayor, U.S. Navy Bronze Star recipient and intellectual property attorney starts his newest gig in a few short weeks.

Santa Clara County on Sunday reported 358 new diagnoses—a single-day case count second only to the record 385 tallied on July 15.