March 26, 2020 SJ Braces for 2,000 COVID-19 Deaths Over Next Two Months By Jennifer Wadsworth But if people ignore public health guidelines about staying six feet apart and at home as much as possible, as many as 16,000 could die. Read More 29
March 26, 2020 Coronavirus Live Blog, March 26, 2020: Staying Home Saves Lives By Jennifer Wadsworth The shutdowns are working. And California has no plans to grant President Trump’s wish of getting back to business as usual by Easter. Read More 6
March 26, 2020 Banks Agree to Coronavirus Mortgage Relief in Calif. Amid Push for Temporary Eviction Ban By Laurel Rosenhall, CALmatters The agreement does not eliminate debt for California homeowners. Instead, it gives them a 90-day grace period. Read More 2
March 25, 2020 Infectious Disease Expert Says Nearly Half the Patients at San Jose Kaiser Have Coronavirus By Jennifer Wadsworth Roughly half of all patients at the Blossom Hill hospital have tested positive for coronavirus or are suspected to have been infected with it. Read More 52
March 25, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 25, 2020: Officials Say Actual Case Count is Higher Than You Think By Silicon Valley Newsroom As the COVID-19 case count slowly ticks upward, the actual number of people infected with the coronavirus is many times greater. Read More 5
March 25, 2020 Incomplete Testing Blurs Full Picture of COVID-19 Outbreak By Jennifer Wadsworth As Santa Clara County public health authorities battle a mounting pandemic, what they don’t know can actually hurt us. Read More 17
March 24, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 24, 2020: Silicon Valley Wraps Up Week One of the Lockdown By Grace Hase We’re in this for the long haul folks, so buckle up, find a good book and please please please stay at home as much as you possibly can. Read More 4
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 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 23, 2020 12-Step Meetings Migrate Online During Coronavirus Pandemic By Jennifer Wadsworth For folks in Alcoholics Anonymous, sobriety is hard enough already. In a pandemic, all the more so, with 12-step meetings suspended indefinitely. Read More 2
March 22, 2020 As Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Rise, Santa Clara Co. Has Yet to Disclose Testing Capacity By Jennifer Wadsworth As the COVID-19 death toll reaches double digits countywide, local health officials have yet to disclose how many people they’ve tested. Read More 14
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 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 Bay Area Air Quality Likely to Improve as Traffic Declines During Coronavirus Slowdown By Jennifer Wadsworth With far fewer cars on the roads, California’s sweeping stay-at-home order may have a measurable effect on air quality in the region. Read More 3