March 11, 2021 Bay Area Lawmakers Laud Passage of Covid Relief Bill By Eli Walsh, Bay City News The $1.9 trillion bill includes monthly payments for families with children and $1,400 checks for millions of Americans. Read More 9
February 26, 2021 Newly Untethered Tech Workers are Moving South in Droves By Liza Monroy As wildfire and mudslide threats prompt mountain residents to flee, Silicon Valley’s remote workers are eager to take their place. Read More 18
December 10, 2020 Food Banks Adapt to Pandemic to Feed Families in Need By Victoria Franco and Christina Casillas, Bay City News Faced with record numbers of people suffering food insecurity, free food distributors in the Bay Area are doing a remarkable job. Read More 0
December 4, 2020 Santa Clara Among Five Counties to Issue Stay-at-Home Order By Eli Walsh, Bay City News The order pre-empts the state’s stay-at-home order, which Gov. Gavin Newsom formally announced Thursday, as hospitalizations surge. Read More 11
December 3, 2020 Three Bay Area Counties Lead in Census ‘Self-Response’ Rates By Sam Richards, Bay City News San Mateo, Santa Clara and Contra Costa recorded the highest “self-response” rates among California’s 58 counties. Read More 1
November 29, 2020 California District Attorneys Describe Widespread Unemployment Fraud by Inmates By Astrid Casimire California officials estimate that jail and prison inmates could have filed close to $1 billion in fraudulent claims for pandemic benefits. Read More 4
November 15, 2020 Women Workers in Santa Clara Co. Fare Worse Than You Think By Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters A new index that ranks women’s well-being in all California counties shows South Bay women are the most likely to work low wage jobs in the state. Read More 7
November 6, 2020 Bay Area Election Officials Say They Prefer Early Voting By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Statewide, more than 11.2 million voters—at least 2.7 million in the San Francisco Bay Area—cast ballots before Election Day. Read More 2
November 5, 2020 Democratic Candidate Leading Race for District 13 Senate Seat By Astrid Casimire It appears that public policy innovator Josh Becker will win the race to replace retiring Sen. Jerry Hill. Read More 1
November 4, 2020 Caltrain Wins Crucial Tax Increase with Measure RR By Jana Kadah, Bay City News Measure RR, which requires a two-thirds vote from three Bay Area counties, looks like it will comfortably pass with all precincts reporting. Read More 2
October 29, 2020 Bay Area Voters Cast Two Million Ballots Ahead of Election Day By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Mail-in ballots must be signed and dated and postmarked by Election Day, and received no later than 17 days after Election Day. Read More 0
October 16, 2020 Op-Ed: The Equity Case For Caltrain’s Measure RR By Adina Levin Measure RR would fund unprecedented new equity and connectivity policies that were recently approved by the Caltrain board. Read More 2
October 14, 2020 Prop. 13 Faces Biggest Challenge Yet With Prop. 15. Is This the Tax Reform California Needs? By Janice Bitters The measure coming up on the Nov. 3 ballot is the closest anyone’s gotten to touching the “third rail” of California politics. Read More 18
September 30, 2020 White House Extends FEMA Wildfire Aid to Santa Clara Co. By Silicon Valley Newsroom Initial damage estimates for the SCU Lightning Complex zone put the loss of cattle and grazing lands at $26 million. Read More 2
September 2, 2020 Santa Clara County Supervisor Requests Federal Aid for Those Impacted by SCU Complex Fires By Silicon Valley Newsroom The people affected by one of the largest fires in California history—the SCU Complex—still don’t qualify for FEMA relief. Read More 1
August 26, 2020 South Bay Sees Bizarre Mini-Boom as Thousands of Fire Evacuees Pour into Downtown By Janice Bitters The fires burning in the mountains south and west of San Jose have pushed 77,000 people to flee from Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties. Read More 6