December 17, 2020 What Silicon Valley’s Sewers Reveal About the Coronavirus By Jennifer Wadsworth Because Covid-19 can be found in stool, even from people without symptoms, researchers are testing wastewater to monitor the virus. Read More 7
December 17, 2020 #ShopLocalSJ Campaign Promotes Small Businesses During Stay-at-Home Order By Silicon Valley Newsroom The initiative includes a fee cap on food-delivery apps, local business directory and a resource guide for mom-and-pop enterprises. Read More 4
December 16, 2020 San Jose, Santa Clara County Cap Fees for Food-Delivery Apps By Silicon Valley Newsroom The ordinances limit how much money food-delivery apps can charge mom-and-pop restaurants struggling to survive the pandemic. Read More 4
December 16, 2020 With Garcia Out, Who’s in Line to Become SJ’s Next Police Chief? By The Fly After 30 years on the force and four years as chief of the San Jose PD, Eddie Garcia has called it quits—at least in this town. Read More 11
December 16, 2020 Victims of Grace Baptist Church Stabbing Join Soaring Death Toll Among Silicon Valley’s Homeless By Jennifer Wadsworth The Nov. 22 tragedy points to the same dangers driving the 122 percent jump in homeless deaths Santa Clara County has seen so far in 2020. Read More 12
December 16, 2020 Op-Ed: Equity? Not in San Jose By Gil Rodan The Diridon area never seemed to be worth “revitalizing” before the prospect of Google money came into the picture. Read More 9
December 15, 2020 Op-Ed: Mothers Join Youth in Urging San Jose to Show the Way to Climate Safety By Linda Hutchins-Knowles and Maggie Dong As the Capital of Silicon Valley, San Jose should incentivize clean-energy solutions, not the fossil gas past. Read More 4
December 14, 2020 Ex-Church Elder Sentenced for Embezzling Millions From Saratoga Congregation By Kathleen Kirkwood, Bay City News A Cupertino man who paid cash for multiple homes with a millions of stolen dollars was sentenced to four years in prison. Read More 0
December 13, 2020 Santa Clara Co. to Chip in Funds for Women Impacted by Covid By Jana Kadah, Bay City News County leaders agreed to fund two programs for women who have been heavily impacted by the economic fallout from the pandemic. Read More 6
December 11, 2020 A New Gamer Lounge is Coming to San Jose’s SoFA District By Janice Bitters Called Guildhouse, the new lounge will be a “spiritual successor” to AFKgg Gamer Lounge, which closed in 2018. Read More 3
December 10, 2020 San Jose’s D8 Councilwoman Tests Positive for Covid-19 By Jennifer Wadsworth Sylvia Arenas announced today on social media that she tested positive for Covid-19, along with most of her family. Read More 0
December 10, 2020 Alum Rock Union School Board to Appoint Fifth Trustee in January By Jennifer Wadsworth With Wednesday’s five-hour board discussion a wrap, the rules are revised and the dates are set for replacing Scott Pham. Read More 3
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 10, 2020 Kaiser Cuts Ties with Doctor for Allegedly Reusing Syringes By Silicon Valley Newsroom Hospital officials said Kaiser cut ties with anesthesiologist David Reese Rummell on Sept. 30 after reporting him to state authorities. Read More 12
December 9, 2020 Newly Elected Alum Rock School Trustee Abruptly Resigns Before Taking His Oath of Office By Jennifer Wadsworth On Dec. 4, just a day after officials certified results from last month’s election, Scott Pham submitted his letter of resignation. Read More 5
December 8, 2020 Pay to Stay: Delays, Barriers Plague Santa Clara County’s Quarantine Subsidies By Jennifer Wadsworth The vast majority of people who seek wage-replacement payments to isolate and prevent the spread of Covid-19 never get the help they need. Read More 1