August 27, 2020 Amid Worsening Pandemic and Massive Wildfires, Census Takers Start Making House Calls By Will Carruthers and Jennifer Wadsworth With little more than a month to go before the census deadline, county officials are making a final push to ensure a complete tally. Read More 8
August 27, 2020 Letter to the Editor: If We Don’t Address Climate Change, These Fires Will Only Get Worse By Guest Columnist If we don’t address climate change head on, these apocalyptic fires burning up and down California will remain our reality. Read More 8
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
August 26, 2020 Op-Ed: Jacob Blake, Another Casualty of Deja Vu by Design By Sajid Khan Despite the movement in the streets, the uprisings at city halls, the chants of Black Lives Matter, we’re still here. Read More 6
August 26, 2020 Bay Area Gets Devastating Welcome to Era of Megafires By Jennifer Wadsworth California has never seen anything like the lightning fires that struck amid a pandemic, rolling blackouts and a record heatwave. Read More 13
August 25, 2020 Some Evacuation Orders Ease Up, But Officials Say California ‘Megafires’ Could Burn for Weeks By Jennifer Wadsworth The fires east of Santa Clara Valley have grown to more than 365,000 acres, making it the largest active fire in California. Read More 1
August 24, 2020 Recently Retired San Jose City Attorney Dies of Cancer By Silicon Valley Newsroom Mayor Sam Liccardo issued a statement Monday calling Rick Doyle, a lifelong civil servant, one of the city's “greatest champions.” Read More 3
August 24, 2020 WATCH: Lightning Complex Updates From Cal Fire, San Jose By Silicon Valley Newsroom Cal Fire and San Jose city officials broadcast updates about the Bay Area lightning fires in a series of video broadcasts. Read More 0
August 24, 2020 Lightning Mostly Spares South Bay; Red Flag Warning Lifted By Jennifer Wadsworth Fires raging all around the South Bay continue to close in, prompting new evacuation orders in the Tri-Valley, Morgan Hill and Los Gatos. Read More 0
August 24, 2020 SJ Mayor Tells Police to Hasten Release of Protest Footage By Grace Hase Even if Mayor Sam Liccardo gets his way, the videos would only see the light of day by fall—up to five months after the demonstrations. Read More 5
August 22, 2020 LIVE UPDATES: Lightning Fires Consume More Than a Million Acres Across California By Silicon Valley Newsroom More than 13,000 firefighters throughout the state are battling record blazes that have darkened skies and forced 100,000 evacuations. Read More 0
August 22, 2020 SCU Complex Continues Southeastward Spread, Grows Overnight to 291,000 Acres By Jennifer Wadsworth Wildfires east of Santa Clara Valley have burned through nearly 300,000 acres with only 10 percent containment today, per Cal Fire. Read More 0
August 21, 2020 LIVE UPDATES: Bay Area Lightning Fires Keep Growing By Silicon Valley Newsroom The latest news about the SCU and CZU fire complexes surrounding Santa Clara County, where some evacuation orders remain in effect. Read More 5
August 21, 2020 Overnight Growth Makes SCU Complex California’s Biggest Fire By Jennifer Wadsworth In three major clusters, they darkened skies, forced thousands to flee home and pushed California’s firefighting capacity to the brink. Read More 0
August 20, 2020 WATCH: San Jose Mayor Gives Update on SCU Fire Complex By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and Kip Harkness, the head of the city’s emergency operations center, fielded questions from residents. Read More 2
August 20, 2020 Evacuation Orders Expanded in Eastern Santa Clara County By Silicon Valley Newsroom Cal Fire announced new evacuation orders for the eastern edge of Santa Clara County, where the SCU Complex keeps growing. Read More 0