May 12, 2020 Report: Santa Clara County Latinos Disproportionately Impacted by COVID-19 By Emanuel Lee Overall, Latinos make up 27 percent of Santa Clara County residents but account for 34 percent of the coronavirus deaths. Read More 16
May 12, 2020 Nurses Protest San Jose Regional Medical Center’s Planned Closure of Labor, Delivery Unit By San Jose Inside The decision to close the maternity ward was announced April 1. The ward’s last planned day of operation will be May 30. Read More 5
May 11, 2020 San Jose Sharks Give Back to Community, Furloughed Workers By Emanuel Lee As job losses and pay cuts wreak economic havoc on Silicon Valley, the team has made a point of going helping its employees weather the storm. Read More 0
May 8, 2020 San Jose Lawmakers Propose ‘Al Fresco’ Dining Initiative to Aid Small Business Recovery By Grace Hase The proposal will be heard at 2pm Wednesday during the City Council’s next Rules and Open Government Committee session. Read More 15
May 7, 2020 Op-Ed: San Jose’s Digital Inclusion Plan Misses the Mark By Ken Pyle Why isn’t San Jose more aggressively working with Comcast/Xfinity and AT&T to use their existing broadband infrastructures? Read More 4
May 6, 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic Echoes Santa Clara County’s Bout with ‘Spanish Flu’ a Century Ago By San Jose Inside Just like today, optimistic predictions and phony cures accompanied the Spanish flu as the pandemic made its deadly sweep through the region. Read More 8
May 6, 2020 San Jose Finally Pays Back Sacred Heart for Flood Relief—Years After the Fact By The Fly Jeff Scott, spokesman for the city’s housing department, acknowledged that “it doesn’t typically take this long” to pay folks back. Read More 4
May 1, 2020 Public Comment Begins on Silicon Valley Bullet Train Route By Michael Moore The San Jose to Merced section of the HSR would connect Silicon Valley to the Central Valley with a reliable high-speed travel option. Read More 19
April 28, 2020 Fewer Than 200 of Santa Clara County’s 10,000 Homeless Have Been Tested for Coronavirus By Grace Hase Though they’re among the most vulnerable, unhoused people struggle to get tested for the coronavirus and find shelter for quarantine. Read More 5
April 27, 2020 Revelations About Excess Deaths in Santa Clara County Spark Calls for Greater Transparency By Grace Hase The latest death stats signal that Covid-19 was likely spreading through Silicon Valley much earlier than originally thought. Read More 9
April 24, 2020 San Jose Races to Close the ‘Digital Divide’ as Coronavirus Moves Learning Online By Grace Hase Census data from the latest American Community Survey estimates that more than 20,000 households in the city lack internet access. Read More 6
April 23, 2020 Silicon Valley to the Rescue: Local Companies Are at the Forefront of Covid-19 Response By Emanuel Lee and Grace Hase Businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators in the tech sector seem to be driven as much by the need to contribute as by future profit. Read More 3
April 22, 2020 San Jose Approves Emergency ‘Bridge Housing’ for Homeless Amid Coronavirus Outbreak By Grace Hase Old tensions ran high at Tuesday’s meeting over a proposed site for emergency shelter for the homeless at Monterey and Bernal roads. Read More 12
April 22, 2020 Google Reportedly Halts Negotiations for 2 Million Square Feet of Bay Area Real Estate By Grace Hase Google’s parent company has reportedly halted negotiations to buy or lease more than 2 million square feet of real estate in the region. Read More 7
April 20, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom: Cities That Block Hotels for the Homeless Will Be ‘Judged’ by History By Matt Levin, CALmatters As the state prioritizes hotel rooms for homeless people who test positive for Covid-19, a potent cocktail of fear is developing in some areas. Read More 6
April 17, 2020 San Jose Considers Reinstating ‘Sunshine Law’ Provisions By Grace Hase After suspending some “sunshine laws” to fast-track proposals related to the coronavirus outbreak, the city now wants to bring them back. Read More 2