June 17, 2020 Pandemic to Influence Design in 12-Story Santa Clara Building By Silicon Valley Newsroom The project includes a 1,031,957-square-foot headquarters-style office building plus an eight-level parking garage for nearly 3,600 cars. Read More 0
June 5, 2020 Santa Clara’s Immigration Offices Re-open, Fees Increase By San Jose Inside Immigration officials assured that they have enacted precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in reopened facilities. Read More 0
June 4, 2020 Santa Clara Mayor, Police Chief Join Obama Initiative By San Jose Inside Mayor Lisa Gillmor signed the “Commit to Action” initiative, led by President Obama, which calls for improved police use-of-force policies. Read More 8
May 31, 2020 LIVE UPDATES: Silicon Valley Gears Up for Another March Against George Floyd’s Killing By Silicon Valley Newsroom Organizers plan to repeat the route eight times, one for each minute George Floyd was choked to death by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin. Read More 13
May 20, 2020 Sheltering in Place Has Vastly Improved Region’s Air Quality—But How Long Will It Last? By San Jose Inside The pandemic has led to a massive reduction in pollution, but it could come back with a vengeance once commuters hit the road again. Read More 3
May 12, 2020 Santa Clara Slated to Approve $170K PR Contract Despite Looming Budget Shortfall By Grace Hase If approved, the contract between the city Stadium Authority and Singer Associates would go into effect on July 1 and run through March 2022. Read More 7
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 10, 2020 ‘Little Free Library’ Becomes Food Pantry to Help Those in Need By Emanuel Lee The project serves as a reminder about how even in the most difficult circumstances, people are coming together to serve others in need. Read More 3
April 9, 2020 Government Transparency Suffers Amid Pandemic By The Fly Santa Clara has joined a long list of government bodies putting public records requests on the back burner amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Read More 13
April 6, 2020 Santa Clara County Field Hospital Accepts First COVID-19 Patients By Silicon Valley Newsroom The county is also working with local hotels and homeless shelters to isolate and care for people who have nowhere else to go. Read More 18
April 6, 2020 Sunnyvale Factory Finds a Way to Keep Running Amid Pandemic By Emanuel Lee Sierra Circuits provides medical equipment to dozens of customers, including one that makes a quick-turnaround COVID-19 test. Read More 3
March 27, 2020 National Guard Preps Events Center for Coronavirus Patients By Jennifer Wadsworth Dr. Jennifer Tong, who’s leading the county’s surge plan for all local hospitals, said she expects patients to start filling the beds by Tuesday. 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 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 17, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 17, 2020: South Bay Hunkers Down By Silicon Valley Newsroom As COVID-19 testing slowly ramps up throughout the U.S., most of the Bay Area hunkers down at home. Welcome to day one of the lockdown. Read More 5
March 11, 2020 Police Deem Valley Fair Mall Shooting Threat ‘Non-Credible’ By Grace Hase San Jose PD said the same person made similar threats about San Jose High School and other places throughout California. Read More 3