January 5, 2021 Op-Ed: VTA Should Rethink Those ‘Spaced Out’ Bus Stops By Robin Roemer and Gil Rodan If we can’t even make room and time for bus stops on our streets, there is little hope we’ll ever get the fast-moving transit system that we need. Read More 10
January 5, 2021 California Extends Deadline for Small Business Relief Grants By Keith Burbank and Lisa Hix, Bay City News Santa Clara County, meanwhile, is inviting small businesses to apply for low-interest loans of up to $100,000. Read More 6
January 4, 2021 One Dead, 43 Others Infected in San Jose Kaiser Covid Outbreak By Jennifer Wadsworth The South Bay hospital outbreak comes amid a post-holiday season explosion in coronavirus cases throughout California. Read More 6
January 4, 2021 Bay Area Public Schools Build Community Wireless Networks to Bridge the Digital Divide By Ali Tadayon Districts throughout California are replacing hotspots for a more reliable, long-term alternative. Read More 1
January 3, 2021 Dozens of Staffers at San Jose Kaiser Test Positive for Covid By Bay City News The medical center is using contact tracing and will personally notify and test any staff member or patient who were potentially exposed. Read More 1
January 1, 2021 How Food Banks are Coping With the Pandemic’s Hunger Crisis By Jennifer Wadsworth, Todd Guild and Jacob Pierce Hunger has long been a harsh reality in Silicon Valley, but the pandemic has broadened and deepened the destitution. Read More 19
December 31, 2020 2020: The Lost Year By Silicon Valley Newsroom It’s been a millennium and a decade since two identical numbers divisible by 10 paired together in such a beautiful fashion. Read More 1
December 26, 2020 Recounts Affirm Election Outcomes in Los Altos Hills, Mountain View By Bay City News Automatic recounts are required if the margin of victory is within 0.25 percent of the total number of ballots cast or 25 votes. Read More 0
December 25, 2020 Covid Becomes Third Leading Cause of Death in Santa Clara Co. By Silicon Valley Newsroom Covid-19 deaths as of now lag behind only cancer and heart disease, which are projected to be the top two killers in the South Bay this year. Read More 6
December 24, 2020 How a Monthly Skate Night Turned into Activism in San Jose By Katie Lauer Not everyone loves sharing the road with this colorful cadre of wheeled activists, but the feeling is mostly mutual—and that’s the point. Read More 7
December 23, 2020 South Bay Project Roomkey Residents Fear a Housing Shuffle By San Jose Inside The initiative has turned 16,000 hotel and motel rooms in 55 counties and tribal areas into housing for 22,300 people. Read More 9
December 22, 2020 Valley Water Drains Anderson Reservoir to 3 Percent Capacity By Michael Moore Valley Water began draining the reservoir in October in response to a directive from federal regulators aiming to expedite the dam retrofit. Read More 0
December 21, 2020 Foothills Park Opens to All for First Time Since 1965 By San Jose Inside The Dec. 17 opening of the nature preserve settles a lawsuit brought against the city of Palo Alto by the ACLU of Northern California. Read More 5
December 21, 2020 Op-Ed: Nurse-Patient Ratios Aren’t Just a Numbers Game—They’re About Safety By Jessica Smits Now is the time for hospitals to protect nurses so that they can continue to provide this work—work that puts them on the front lines of a pandemic. Read More 4
December 19, 2020 BREAKING: Police Investigate Shooting at Milpitas Great Mall By Silicon Valley Newsroom Milpitas police shared few details about the incident, saying they ordered a shelter-in-place “out of an abundance of caution.” Read More 1
December 19, 2020 Convicted Pimp Sentenced to 104 Years in Prison for Trafficking South Bay Woman By Michael Moore Authorities say Andre William Furtado, a Watsonville resident, exploited and abused victims for years. Read More 9