Jeff Smith says a well-enforced state order would be more effective than announcements about body bags and overflow morgues.

Rep. Anna Eshoo announced today that she’ll err on the safe side after one of her staffers tested positive for the coronavirus.

Santa Clara County received its first 5,850 doses of the new Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine earlier this week.

The loan program was first proposed two months ago by county supervisors Joe Simitian and Susan Ellenberg.

The Mercury News broke the story today about the off-duty revelry, which reportedly took place on Dec. 6.

Because Covid-19 can be found in stool, even from people without symptoms, researchers are testing wastewater to monitor the virus.

The ordinances limit how much money food-delivery apps can charge mom-and-pop restaurants struggling to survive the pandemic.

The Registered Nurses Professional Association says the county is falling short in its response to the ongoing surge in Covid-19.

County leaders agreed to fund two programs for women who have been heavily impacted by the economic fallout from the pandemic.

Public health officials today said the outbreak spread to at least 94 players, coaches and close contacts in three counties.

Virgin of Guadalupe activities should be restricted to within the household or held virtually, county officials said.

In the worst-hit counties, hospitals are sending critically ill patients elsewhere. Others are keeping ICU patients in crowded ER wards.

The county now expects to get 39,300 doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine in December, in addition to doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

Faced with record numbers of people suffering food insecurity, free food distributors in the Bay Area are doing a remarkable job.

Housing advocates have been sounding the alarm on what they say will be an unparalleled wave of evictions early next year.

The South Bay’s central tax collection agency is sitting on a veritable fortune in unclaimed money.