July 22, 2020 Santa Clara’s Santana Is Actually State’s Highest-paid City Manager for Second Year in a Row By Silicon Valley Newsroom Note: This new assessment prompted San Jose Inside to take a fresh look at two years of compensation for employees in California cities. Read More 11
July 22, 2020 Report: 43,000 Santa Clara County Renters at Risk of Eviction Due to Pandemic By Grace Hase The estimation is approximately 16 times higher than the average number of evictions filed each year, according to analysts. Read More 7
July 21, 2020 Majority of Santa Clara Co. Supes Favors Sales Tax Boost By San Jose Inside Supervisors Joe Simitian and Mike Wasserman voted against taking this first step towards a sales tax boost. Read More 16
July 21, 2020 Private, Public COVID-19 Testing Accelerates in Santa Clara County By Silicon Valley Newsroom County data show that testing increased significantly in the month following a June 10 order for private healthcare systems to step up. Read More 4
July 17, 2020 Redwood City Entrepreneur Reimagines Civic Engagement Platform for COVID-19 Aid By Grace Hase VOCA founder Brian Jaffe reimagined his civic engagement app to help those who needed groceries while sheltering in place. Read More 4
July 14, 2020 Ben Field Exits Divided Labor Council After ‘Fair Elections’ Ballot Measure Debacle By Dan Pulcrano Less than a month after a key measure to change San Jose’s election dates failed to make it to the ballot, Ben Field has resigned. Read More 3
July 13, 2020 State Officials Order Closure of Gyms, Salons, Other Indoor Businesses in Santa Clara County By Grace Hase Gyms, hair salons, malls and a few other indoor businesses will have to close by the end of this week, according to state health officials. Read More 9
July 13, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom Orders Closure of Indoor Operations for Counties on the Watch List By Grace Hase If the state puts Santa Clara County on the watch list, then gyms, hair salons and other indoor operations would have to close. Read More 3
July 12, 2020 Free ‘Pop-up’ Sites for COVID-19 Tests This Week By San Jose Inside Below is a list of this week’s no-cost, no-appointment-necessary pop-up sites for COVID-19 testing offered by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department. (more…) Read More 0
July 10, 2020 Santa Clara County Drops Plans to Allow Indoor Gatherings By San Jose Inside The new directive on gatherings prohibits all indoor gatherings but will still allow outdoor gatherings of up to 60 people. Read More 12
July 10, 2020 Report: Santa Clara County Could See More than 2,000 Daily COVID-19 Cases by August By Grace Hase A new study analyzes social distancing data from cellphone GPS, population density, health demographics and weather. Read More 19
July 9, 2020 Sport Bubble: Pro Teams Hope to Isolate and Compete, But Will Their Quarantine Plans Work? By Emanuel Lee The only guarantee when it comes to the scheduled restart and continuation of pro sports in the U.S. is there is no guarantee. Read More 12
July 7, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Jail Deputy Arrested on Suspicion of Smuggling Meth to Inmates By Silicon Valley Newsroom Mayra Rios, a 35-year-old Antioch resident and correctional deputy, is being held in lieu of a $1 million bail at the Main Jail. Read More 5
July 7, 2020 San Jose POA President Apologizes to Members for Response to Bigoted FB Posts By Jennifer Wadsworth Faced with calls to resign and many members defecting to the Fraternal Order of Police, Sgt. Paul Kelly has since changed his tune. Read More 35
July 6, 2020 Santa Clara County Still Hopeful It Can Reopen Despite Grim News By Silicon Valley Newsroom From rising COVID-19 cases to shutdown orders from the state, the Fourth of July weekend didn’t give local officials much to celebrate. Read More 5
July 4, 2020 State Rejects Santa Clara County COVID-19 Reopening Plan By Silicon Valley Newsroom The California Department of Public Health denied the county’s request for a variance from state COVID-19 protocols. Read More 67