Santa Clara’s off-leash dog parks are reopening this morning in accordance with Santa Clara County’s amended public health order.

When stakeholders can more easily participate in public meetings, governments get better results and our collective trust in institutions grows.

No more cash. No more happy hours. Or large-group meals. No more break rooms, or conference rooms. No more handshakes. Or hugs.

The main difference between the city’s law and the county’s is that San Jose also requires masks for anyone standing in line at the store. 

San Jose deploys curfews, tear gas and rubber bullets to quell protests. Perhaps it's time for a fundamental rethink of American policing.

Defense lawyers feared that in addition to violating due-process rights, the closure further exposed defendants to COVID-19 as they wait in jail. 

The county still encourages social distancing and will require re-opened businesses to follow certain safety protocols.

The list notes the age, gender and health issues of everyone killed by the virus since the first known South Bay fatality in early February.

While several inmates have been released from jails and been placed on house arrest since April, protesters said those measures are not enough.

Spearheaded by SJ Councilwoman Magdalena Carrasco, the group will work on ways to remedy pandemic-related health disparities.

Customers venturing out to reopened businesses should be prepared to make their own safety assessments, health officials say.

MedMen will go down in the annals as a symbol of the early days of the legal-weed industry: a meteoric rise and a spectacular crash.

The veteran water official will make $326,352 a year to oversee a district tasked with providing water and flood protection to the South Bay.

Hotels, restaurants, gyms and retail are among the largest employers to lay people off in the South Bay, according to the latest figures from EDD.

The financial disclosures come three months after the county declared a state of emergency, which expanded its authority to fight the crisis.

An extended repayment plan is also expected to be developed after the county was told to look at the city of San Jose as an example.