March 20, 2020 Coronavirus Live Updates, March 20, 2020: Local Lockdown Goes Statewide With No End in Sight By Jennifer Wadsworth That Bay Area stay-at-home order meant to last three weeks? It applies to all of California now and no one’s sure how long it’ll last. Read More 7
March 19, 2020 Coronavirus Live Updates, March 19, 2020: Silicon Valley Enters Third Day of Regional Lockdown By Silicon Valley Newsroom As people adjust to life under lockdown, lawmakers from D.C. to City Hall have been working on ways to keep the economy moving. Read More 1
March 18, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 18, 2020: Testing Ramps Up on 2nd Day of Regional Lockdown By Silicon Valley Newsroom Drive-through testing has rolled out, giving local health officials more tools to map out the scope of the problems in the Bay Area and beyond. Read More 3
March 18, 2020 Inmate Advocates Slam Santa Clara County DA’s New Hires By The Fly Silicon Valley De-Bug was unimpressed with DA Jeff Rosen’s decision to take on lawyers fired by his S.F. counterpart, Chesa Boudin. Read More 14
March 18, 2020 Lack of Tests Means Health Officials Still Don’t Know Full Scope of Coronavirus Outbreak By Jennifer Wadsworth Delays and incompetence in the federal government’s COVID-10 testing set the U.S. far behind other countries in controlling the pandemic. Read More 9
March 17, 2020 Coronavirus and the Census: California Fears an Undercount By Elizabeth Castillo, CALmatters Low turnout for the Census Bureau’s decennial count could jeopardize the state’s 53 congressional seats, along with billions in federal funding. Read More 0
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 16, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 16, 2020: School’s Out, Bars Close, County Orders ‘Shelter in Place’ By Silicon Valley Newsroom A day after the state urged bars to close and seniors to stay home, South Bay public health officials announce new measures to curb the outbreak. Read More 3
March 15, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom Calls for Shutdown of Bars, Nightclubs to Slow Coronavirus Outbreak By Silicon Valley Newsroom Restaurants can remain open as long as they reduce capacity by half and require customers to stay at least six feet apart from one another. Read More 17
March 13, 2020 Silicon Valley Coronavirus Updates: March 13, 2020 By Silicon Valley Newsroom All this pandemic news is overwhelming. We’ll do our best to keep you up to date on how COVID-19 is impacting life in Santa Clara County. Read More 6
March 12, 2020 San Jose Firefighters Test Positive for Coronavirus By Silicon Valley Newsroom As of today, the city reports that 16 are back at work and 52 remain on paid leave to avoid passing the illness on to other people. Read More 1
March 12, 2020 WATCH: Coronavirus Update at San Jose International Airport By Silicon Valley Newsroom Silicon Valley officials held a press conference at SJC to share updates about the outbreak and demand answers from the federal government. Read More 1
March 12, 2020 Coronavirus: California Advises Banning Crowds of 250 or More By Jennifer Wadsworth The guidance applies to all non-essential work and social events that draw people into a shared space at the same time—both indoors and out. Read More 2
March 11, 2020 Coronavirus Crisis Highlights Importance of Effective Public Health Communication By Jennifer Wadsworth During an ongoing crisis, the way public experts, political leaders and other authorities talk to the public carries profound weight. Read More 9
March 11, 2020 Op-Ed: Nonprofits Need Extra Help to Survive This Pandemic By Kyra Kazantzis That is why Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits calls on the donor community to continue—and increase—its support at this time. Read More 4
March 10, 2020 Letter: San Jose Should Help Small Businesses Weather the Economic Impact of COVID-19 By Jesus Flores The coronavirus scare has taken a toll on local family-owned businesses, which have reported a recent shortage in clientele and revenue. Read More 7