July 31, 2020 Op-Ed: Masks Can Help Us All Regain More Freedom By Otto Lee While politicians still dither over whether or not to mandate masks, it’s time to put factually based statistics and science above politics. Read More 16
July 31, 2020 Santa Clara County Investigates Covid-19 ‘Clusters’ at Several Local Costco Stores By Erik Chalhoub The Santa Clara County Public Health Department says more than two dozen employees at four stores tested positive for the virus. Read More 1
July 30, 2020 Report: U.S. Response to Coronavirus Pandemic Has Been Poor at Best, Disastrous at Worst By Emanuel Lee The U.S. took 98 days to reach one million confirmed cases of Covid-19, but just 16 days to increase from 3 million to 4 million. Read More 9
July 26, 2020 Santa Clara County Institutes New Wrist Band System for Pop-Up COVID-19 Testing Sites By Grace Hase The wrist bands will be available at three pop-up testing sites starting Tuesday. Read More 0
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 17, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom Announces New Guidelines for Schools By Grace Hase Schools in counties that have been off the state’s monitoring list for 14 consecutive days will be allowed to hold in-person classes this fall. 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 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 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