County rescinds vaccine verification order
Due to new state rules regarding the wearing of masks in the workplace, Santa Clara County has rescinded its May 18 health order requiring employers to determine workers’ vaccination status.
New regulations approved by the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and...
Two years after first lockdown, Covid-19 picture improves
It’s been two years since Santa Clara County went into lockdown in response to a then-mostly unknown threat that was destroying lives across the world.
The first shelter-in-place order in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which went into effect on March 17, 2020, shut down...
Fundraising drive earns teen recognition, scholarship
At age 13, Addy Mosher is already setting an example of how hard work and a giving spirit can combine to create valuable assistance for an ailing community.
Shortly after the Covid-19 pandemic began in early 2020, local and state restrictions resulted in many residents...
County opens grant program for small businesses
Santa Clara County this week launched a program that offers grants of up to $5,000 for local small businesses that have taken or plan to take steps to protect their workforce and customers from Covid-19.
The county is partnering with the Silicon Valley and Hispanic...
State orders closure of indoor businesses in Santa Clara County
By Grace Hase
For a few hours on Monday it seemed as though gyms, salons and other indoor operations would remain open in Santa Clara County, despite orders from Gov. Gavin Newsom to shut down businesses in jurisdictions on the state’s Covid-19 watch list.
But that all changed...
Clinic in Morgan Hill brings Covid-19 vaccine to 1,000 farmworkers
An effort to vaccinate 1,000 farmworkers this week at Monterey Mushrooms’ north Morgan Hill facility began Sunday morning—the first day that frontline workers in the agricultural industry are eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine in Santa Clara County.
Public health experts and labor advocates say that...
State not likely to lift school mask mandate until March
While California K-12 students will still be required to wear masks once the state's indoor mask mandate ends this week, one of the state’s top health officials said Monday that a decision on in-school mask requirements could be made by the end of the...
State restores indoor mask mandate
California will restore an indoor mask mandate this week in the wake of a recent increase in Covid-19 cases, one of the state's top health officials said Monday.
State Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said the state will reimplement an indoor mask...
County investigating Covid-19 ‘cluster’ at Costco
County health officials are investigating four Costco stores, including Gilroy, on reports of Covid-19 “clusters.”
According to Santa Clara County Public Health, six employees of the 7251 Camino Arroyo store in Gilroy tested positive for Covid-19 between July 24-30.
The Sunnyvale location had 13 confirmed cases...
County moves to most restrictive ‘purple tier’
Under a Nov. 16 directive from Gov. Gavin Newsom, Santa Clara County will revert to the state’s most restrictive reopening tier due to the rapidly increasing rate of Covid-19 cases being transmitted among the community.
