SCC Exec: ‘Vigorous’ statewide quarantine preferred over mere warnings
While the vaccine brought a glimmer of hope to a dark season, California’s coronavirus surge continues its record-shattering onslaught, with more than 45,000 new cases and 260 deaths in just the past day.
De Paul helps ‘decompress’ area hospitals
The newly renovated De Paul Health Center just opened for patient admissions in December, and the facility has already played a big part in helping Santa Clara County manage the recent surge in Covid-19 illnesses, according to county health officials.
The former hospital building on...
Líderes del sur del condado: quédense en casa y salven vidas
Se prevé que el Covid-19 sea la tercera causa principal de muerte en el condado de Santa Clara este año, solo detrás del cáncer y las enfermedades cardíacas. Los datos fueron publicados por funcionarios de salud cuando el condado superó un hito sombrío esta...
Demand for food assistance soars in county
As a result of Covid-19 and the subsequent economic downturn, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley is now providing food assistance to an average of 500,000 people every month—twice as many people as it served pre-pandemic.
County gains $2.4M for grants to small businesses
Santa Clara County will receive about $2.4 million from the California Microbusiness Covid-19 Relief Grant Program (MBCRG) to aid very small businesses adversely affected by the pandemic, according to county officials.
On Jan. 11, the Board of Supervisors accepted the grant and approved community partner...
Indoor business could reopen soon
Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody on Monday issued a revised “risk reduction order” that will go into effect when state officials permit the county to open up more business and public gathering spaces.
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...
Bay Area Community Health offering free Covid testing clinic
Bay Area Community Health will host a free Covid-19 testing clinic on Thursday, March 31 from 10am to 3pm at Arteaga’s Food Center, 6906 Automall Parkway in Gilroy.
Masks are required at the event. The first 100 people to be tested will receive a free...
Meals For Heroes program grows
Cecily Murray may live in Mountain View, but her heart remains firmly entrenched in South Valley. How else to explain her efforts to pay it forward with the Meals for Heroes program? On Jan. 3, Murray took it upon herself to deliver dozens of...
Santa Clara County to close four vaccination sites
Four out of Santa Clara's five mass vaccination sites are closing in the next few weeks, but it is not a bad thing, county health experts said.
With nearly 80 percent of the eligible county residents vaccinated, temporary emergency sites are no longer needed.
Remaining vaccine...