In a revised analysis of a startling study published last month, Stanford researchers now estimate that 2.8% of Santa Clara residents were previously infected by the virus. | Continue reading
Ride-hailing giants have been fighting California over controversial classification of drivers as contractors. | Continue reading
The dire news is a head-spinning and historic turnaround from the beginning of the year, when California and the rest of the country were riding high on an economy that was firing on all cylinders. | Continue reading
The Santa Clara County board of supervisors Tuesday will consider ways of making “telework” last after the outbreak, with a “commute-free commitment” from Silicon Valley com… | Continue reading
Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the last two months, but workers on visas are vulnerable in ways native-born workers aren’t. | Continue reading
The researchers said they would be careful to ensure their research did not encourage people to take up smoking, given its harmful effects on human health. “That would be catastrophic,”… | Continue reading
Maatje Benassi, a US Army reservist and mother of two, has become the target of conspiracy theorists who falsely place her at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, saying she brought the disea… | Continue reading
If vaccine testing could be trimmed by just one day, potentially saving thousands of lives, would you volunteer? Yes, say a growing number of young, healthy and informed people. In less than a mon… | Continue reading
Did the COVID-19 virus infect between 48,000 and 81,000 residents of Santa Clara County? Not so quick, say statisticians, citing what they call deep flaws in a Stanford study. | Continue reading
This startling finding suggests that between 48,000 and 81,000 people were infected in Santa Clara County by early April. The results represent the first large-scale community-based prevalence stud… | Continue reading
In her upcoming book, Wendy Liu talks about her own experiences in the tech industry and how she soured on the mythology of Silicon Valley that she had been so invested in for much of her life whil… | Continue reading
Practicing “social distancing but not spiritual distancing” during coronavirus pandemic, Southridge Church holds Easter services at Capitol Drive-In. | Continue reading
Yelp had 5,950 employees around the world, its most recent annual report said, meaning layoffs and furloughs will reduce its workforce by 35%. | Continue reading
Sara Cody, Santa Clara County’s health officer, has been in a furious race against coronavirus, assembling her inner circle and making epic decisions that would change Bay Area life as we kno… | Continue reading
A potential coronavirus vaccine that is given using a fingertip-sized patch with dissolvable microneedles produces antibodies that could fight the virus, a study in mice showed. | Continue reading
Together, a Palo Alto couple fell ill. He recovered quickly. She didn’t. Why? | Continue reading
The biggest subway tunnel ever built. Stations 10 stories below the street. Plans for bringing BART to San Jose are unlike anything the Bay Area has seen before. | Continue reading
Elon Musk delivered 1,000 ventilators to Los Angeles, Newsom said Monday, but more medical supplies are needed to face an impending crush of COVID-19 cases. | Continue reading
The European Union is urging Netflix to stop showing video in high definition to prevent the internet from breaking under the strain of unprecedented usage. | Continue reading
Disinfectant wipes are in high demand during the coronavirus pandemic. But water experts are cautioning they should not be flushed down toilets because they can clog sewer lines and wastewater trea… | Continue reading
Morning rush hour traffic has become eerily non-existent for the Bay Area after seven counties placed a shelter-in-place order Monday. | Continue reading
Six Bay Area counties announced a virtual public lockdown in the face of the rapidly expanding coronavirus pandemic aimed at slowing transmission of the deadly COVID-19 respiratory disease. Health … | Continue reading
Google will not be publishing a national-scale website for coronavirus testing anytime soon, contrary to claims made by President Donald Trump during a Friday news conference. | Continue reading
Opinion: Niantic, makers of ‘Pokemon Go,’ needs to change its geo location-based game to keep its player base safe during the coronavirus pandemic hitting America. | Continue reading
The TSA revealed the new information in an email to the office of San Jose Mayor Sam LIccardo | Continue reading
Agency says fellow employees they came into contact with are quarantined at home | Continue reading
Most residential permits issued recently are for homes affordable to those earning above average incomes, according to the latest Joint Venture Silicon Valley report. | Continue reading
Hundreds of protesters gathered Thursday at the University of California’s Sproul Plaza as part of university-wide actions in support of UC-Santa Cruz graduate students fired last week. | Continue reading
Santa Clara County health officials Friday announced their third case of the novel coronavirus that has killed thousands and alarmed health officials and investors around the world. | Continue reading
In September the 144,000-square-foot retail space was sold to Prologis. | Continue reading
Anderson Reservoir, the largest reservoir in Silicon Valley, must be completely drained starting Oct. 1 due to the risk of the 70-year-old dam collapsing in an earthquake, federal officials have or… | Continue reading
Tech job cuts have been revealed at eight companies, and the staff cutbacks will occur in Palo Alto, Redwood City, Newark, Santa Clara, Livermore, Sunnyvale, and Mountain View. | Continue reading
U.S. senator from Minnesota provides best opportunity for California Democrats who want to win back the presidency. | Continue reading
AC Transit’s rapid bus line in Oakland and San Leandro is delayed too. As are express lanes on Interstate 880. | Continue reading
Santa Clara County health officials Friday afternoon confirmed that a man has tested positive for the coronavirus. | Continue reading
Xilinx shares plunged more than 10% Wednesday after the San Jose-based semiconductor company said it will cut about 300 jobs following a disappointing quarterly earnings report. | Continue reading
Court records show Elizabeth Holmes still has seven lawyers working for her on her criminal-fraud case. | Continue reading
Holmes claimed the indictment against her doesn’t allege patients received inaccurate test results from Theranos. | Continue reading
Yelp rolled out restaurant health scores last month with a grand hoorah. But those scores don’t necessarily mean what you think they do. Restaurateurs and county health officials are speaking… | Continue reading
Presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg said his rivals Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders don’t “know what they’re talking about” when they call for breaking up big tech companies like Facebook, Goog… | Continue reading
Prologis, a behemoth developer of industrial properties such as warehouses and logistics buildings, has taken an active interest in a big Fry’s property that’s located on nearly 20 acre… | Continue reading
Amid exodus of fed-up residents, the net growth has come largely from babies born here, and they don’t take up a lot of space yet. | Continue reading
There are big gaps between California’s policy declarations and action on drugs, schools, even high-speed rail. | Continue reading
Outsourcing giant has a history of settling lawsuits alleging similar visa misuse. | Continue reading
Judge found company engaged in union-busting; case likely to go to the National Labor Relations Board in Washington. | Continue reading
The scandal fueled a ballot measure imposing term limits and led to an influx of women and non-white lawmakers. | Continue reading
More than half of residents polled say things in the Bay Area “have gotten pretty seriously off on the wrong track.” | Continue reading
Laser-guided surveillance cameras and smartphone apps that count a car’s occupants are being added to the arsenal of tools to catch carpool-lane cheaters, even as HOV citations double. | Continue reading