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Latest list: What every Bay Area school district plans to do this fall —...
With August fast approaching, school districts across the state are scrambling to plan for resuming instruction in the fall. Here’s a list of what districts that have announced plans are doing by...
View ArticleBen Field resigns from South Bay Labor Council’s top job
In a surprise move, Ben Field has announced his resignation as executive director of the South Bay Labor Council after eight years in the job. The departure leaves Santa Clara County’s most influential...
View ArticleLocal theater companies explore coexistence with online festival
Redwood City’s Fuse Theatre and Dragon Theatre this year had intended to expand on the one-act festival they co-produced last summer. “Over the next few years, our plan was to build a festival that...
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Inside Opera San Jose’s new digital performance studio
Opera San Jose’s resident artists are used to performing inside the palatial California Theatre, an ornate downtown gem restored for the company nearly two decades ago. But with COVID-19 forcing...
View ArticleTo address systemic racism, San Jose State will reevaluate policing on campus
As part of a broader framework for addressing systemic racism on campus, San Jose State University President Mary Papazian is establishing a task force to reevaluate the role of policing on campus. The...
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Longtime Santa Clara County education trustee censured for alleged gender bias
A Santa Clara County Board of Education trustee flagged for allegedly making dismissive and demeaning comments toward women with whom he disagreed has been censured by his colleagues. The spit 4-3...
View ArticleGuadalupe River kayak ride offers new view of Downtown San Jose
If you want a different perspective on downtown San Jose, floating beneath it on a kayak in the Guadalupe River will do the trick. I navigated the waterway Wednesday morning at the invitation of Carl...
View ArticleDoor slams shut on reopening of Winchester Mystery House
In the time it took to wend through the Winchester Mystery House on a self-guided tour July 13, the 160-room mansion was closed to visitors again after the state reversed its decision to ease COVID-19...
View ArticleThe Newsroom @Home: Stories behind the photos from three of our photojournalists
During this May 14, 2020 episode of The Newsroom @ Home, we featured three of our photojournalists, Karl Mondon, Jane Tyska, and Jose Fajardo who brought us the behind-the-scenes stories from the...
View ArticleLocal wineries raise a glass to end of food requirement
Effective July 13, wineries in Santa Clara County are allowed to conduct outdoor seated tastings, with reservations preferred and parties limited to six maximum, and most importantly, without the...
View ArticleThe Newsroom @Home: Restaurants + COVID-19, the struggles, challenges and...
The Bay Area’s dazzling restaurant scene has been hit hard by the coronavirus shutdown and changing rules about reopening. While some longtime bistros have shuttered permanently, others have pivoted...
View ArticleTesla tunnels, driverless mini-trains? San Jose explores new public transit...
Teslas zooming through a tunnel? Battery-powered shuttles gliding over roadways? Autonomous mini-trains delivering you straight to your destination? The ideas may sound fantastical, but San Jose thinks...
View ArticleLos Gatos community briefs for the week of July 17
Celebrating a family law pioneer On July 23 Los Gatos resident Robert L. Hoover will celebrate both his 89th birthday and the 60th anniversary of his family law practice. Hoover is a founding partner...
View ArticleCampbell community briefs for the week of July 24
Spa day Not only is the Ritual Day Spa’s Instagram page a good spot to find skin care tips, but posts earlier this week reveal how the excitement spa and salon owners felt when they reopened the...
View ArticleSan Francisco added to state’s coronavirus watchlist amid hospitalization spike
All but one of the Bay Area’s nine counties have been put on the state’s coronavirus watchlist amid an alarming uptick in cases and hospitalizations after San Francisco joined its neighbors Friday, and...
View ArticleAre schools in your California county required to teach students online this...
Here’s a list of California counties that were on the state’s coronavirus watchlist as of July 17. Schools in these counties, which are hard hit by the coronavirus, must begin fall classes teaching...
View ArticleCupertino community briefs for the week of July 24
Free COVID-19 Testing The Walgreens at 20011 Bollinger Road is offering free, drive-through COVID-19 testing daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., with no appointment required. Individuals must be 18 and older and do...
View ArticleSilicon Valley landmark project moves closer to reality
If you thought the plan to create a Silicon Valley landmark would have limited appeal outside the Bay Area, think again. Urban Confluence Silicon Valley’s global “ideas competition” for a new, regional...
View ArticleThe Newsroom @Home: A conversation with Robin Sloan, author of “The Strange...
On June 7, 2020, we introduced a special new feature, the first installment in a 15-part, serialized mystery by Oakland’s Robin Sloan, the New York Times best-selling author of “Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour...
View ArticleMilpitas teen is Silicon Valley Bank of America Student Leader
Milpitas High School graduate Tran Le could have rested on her laurels for the summer before starting at Stanford University this fall. Tran, the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, had already achieved...
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