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Santa Clara County Still Hopeful It Can Reopen Despite Grim News
The Fourth of July weekend didn’t give Santa Clara County officials much to celebrate. Despite local robocalls and texts from the county Public Health Department and pleas on new billboards from the...
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After Days of Confusion, Santa Clara County is Back in Business
Santa Clara County businesses that want to reopen with restrictions after July 13 have less than a week to file new paperwork with local public health officials. The California Department of Public...
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Op-Ed: Online Special Ed—a Failure in the Making
As a special educator for 40 years and a grandmother of a child with dyslexia, I am struggling with the navigation of school in the age of coronavirus. In March, when California schools sent students...
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San Jose’s Reid-Hillview Airport to Close—But Not Until 2031
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved plans to prepare for the closure of Reid-Hillview Airport when federal funds expire in a decade. During its Tuesday meeting, the board voted 4-1 to...
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BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom Orders Statewide Curfew
California just issued a sweeping curfew because of the unflagging surge in Covid-19. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the order on Twitter, saying the mandate takes effect Saturday, requires people to stay...
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Mobile App Notifies Californians About Covid-19 Encounters
California will make a mobile app available to the public this week that will notify users when they encounter someone who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced...
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Can Calif. Protect Covid Vaccine From Cheaters and Fraudsters?
What seemed like a Herculean task just months ago is now here: the Covid-19 vaccine. For the next several weeks, vaccines will be available in limited amounts in California and across the nation—and...
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California Calls for Pause on Moderna Vaccines Over Reports of Allergic...
Santa Clara County put a pause on administering the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine due to allergic reactions under investigation by state regulators. More than 330,000 doses of Moderna’s 41L20A inoculation...
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Small Clinics Vie for Shot at Vaccine Doses Amid County Distribution Confusion
Healing Grove spent a month gearing up for the Covid-19 vaccine. The nonprofit health center, which serves mostly impoverished and undocumented Latino clients in San Jose’s Washington-Alma...
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Breweries, Wineries, Distilleries Can Now Serve Alcohol Without...
California public health officials have released updated reopening guidelines, allowing breweries, wineries and distilleries to operate without serving meals. The new rules apply regardless of a...
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Coronavirus: California Advises Banning Crowds of 250 or More
In another drastic step to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom recommended a ban on gatherings of 250 people or more through the month’s end. The recommendation applies to all...
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Wear a Mask! OK, But What Kind?
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that we all wear a face mask while in public to protect against contracting coronavirus. The agency announced that non-medical...
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Santa Clara County Still Hopeful It Can Reopen Despite Grim News
The Fourth of July weekend didn’t give Santa Clara County officials much to celebrate. Despite local robocalls and texts from the county Public Health Department and pleas on new billboards from the...
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After Days of Confusion, Santa Clara County is Back in Business
Santa Clara County businesses that want to reopen with restrictions after July 13 have less than a week to file new paperwork with local public health officials. The California Department of Public...
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All California Health Care Workers Now Face Strict Order to be Vaccinated by...
The California Department of Public Health also mandated that all people visiting a health care setting must confirm their vaccination status or have tested negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours prior...
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COVID Patients in California Hospitals Have Doubled, Santa Clara County...
More than 5,300 people with COVID-19 were hospitalized in California on Sunday, almost twice the number two weeks earlier. The post COVID Patients in California Hospitals Have Doubled, Santa Clara...
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California Orders All Teachers and School Staff to Get Vaccinated or Be Tested
California’s Department of Public Health announces first-in-the-nation rules to stop the spread of COVID-19, effective Aug. 12. The post California Orders All Teachers and School Staff to Get...
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California Legislators, Critics Assail Newsom Administration for Lax...
The California Department of Public Health blames problems at nursing homes on staffing shortages, turnover, training and pandemic pressures at hearing at the Capitol. The post California Legislators,...
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Have CA Websites to Fight COVID-19 Been Effective?
One website, MyTurn, part of California’s technological response to the pandemic, proved difficult even for epidemiologists. The post Have CA Websites to Fight COVID-19 Been Effective? appeared first...
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California Public Health Director Wants to Offer COVID-19 Booster Shots to...
The guidelines outlined by the state's top public health official are looser for booster shots than those set by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The post California Public...
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