Santa Clara County
Covid infections take a dramatic drop
By the Daily Post staff Tests on sewage in Palo Alto and Santa Clara County show Covid infections spiked last week and are now dropping. The test results are in […]
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Civil grand jury accuses Sheriff Laurie Smith of corruption
By the Daily Post staff The Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury filed court papers yesterday (Dec. 14) accusing Sheriff Laurie Smith of “willful and corrupt misconduct in office” over […]
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Sheriff’s captain settles lawsuit with county in tangled dispute
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A captain who was let go after an up-and-down 30-year career with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office has reached a settlement in […]
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Santa Clara County had the highest per capita Covid death rate in Bay Area
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County has the highest Covid-related death rate per capita in the nine-county Bay Area despite some of the toughest restrictions, data […]
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Don’t delay getting boosters – County officials hope to avoid competition for appointments
Word Count: 765 BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent People who are eligible for a Covid-19 booster should get the shot as soon as possible to avoid a potential scheduling […]
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County supervisors release reports criticizing Sheriff Smith’s operation of jail
This story first appeared in Saturday morning’s Daily Post. To get local stories like this first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT […]
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County Health Department does poll on banning all tobacco sales
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Should Santa Clara County completely ban tobacco sales at all stores? That’s one of the questions the county health department is asking in […]
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Another blow to the DA’s donations-for-gun permits case against Sheriff Smith
Word Count: 479 BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Charges have been dropped against a lawyer accused in a cash-for-gun permits scheme centered around Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie […]
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Another official calls for Sheriff Laurie Smith to resign
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo today (Aug. 16) called for the resignation of Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith over allegations of poor jail management, lack of transparency, as well […]
Santa Clara County
Third dose of Covid vaccine available for the immunocompromised — 2.7% of population
Transplant recipients, cancer patients and people with immunodeficiencies can now receive a third dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine in Santa Clara County. The decision follows the FDA’s recent […]
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Simitian wants report on abuse of county jail inmate released to public
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara Supervisor Joe Simitian is calling for new leadership of the sheriff’s office and to uncloak legal documents and videos concerning a […]
Opinion
Opinion: District attorney candidate emphasizes criminal justice reform
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor For the first time since 2010, Santa Clara County residents will have a choice next year for district attorney. Incumbent Jeff Rosen will […]
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County working toward getting its own employees vaccinated; will ask businesses to do the same
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County officials asked employers yesterday to consider requiring that their employees have vaccines for Covid. And the county is taking its […]
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DA Rosen will face an opponent next year
By the Daily Post staff Sajid Khan, a public defender who says he’s “committed to truth-telling about systemic racism,” announced Sunday (July 11) that he will challenge District Attorney Jeff […]
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County drops requirement that employers check vaccinations
By the Daily Post staff Santa Clara County has dropped a month-old requirement that employers determine the vaccination status of their employees or face fines. The county said it was […]
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80% of county residents get at least one Covid shot
By the Daily Post staff The Santa Clara County Public Health Department announced today (June 21) that 80% of the county’s residents 12 and over have received at least one […]
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D.A. Rosen disqualified from prosecuting defendant in donations-for-gun-permits case
By the Daily Post staff A state appeals court on Friday ruled that District Attorney Jeff Rosen and his office should be disqualified from prosecuting one of the defendants charged […]
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Employers must become vax cops and submit reports to county by Tuesday
This story was originally printed in the May 21 print edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings […]
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UPDATE: County moves into the Yellow Tier of Covid restrictions
UPDATE, TUESDAY, 12:10 P.M. — Santa Clara County will move into the Yellow Tier of the state’s pandemic reopening system at midnight tonight, allowing restaurants and gyms to expand their […]
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Assemblyman puts VTA reform bill on hold after Cupertino, Morgan Hill balk
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, is hitting the pause button on his bill that would reform the VTA board to lessen the influence […]
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More vaccination appointments available
By the Daily Post staff Santa Clara County officials announced tonight that they plan to offer thousands of vaccination appointments this week and next weekend because of increased supply. Anyone […]
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County considers grants for air filtration
Wildfires that put the air quality in the Bay Area into the danger zone and the Covid virus has led to a decision about improving indoor air filtration systems. The […]
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County gets a large shipment of vaccines
By the Daily Post staff Santa Clara County health officials announced this afternoon (April 13) that they have obtained a “significant increase” in vaccines from the federal government. They’re urging […]
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Supreme Court once again has to tell county its Covid restrictions go too far
Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court has told Santa Clara County officials that their Covid regulations go too far in restricting religious activities. This time, the high court said in […]
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Santa Clara County to loosen Covid restrictions
Santa Clara County moved into the state’s Orange Tier of Covid-19 restrictions today, allowing restaurants to increase the number of people they serve indoors and permitting bars to reopen outdoors. […]
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Santa Clara County to reduce Covid restrictions
By the Daily Post staff Santa Clara County, which has had the most severe Covid restrictions in California, will be moving from the Red to Orange Tier on Wednesday, meaning […]
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County sends Kaiser patients back to Kaiser to get their Covid shots
Santa Clara County is transferring Covid vaccination appointments for about 8,5000 people to Kaiser because of a low and unpredictable vaccine supply from the state, officials said today. The patients […]
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Santa Clara County moves into the red zone, indoor dining allowed
By the Daily Post staff Santa Clara Couny today moved out of the Purple Tier, the state’s most-restrictive Covid-19 tier, and into the Red Tier, which allows indoor restaurants to […]
Santa Clara County
Churches can reopen after Supreme Court ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court told Santa Clara County officials tonight (Feb. 26) that they can’t ban indoor religious services because of the Covid pandemic. The high court issued an order […]
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County may enter red tier next week, allowing indoor dining, church services
By the Daily Post staff Santa Clara County Health Officials, who have gone beyond state requirements when it comes to Covid restrictions, said today that it’s possible the county will […]
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County will obey state’s order to allow high school sports
On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom loosened the rules for high school sports, allowing all outdoor sports to resume in counties in 27 of the state’s 58 counties including Santa Clara […]
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Legislator wants to shake up VTA
This story first appeared in Friday’s Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Daily Post in the mornings at 1,000 local locations. By the […]
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Grocery store workers, teachers will soon be eligible for Covid shots
Santa Clara County has expanded vaccination eligibility to a new group of essential workers. Residents who are workers in education and childcare, emergency services, and the food and agriculture industries […]
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County claims that half of those over 75 have received vaccine
With complaints about the Covid-19 vaccine rollout growing louder, Santa Clara Counth health officials issued a statement today claiming that more than half of residents 75 years and older have […]
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County’s poet laureate offers class for teens that provides relief from pandemic stress
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Today (Feb. 12) is the last day for teenage poets to sign up for a free poetry writing workshop offered online by Santa […]