Trash, recycling companies see collection changes during shelter-in-place

Since shelter-in-place orders were issued on March 16, millions of people across the region have completely up-ended their normal daily routines. 

Global death toll from coronavirus surpasses 200,000

The states of Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska started loosening restrictions on businesses despite warnings from experts that such steps might be coming too soon.

Families with loved ones inside nursing homes during pandemic cope with anxiety

Nursing homes- with their vulnerable residents- might seem ideal for COVID-19 testing. But critics say testing is spotty at best, and often launched only after people are sick and dying. 

Plan to feed California seniors during pandemic first of its kind in the nation

Gov. Newsom announced a first-of-its-kind partnership program where restaurant would receive federal funds to help deliver food to seniors in need during the pandemic.

Families with loved ones inside nursing homes during pandemic cope with anxiety
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For families with loved ones quarantined inside nursing homes, the pandemic has been especially hard. Not only are they separated from loved ones, the facilities have been hard hit by the virus.

Plan to feed California seniors first of its kind in the nation
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Governor Newsom announced a program on Friday that allows restaurants to receive FEMA funding to deliver meals for home bound seniors. KTVU's Jana Katsuyama reports it's the first of its kind program in the country.

2 women charged by feds for Walgreens robbery, coughing on employees
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Federal prosecutors said on Friday that two women have been charged in a robbery at a San Francisco Walgreens, where they coughed on store employees while not wearing masks.

3-D printed supplies donated to hospital by San Jose library

The San Jose Public Library 3D-printed over 500 face shields and nearly 200 masks for healthcare organizations in need of personal protective equipment.

2 women charged by feds for Walgreens robbery, coughing on employees

"We have COVID," the women told a store manager and security guard after coughing without wearing masks. They allegedly fled the store without paying for merchandise.

Learning from the past: Spanish flu sheds light on COVID-19 response

Deep in the San Jose State University archives, lessons on disease and death, and the impact of a pandemic on early 20th-century culture are all contained in a yearbook published 101 years ago.

Family-owned brewery starts pop-up food bank for unemployed food service workers
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At Eight Bridges Brewing in Livermore, the now-closed tasting room was put to a new use beginning Friday. It has now become a pop-up food bank, strictly for struggling food service workers.