San Jose Kaiser at center of Christmas Day coronavirus outbreak among California's top COVID violators

Cal-OSHA has fined the San Jose Kaiser a total of $85,375 for seven violations - four of them considered serious. And now, Santa Clara County wants to fine the hospital another $44,000 for not telling the Public Health Department about a separate Christmas Day outbreak that sickened 60 employees.

49ers pioneering assistant Katie Sowers won't return in 2021

Offensive assistant Katie Sowers, the first female coach to make it to the Super Bowl, will not be returning to the San Francisco 49ers in 2021.

San Jose mayor calls for President Trump to be tried for sedition

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, who is a former federal prosecutor, says President Donald Trump should be tried for sedition and publicly inciting the use of unlawful means to undermine the will of the electorate.

Pandemic further shifts brick and mortar retailers online

As the pandemic forces owners to rethink their businesses, some are deciding to forego the brick and mortar concept and shift business completely online.

City officials unanimously approve Barack Obama Boulevard in San Jose

A three-year effort to rename portions of San Jose streets after Barack Obama were unanimously approved by the city council on Tuesday, KTVU has learned. 

Santa Clara Co. launches loan program for small businesses

Santa Clara County small businesses have a new lifeline to ring in the new year -- a low-interest loan program of up to $100,000 now available for qualifying establishments. 

Kaiser Medical Center could require additional staff following COVID-19 outbreak

Officials with Kaiser Permanente's San Jose Medical Center have spoken with additional staff members in recent days about working in the event there is a staff shortage following a coronavirus outbreak there, a hospital official said Monday.

Some ambulances waiting hours outside ERs to bring patients in

KTVU spoke to a county EMS staffer in charge of monitoring ambulance wait times, who said on Dec. 27, three patients had to wait more than six hours for a bed at San Jose’s Regional Medical Center. One patient waited for eight hours. The hospital said it’s improved its wait times since then.

COVID-19 outbreak infects 44 staff members at Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center, 1 dead

Additionally, the hospital says a holiday-spirited costume that was air-powered and worn by a staff member who was briefly in the emergency department on Christmas day may have played a role in the 44 infections.

Driver dies in Highway 101 rollover crash in Santa Clara

A rollover crash that killed a driver Sunday morning on U.S. Highway 101 in Santa Clara is under investigation by the California Highway Patrol.