As tensions rise in anticipation of the presidential election outcome, Silicon Valley religious leaders are wasting no time in starting the healing process. They are holding a “Count All Votes” event Nov. 4, following the final deadline for voters to cast ballots. The all-day event that is open to the public will be focused on...
Author: Grace Stetson (Grace Stetson)
Fauci tells Silicon Valley leaders: ‘We’re getting close to 100,000 COVID-19 cases per day’
As COVID-19 deaths in the United States bypass 229,000 and positive cases across the country rise above 9 million, Dr. Anthony Fauci has grim news for Americans: “Unless we do something to turn this around, we’re going to have a very difficult, very painful winter.” The head of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious...
New tax data platform fuels Prop. 15 debate in South Bay
Proposition 15, one of the most highly-contested issues on the ballot, has given hope to those who believe it will eventually lead to changes in how residential property taxed. The measure, if approved, would require commercial and industrial properties to be taxed based on their market value rather than the price at which they were purchased....
Beloved San Jose museum names its first female president
The Tech Interactive — the innovative downtown San Jose museum that’s brought family-friendly STEM education to Silicon Valley since the 1980s — will soon see an innovation to its leadership. Earlier this month, the center named Katrina Stevens — the director of learning science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative — as The Tech’s new president and CEO,...
Fauci to meet with Santa Clara County leaders to discuss COVID-19 response
The country’s top expert on COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci, is scheduled to speak with Santa Clara County leaders next week to discuss the ongoing pandemic and logistics for lowering case numbers while establishing safe reopening plans. Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a leader on the White House...
Some 3,000 Santa Clara County parolees would get right to vote if Prop. 17 passes
More than 55,000 people — many of them people of color and women whose voices have been silent — would join the ranks of California voters if Proposition 17 passes in November. The measure would restore voting rights to all Californians who have completed their prison terms. But that’s just the start, according to Prop. 17 campaign...
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