Santa Clara County

As Santa Clara County expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is looking for help in getting the word out in underserved communities.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Marijuana Eradication Team (MET) is wrapping up a series of raids on illegal pot grows this week. The team, along with state agencies, spent the summer raiding eight different grows — many run by crime cartels.

As thousands of people scour websites daily in Santa Clara County in search of a coveted COVID vaccine appointment, it was a shocking revelation that in just five days over 4,000 people with confirmed appointments did not show up to get their shot.

Millions of people across the country are getting vaccinated, but when is it OK to visit someone when you’ve been vaccinated?

Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, home of the San Francisco 49ers, will become the Bay Area’s next COVID-19 mass vaccination site, with preparations ramping up for a Tuesday opening.

A San Jose hospital is trying to make amends after apparently breaking protocol and vaccinating members of a nearby school district before their turn, but Santa Clara County says the hospital still has work to do.

President Joe Biden has had a busy first few days in office. As part of his first acts, the president restored DACA and issued a moratorium on certain deportations for 100 days. Now, Bay Area advocates want to make sure immigrants have the correct information as to how this is all going to work.

A new COVID-19 variant different from the United Kingdom strain was first found in other countries and now has emerged in counties across California. It’s been linked to multiple outbreaks in Santa Clara County, including one at Kaiser San Jose Medical Center, health officials said Sunday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced that anyone 65 years of age and older qualified to get a COVID-19 vaccine immediately. But actually vaccinating those now eligible isn’t necessarily happening right away.

Speaking before Santa Clara County supervisors Tuesday, public health officials painted a very grim picture for the near future.

NBC Bay Area Senior Investigative Reporter dug through more than a thousand pages of newly-released grand jury testimony from the Santa Clara County Sheriff pay-to-play gun permit scandal.

A firestorm is brewing in the South Bay after a local Republican leader posted a message online that appeared to encourage the violence as the nation’s Capitol was being overrun by pro-Trump rioters.

As Santa Clara County grapples with an unprecedented surge in new COVID-19 cases, it is easing up on how long people have to quarantine for if they’re exposed to someone with COVID-19 or if they travel into the county from out of the region.

Santa Clara County began testing door-to-door coronavirus testing in majority Latino communities.

A San Jose pastor appeared in court Tuesday afternoon on a contempt charge after he defied Santa Clara County’s coronavirus health orders by holding weekly indoor church services for hundreds of people.

In an exclusive interview with the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo says he was unclear about state-wide health protocols when he celebrated Thanksgiving with seven relatives from five different households

A South Bay church has become the poster child for defiance, refusing to follow Santa Clara County’s health orders amid the coronavirus pandemic.

San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan says the team was blindsided by new coronavirus regulations put in place by Santa Clara County officials that will force to find a temporary new home for practice and games

The San Francisco 49ers may need to find a temporary new home after Santa Clara County announced changes to sports and outdoor activities.

Black Friday lines this year are significantly shorter than previous years due to the coronavirus pandemic.