Santa Clara County Resilience Articles

San Jose small businesses dependent on liability insurance have fallen on hard times as insurance carriers exit California or increase premiums by double digits.
Laine’s Bait and Rentals, one of the most recognizable family-owned storefronts in North San Jose’s Alviso …

Sunnyvale public safety officers are optimistic a new study will find solutions to the city’s lack of paramedics.
The Sunnyvale City Council voted unanimously earlier this month to study expanding the city’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) to include city-operated …

When wildfires threaten California communities, a viral lifeline has emerged: the Watch Duty app. This 501(c)(3) nonprofit, hailed by the Washington Post as “an essential app in LA for tracking wildfires,” has become indispensable for millions. With over 1 million …

A fight over fire response in South County has sparked threats of service disruptions and put firefighter jobs in flux.
Citing years of financial struggle and fragmented emergency response, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Jan. 14 …

One Santa Clara County community with high fire risk is proactively taking steps to protect residents from disaster amid blazes in another part of the state.
The Los Gatos Town Council unanimously voted to create a full-time emergency preparedness manager …

By now, people across the country—and beyond America’s borders—have seen visuals of the Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires in Southern California from the safety of their homes, on TV and via the internet.

What does it mean when firefighters call a fire "contained?" Here's a brief guide to commonly used fire prevention terminology.

PG&E says it has made numerous investments in the past year—with more scheduled for 2025—that will improve the reliability of its power grid in Morgan Hill, and some local residents say they’re eager to note if outages become less frequent …

An inspirational creature card with a message of ‘fortitude, endurance, and badassness.’

Smoke and burned trees are pictured near Sylvan Lake State Park during a wildfire that erupted south of Eagle in the White River National Forest on June 20, 2021. With intense wildfires becoming a greater threat in the West, homeowners …

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing protection for one of the nation's most beloved species the monarch butterfly and is encouraging the public to be part of its recovery. The Service is seeking public input on a proposal …

Santa Clara residents will see their electricity bill inch upward in the next year, as the city works on improving its power grid.
While much of Silicon Valley relies on Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the vast majority of Santa …

Seacliff State Beach was obliterated by storms in 2023. California State Parks is mobilizing the public to reimagine its future.

Valley Water and the National Weather Service urged the community to prepare for winter storms during a news conference held Nov. 13 at a sandbag distribution center in San José.

By Dan Bacher Hundreds of fall-run Chinook salmon are now spawning on the Klamath River and its tributaries both above and below the former sites...

Construction on the new 8,200-square-foot Redwood Fire Station began July 2021, and last week the community got the first glimpse of this gleaming facility.

The City of Gilroy and the developer of Glen Loma Ranch this week resolved a standoff over the builder’s previous promises to pay for the construction of the Santa Teresa Fire Station.

Los Gatos resident Rob Stump never knows when he might get that dreaded insurance company call. Stump, who lives in a home nestled along one-way winding roads in the tree-covered Los Gatos hillside, needs wildfire protection — but he doesn't …

Surfnet Communications, Inc. announced Sept. 12 it had received three new grants totaling $4.3 million in partnership with the nonprofit California Broadband Alliance (CBA) to extend fiber broadband to communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The grants were awarded to …

An invasive beetle killing a dramatic number of Southern California trees has found its way to San Jose — and it could threaten the urban forest that shades and cools Silicon Valley.
Santa Clara County officials aren’t sure when or …