City of Santa Clara Chief Emergency Services Officer Lisa Schoenthal provides the latest updates on COVID-19 Update for the week of Feb. 15, 2021. 

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Video transcript:

Hi, I’m Lisa Schoenthal, in the City of Santa Clara’s Emergency Operations Center. Here’s the COVID-19 update for the week of February 15. We are seeing favorable trends with COVID cases and hospitalizations, but Santa Clara County continues to be in the most restrictive Purple Tier of the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy indicating we still have widespread transmission of COVID-19 in our community. COVID test positivity rates, case rates and hospitalizations are declining with a test positivity rate of 3.2% this week. Along with this good news, we are cautioned by public health experts to not let up with our public health measures as the publicized UK and South African variants have been identified in California. The first two cases of the South African variant were identified last week in Santa Clara and Alameda Counties. The more infectious UK variant is expected to become the more dominant variant in the country by the end of March according to CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. This past weekend, British scientists indicated the UK variant is “likely” linked to more deaths and hospitalizations but the reasons for this are not clear. More research is needed, but for now, this reinforces the need to continue with safety measures. The currently approved vaccines are effective against this variant. To stay up to date on vaccines, visit sccfreevax.org COVID testing returns to the Central Park Library on February 24. Appointments may be made up to seven days in advance on sccfreetest.org That’s it for this week. Be well. And stay covered Santa Clara.

Visit SantaClaraCA.gov/Coronavirus for the latest updates. Click here for more information

The Cory Neighborhood Association General Meeting from January 25, 2021 is here:

Thanks to everyone who joined and all of our guest speakers!

Time: Monday, Jan 25, 2021 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

“Door” prizes available to lucky attendees!!!

Send your questions before the meeting to coryneighborhoodsj@gmail.com.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85958673003?pwd=RVdDVmQ3VkdHUzhpS2ljcXFndlVjZz09

Meeting ID: 859 5867 3003
Passcode: 946525

Dial by your location: 
669 900 9128 US (San Jose)

AGENDA

Mayor Sam Liccardo: What’s new with the city

San Jose Councilwoman Dev Davis: What is happening in our district

Erin Schulhofer – Our City Forest: Looking to plant a new tree?

Winners of the Holiday Showcase

Sponsored by a grant from Beautify SJ

The City of San José is seeking your assistance in promoting and participating in the Police Chief Candidate Forum Survey. This live Forum will air on January 30, 10 a.m. on the City’s YouTube channel, City website, and Channel 26.  

·         The two-minute survey is available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.  

·         City staff will review and compile all the survey replies and pick a series of questions that will address the major themes and issues. 

·         Police Chief Recruitment Process Update Memo.  

The Forum will be facilitated by our Executive Recruiter asking each candidate a series of questions sourced directly from this survey. The survey will close on January 27.

Please feel free to reach back out with any questions or comments you may have. 

Thank you and appreciate your support!

Time: Monday, Jan 25, 2021 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85958673003?pwd=RVdDVmQ3VkdHUzhpS2ljcXFndlVjZz09

Meeting ID: 859 5867 3003
Passcode: 946525

Dial by your location:
669 900 9128 US (San Jose)

AGENDA

Mayor Sam Liccardo: What’s new with the city

San Jose Councilwoman Dev Davis: What is happening in our district

Erin Schulhofer – Our City Forest: Looking to plant a new tree?

Winners of the Holiday Showcase

(Send your questions, before the meeting, to coryneighborhoodsj@gmail.com)

Sponsored by a grant from Beautify SJ

From the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department:

TW: FLASHING

Planning a New Year’s party? Watch out for this notorious party crasher. This virus LOVES to party and infect any person it meets. It does not care about how healthy you think you are, how much you care about or trust someone, or what day it is.

Party virtually.

From Santa Clara County Department of Public Health:

Here are two of our board members, Kathy and Georgie, decorating our tree at this year’s Christmas in the Park in Downtown San Jose. There is a drive-thru event this year and you can get tickets here! https://www.christmasinthepark.com/p/buytickets

And the final reveal….

Thank you to Georgie and Kathy for representing our neighborhood!

A letter from Cory Neighborhood Association President, Art Maurice:

In a normal year, the Cory Neighborhood Association provides food for the people who attend our board and community meetings.  As you know, this isn’t a normal year due to COVID-19.  Following the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, all of our meetings have been virtual and without any provided food.

It recently came to our attention that there is a local charity in our surrounding neighborhood called the Community Meal Initiative (CMI).  This is a grassroots collaboration of community organizers and small business leaders focused on providing nutritious meals for hospital ER staff, front-line workers, and at-risk families.

The board voted to support the people and small businesses in our local community during these hard times by using some of the unspent funds normally allocated for our meetings.

As such, the Cory Neighborhood Association will be donating $350 of non-grant money to the Community Meal Initiative, and we are directing CMI to feed our neighborhood ER team at O’Connor Hospital this holiday season with our donation.  If you would like to know more about this fund and how you can help, please visit svcmi.org.

As many are struggling during this difficult time, let’s come together as a community to help those in need.  

From the board to you, may you have a joyful holiday and a Happy New Year.