‘Urgent priority’: E-cigarettes erode decades of effort Public health officials have spent millions of dollars over many decades trying to curb tobacco use, much of it designed to discourage kids from ever taking up the nicotine habit. After all, quitting is great, but never starting is even better. In Santa Clara County, as elsewhere, these...

Simitian: 94 percent insured, but ‘let’s keep pushing’ The County of Santa Clara, with its $7 billion budget, funds countless programs through dozens of departments and agencies. Boil it all down, though, and the County has pretty much one job: promoting the health well-being of its nearly 2 million residents. That’s why board President Joe...

Vietnamese-American Service Center’s design packed with meaning Hundreds of people gathered recently in the Board of Supervisors Chamber to revel in an engaging architectural presentation of what will one day open as the Vietnamese-American Service Center. A range of culturally relevant health and human services will be available when the center opens in summer 2021....

Supervisor Cindy Chavez: Change the World Supervisor Susan Ellenberg County of Santa Clara Supervisor Cindy Chavez, right. Hundreds of women and their allies gathered recently to bone up on what they’ll need to know as leaders to further efforts to curb domestic violence, protect workers from sexual assault, and advance other parts of the County’s...

Clerk-Recorder’s civil marriage still popular The most popular service the County of Santa Clara’ Clerk-Recorder’s Office offers is marrying people at the County Government Center in San Jose. So Valentine’s Day is rather busy for the clerks who perform civil marriage. But it used to be more popular than it is now, says Louis Chiaramonte,...

Culture, science and a moonlit hike Parks aim for more cultural relevance When the waxing moon peered through the haze above at Santa Teresa County Park after days of hiding behind rainclouds, a tide of humanity began arriving as if pulled ashore by lunar gravity. Santa Clara County Parks interpreter Kelsi Ju was there to...