Category: Santa Clara County

Experts Say ‘Flawed’ Study Used to Justify Mask Mandate, $3 Million in Fines Levied at Church

Santa Clara County’s $3 million lawsuit against a church in California’s Silicon Valley over COVID-19 mandate violations, as well as its prior mask mandate, was based on a study that’s deeply flawed, critics say. Pastor Mike McClure of Calvary Chapel San Jose defied county mandates from May through October 2020 when the church held indoor…


Santa Clara County Joins Rest of State in Lifting Mask Mandate

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Santa Clara County health officials announced on the morning of March 1 that the county is dropping the indoor mask requirement, moving to a recommendation, as of March 2 midnight for all people regardless of vaccination status. For weeks, Santa Clara had been the only Bay Area county to still have an indoor…