By and | | Two individuals who died in Santa Clara County in February tested positive for COVID-19, health officials learned Tuesday, revealing the novel coronavirus was responsible for deaths in the Bay Area more than a month earlier than initially reported.The individuals who tested posthumously for COVID-19 died at home on February 6 and February 17, according to autopsy results released by the county late Tuesday. The deaths appear to be the first confirmed coronavirus fatalities in the country — occurring weeks before the first U.S. death was publicly reported on Feb. 27 — adding to...…By and | | Two individuals who died in Santa Clara County in February tested positive for COVID-19, health officials learned Tuesday, revealing the novel coronavirus was responsible for deaths in the Bay Area more than a month earlier than initially reported.The individuals who tested posthumously for COVID-19 died at home on February 6 and February 17, according to autopsy results released by the county late Tuesday. The deaths appear to be the first confirmed coronavirus fatalities in the country — occurring weeks before the first U.S. death was publicly reported on Feb. 27 — adding to...WW…

By and | | SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors will ask this week for a two-month jail sentence for a former Oakland cop and Alameda County District Attorney’s Inspector convicted of accepting bribes and offering protection to a man convicted of murdering two people.Harry Hu, 64, was convicted in October 2018 of accepting bribes from Wing Wo Ma, a once-smalltime crook with ties to organized crime in the Bay Area. Hu admitted to authorities that he not only accepted gifts from Ma, but offered him protection, including after Ma gunned down two people in the far reaches of Northern...…By and | | SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors will ask this week for a two-month jail sentence for a former Oakland cop and Alameda County District Attorney’s Inspector convicted of accepting bribes and offering protection to a man convicted of murdering two people.Harry Hu, 64, was convicted in October 2018 of accepting bribes from Wing Wo Ma, a once-smalltime crook with ties to organized crime in the Bay Area. Hu admitted to authorities that he not only accepted gifts from Ma, but offered him protection, including after Ma gunned down two people in the far reaches of Northern...WW…

By and | | SAN JOSE — As the novel coronavirus spread through the Bay Area and across California in March, deaths in Santa Clara County rose significantly compared to the same time period a year before, adding to concerns that the toll of the virus may be more widespread here than initially believed.New data released to this news organization shows that deaths recorded by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office rose 20% last month, compared with March of 2019 — an increase that includes a 17% rise in the number of people who died at home. Overall, COVID-19 was listed as the...…By and | | SAN JOSE — As the novel coronavirus spread through the Bay Area and across California in March, deaths in Santa Clara County rose significantly compared to the same time period a year before, adding to concerns that the toll of the virus may be more widespread here than initially believed.New data released to this news organization shows that deaths recorded by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office rose 20% last month, compared with March of 2019 — an increase that includes a 17% rise in the number of people who died at home. Overall, COVID-19 was listed as the...WW…