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Top San Jose news: Drive-in theaters reopen; downtown office tower construction plans revive; more

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Published on May 06, 2020
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Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in San Jose.

Meat plant shutdowns lead to fast-food shortages, limits on purchases

At three different locations at Wendy's in San Jose, there are signs posted that the fast-food chain is out of some popular items, including burgers.

Read the full story on KTVU Fox 2.

Drive-in movie theaters reopen in San Jose, Concord, Sacramento, Arizona

West Wind Drive-In Theaters has opened all three of its locations in California — in San Jose, Concord and Sacramento — plus one in Glendale, Arizona.

Read the full story on The Mercury News.

How the nation's first COVID-19 death went undetected in San Jose

Long before the Bay Area sheltered in place, a medical examiner suspected a San Jose woman who died Feb. 6 had COVID-19. A shortage of tests delayed confirmation of that critical signal of community spread for months.

Read the full story on KQED.

Coronavirus economy: Downtown San Jose office tower construction plans revive

Jay Paul Co. is actively studying a near-future restart for construction on a downtown San Jose office tower, a development effort that suggests some entrepreneurs have already begun to fashion plans for a post-coronavirus business revival.

Read the full story on The Mercury News.

San Jose mayor apologizes to top black city director after plea from NAACP

After minority leaders called him out on his behavior, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo on Tuesday issued a public apology to a top black city administrator over the way he reprimanded her during a public meeting last week.

Read the full story on The Mercury News.


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