About Kevin
Kevin Forestieri is an assistant editor with the Mountain View Voice and The Almanac, joining the company in 2014 as a reporter for the Voice. Kevin has covered local and regional stories on housing, education and health care, including extensive coverage of Santa Clara County's mental health system. He participated in a fellowship with USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism.Kevin grew up in the Bay Area, leaving for a brief stint to attend Humboldt State University. He graduated in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication.
Stories by Kevin
Woman charged with hate crime after attacking teen wearing a hijab in Mountain View
A woman accused of attacking an 18-year-old woman in downtown Mountain View and calling her a terrorist has been charged with a hate crime, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office said.[Tuesday, August 30, 2022]
Google opens the doors on its massive Bay View campus next to NASA Ames
Google's eye-catching, 1.1 million-square-foot campus on the edge of the bay is complete and open to employees, marking a major expansion of the tech giant's Peninsula office footprint.[Tuesday, May 17, 2022]
Mountain View's COVID-19 vaccination site is shutting down this month
For more than a year, the Mountain View Community Center has been a crucial outpost for providing COVID-19 vaccines in the north county. Now the plan is to shut it down later this month.[Tuesday, May 10, 2022]
Former Assembly member Sally Lieber announces run for state Board of Equalization
Sally Lieber, a Mountain View City Council member and former state Assembly member, is throwing her hat in the ring to join the California Board of Equalization.[Tuesday, April 12, 2022]
Santa Clara County supervisors seek to strengthen rights of sexual assault survivors
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to find ways to strengthen the privacy and rights of victims of sexual assault when they submit DNA evidence.[Tuesday, March 8, 2022]
California counties look to replicate Santa Clara's youth mental health centers
Last year, Santa Clara County tested an innovative way to connect troubled teens with mental health care, opening allcove clinics in Palo Alto and San Jose. Now, other counties are looking to follow suit.[Tuesday, January 25, 2022]
Palo Alto teams up with county to give COVID vaccines to homebound residents
The Palo Alto Fire Department is teaming up with county health officials to provide in-home COVID-19 vaccinations to city residents, immunizing those who would otherwise struggle to make it to a vaccination site.[Saturday, January 22, 2022]
Cody: Santa Clara County's huge rise in COVID cases may have peaked, but is still at record levels
The omicron variant has caused an unprecedented rise in new cases, but more data is suggesting that Santa Clara County has already seen the worst of it and may be on a slow road to recovery.[Thursday, January 20, 2022]
Frustrated by delays, Santa Clara County hires construction auditor for new psychiatric hospital
For years, county supervisors were told that an innovative psychiatric facility serving children and teens would be complete and open to patients by November next year. But the project now faces significant delays.[Monday, January 17, 2022]
Pop-up COVID testing site in Mountain View under investigation following complaints
A new clinic advertising swift COVID-19 tests without an appointment is currently in hot water following numerous complaints that it's failing to deliver on its promises and may not be a legitimate testing site.[Saturday, January 15, 2022]
