In his time at the Post, Garv served as a general assignment reporter. He joined the team in December 2020 as a sophomore at Los Altos High School, and departed in June 2021.
CIF reverses, allows athletes to participate in same-season club and school sports
STORY BY GARV VIRGINKAR, PHOTO BY GIL RUBINSTEIN Note: At the moment, Santa Clara County cohorting restrictions still prohibit participation on multiple teams. The California Interscholastic Federation has reinstated its waiver of Bylaw 600-605, allowing student athletes to participate in both school and club sports through the same season. This latest development, according to the…
County to vaccinate residents age 65 and up regardless of healthcare provider or insurance
STORY BY GIL RUBINSTEIN AND GARV VIRGINKAR Santa Clara County will now begin vaccinating all residents age 65 and up regardless of health care provider or insurance. This latest development comes after county officials just weeks ago expressed frustration with a “chaotic” distribution process, and as the county now approaches 1,500 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic…
State lifts regional stay-at-home order
The California Department of Public Health has lifted stay-at-home orders across the state, following a rise in four-week ICU capacity projections above 15% in the three regions still under the order as of yesterday. Counties will now revert back to the coronavirus tier system, in which restrictions are determined based on coronavirus cases and test…
CIF bars athletes from playing same-season club and school sports
STORY BY GARV VIRGINKAR, PHOTO BY TOMOKI CHIEN Student athletes will no longer be able to participate in both school and club sports over the same season, following a decision from the California Interscholastic Federation to re-enact restrictions on participating on both school and club teams. The reversal is effective immediately, and comes in light…
SCVAL approves truncated calendar, may have little immediate effect
STORY BY TOMOKI CHIEN AND GARV VIRGINKAR, PHOTO BY TOMOKI CHIEN The Santa Clara Valley Athletic League today approved a modified calendar for the 2020–2021 season that tiers sports returns by risk and level of coronavirus transmission. The schedule slates cross country, girls golf, girls tennis, swimming and diving to start practices on Feb. 1,…
Newsom proposes to provide schools with $450 per student for in-person instruction
Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a revised school reopening plan this morning, the centerpiece of which is a $2-billion grant from the state government in order to aid schools in their transition to in-person instruction. If approved in January, the funds will provide districts that open for in-person instruction $450 dollars per student; the state will…
COVID-19 is the projected third leading cause of death in Santa Clara County
Since the first confirmed coronavirus case in late January — with the first death following just days after — the county has seen a total of 65,288 positive cases and 652 deaths; that makes COVID-19 this year’s projected third leading cause of death in the county, behind only cancer and heart disease. A reminder of some…