Covid-19 update: SF houses domestic violence victims, judge orders four ICE detainees released, seventh patient dies from Hayward facility
Since Wednesday evening, an additional 1,774 people have died in the U.S. of complications related to Covid-19. In California, that number rose by nearly 50 in the same time...Read More
Berkeley health officer announces city’s first Covid-19 death
Berkeley Health Officer Dr. Lisa Hernandez announced Thursday that a resident in their 40s has died of the new coronavirus, the first such death the city has seen so...Read More
Judge orders ICE to release four immigrant detainees amid Covid-19 concerns
A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release four immigrants with serious medical problems from administrative detention because of the danger...Read More
Santa Clara County considers mail-in voting only for November election
About 900,000 eligible voters in Santa Clara County may be limited to vote-by-mail ballots in November if county leaders decide it’s unsafe to open voting centers during the coronavirus...Read More
Yelp lays off, furloughs thousands as consumer demand declines
San Francisco-based online review platform Yelp announced early Thursday morning that it will be laying off or furloughing at least 2,000 employees. The news was shared on the company’s...Read More
East Oakland shooting kills one man, injures another
One man was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting in East Oakland on Wednesday afternoon, police said. Officers who responded to the shooting in the 2300...Read More
Three suspects at large in another daytime home invasion robbery
Three suspects held a resident at gunpoint while ransacking his house in San Francisco’s Portola District on Wednesday morning, according to police. The home invasion robbery was reported around...Read More
West Contra Costa adds supper to free student meals during school closures
Students in the West Contra Costa Unified School District counting on the daily student meal program being provided during the novel coronavirus pandemic closure will now get supper, too,...Read More
Spilled nails prompt Fairfield intersection closure
An intersection in Fairfield is closed Thursday morning because of a large quantity of spilled nails in the roadway, police said. Fairfield police issued an advisory at 8:30 a.m....Read More