Covid-19 update: Teachers urge donations for immigrant families, festivals cancel, Newsom lays out six-point plan, Trump cuts WHO funding
As of now, it looks like most large gatherings scheduled through 2020 around the Bay Area are unlikely to occur as evidenced by the cancellations of San Francisco’s Pride...Read More
A quiet year in SF: Pride, 420 festivals canceled out of caution
Two of The City’s landmark festivals have been officially canceled in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic: San Francisco Pride and 420 at Hippie Hill. SF Pride organizers announced...Read More
DA charges man with murder for allegedly selling opioids leading to fatal overdose
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday announced a murder charge has been filed against an 22-year-old San Jose man who allegedly sold powerful opioids to a...Read More
Newsom gives six-point framework to reopen state, says new normal will be ‘anything but’
Gov. Gavin Newsom set a roadmap Tuesday for how California could begin to resume a modified version of daily life during the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Newsom and California...Read More
Essential workers’ rights take center stage in proposed bill
Bay Area-based U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Santa Clara, teamed up with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, on Monday to propose a federal “Essential Workers Bill of Rights,” demanding that frontline...Read More
Two UC Berkeley students spend shelter time producing hand sanitizer for most vulnerable
A pair of students at University of California at Berkeley has taken to producing more than 100 gallons of free hand sanitizer each week to give to homeless shelters,...Read More
Police investigate Lower Dimond fatal shooting
A man was fatally shot in Oakland’s Lower Dimond District on Monday morning, police said. Officers who responded to a report of a shooting in the 3100 block of...Read More
Teen girl goes missing from Rohnert Park home
The Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety is asking for help in finding a missing 16-year-old girl. Kyra Reep left her Rohnert Park residence Monday night and has not...Read More