Covid-19 update: State to allow elective surgeries, widespread face covering orders take effect, activists use tech in Earth Day...
Stay-at-home orders did not stop activists and the rest of the world from celebrating the 50th year of Earth Day. The Earth Day network organized a 24-hour online day...Read More
Kaiser aims to build $14 million Covid-19 testing lab by June
Kaiser Permanente is rushing to build a 7,700-square-foot state-of-the-art lab by June 1 that will be able to conduct 10,000 new coronavirus tests a day and help the state...Read More
Federal appeals court orders EPA to ban dangerous flea pesticide
A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take action within 90 days on a petition to ban a flea-control pesticide...Read More
Bay Area Toll Authority drops Bay Bridge congestion pricing through pandemic
The Bay Area Toll Authority voted Wednesday to suspend weekday congestion pricing on the Bay Bridge indefinitely during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Vehicle traffic has dropped significantly across all...Read More
Bay Area youth activists organize Earth Day online climate strike
A group of Bay Area middle and high school students released a song Wednesday to call attention to the importance of combating climate change, even during the Covid-19 coronavirus...Read More
Fire displaces Rincon Valley family after damaged natural gas meter intensifies blaze
A fire intensified by a destroyed natural gas meter displaced a family from their home in the Rincon Valley of Santa Rosa on Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said. The...Read More
Officials say Muni fare hikes necessary to avoid service cuts, lay offs
Despite efforts from community organizations and members of the Board of Supervisors, San Francisco Muni riders will see fares increase as early as Nov. 1. The San Francisco Municipal...Read More
Medical examiner identifies 28-year-old woman as one of two who died in Potrero Hill crash
A woman who was one of two people to die in a crash in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood on Tuesday evening has been identified by the city’s medical...Read More