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CHP reports fatal collision at University Avenue off-ramp
The California Highway Patrol is reporting a fatal collision involving a pedestrian occurred Friday morning on westbound Interstate Highway 80 in Berkeley. The collision was first reported at 2:50...Read More
Six Bay Area counties, Berkeley lighten health order restrictions
Six Bay Area jurisdictions slightly relaxed the region’s COVID-19 coronavirus shelter-in-place order Monday, allowing multiple industries to resume operations and retail businesses to offer storefront pick-up. Alameda, Contra Costa,...Read More
Covid-19 update: Bay Area counties diverge on reopening schedule as national death toll nears 76,000
As people locally learn to deal with the virus in their own communities, when what’s opened and closed becomes news, it’s easy to lose sight of the bigger picture....Read More
Six counties, Berkeley keep local orders in place despite revised state guideline
Health officers in six Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley warned residents Thursday that the regional Covid-19 shelter-in-place guidelines will remain in place through at least May...Read More
Covid-19 update: Counties ease up on limited outdoor activities, SF provides 29 RVs for homeless, state expands Farm to...
Public health officers of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties as well as the city of Berkeley extended shelter orders through May 31,...Read More
Six counties plan shelter order extension through May with some restrictions eased
Public health officials in several Bay Area counties and cities said Monday that they plan to announce later this week that the Covid-19 coronavirus shelter-in-place order set to expire...Read More
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
Covid-19 update: landmark bookstores need saving, SF shelter confirms 76 cases, holidays offer some hope
Today is considered holy for many across the nation and world over, and in that light it may be comforting to reflect on words and insights associated with Easter...Read More
Covid-19 update: Financial relief progresses, supes consider only mail-in general election voting, cannabis company steps up for homeless
The good news is people may soon see some financial relief in the form of stimulus payments and enhanced unemployment benefits. The bad news is that the number of...Read More
Covid-19 update: Outbreak shakes SF homeless shelter, Oakland slows streets, Newsom hopeful but cautious on state trajectory
As the holidays approach for several religious communities, local and state leaders are urging people to “hold the line,” as Gov. Gavin Newsom phrased it Friday. California as a...Read More
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
Covid-19 update: Six senior facility residents die, virus sweeps through jail, Newsom goes big for PPE funding
It has been a grim past two days with a quickly rising death toll across the nation. Covid-19 has killed more than 3,800 people in the U.S. since just...Read More
VIDEO: Watchdog group says police shot man with rubber bullet while on knees, hands empty
A Berkeley police watchdog group says it’s concerned about an incident last month in which it says a police officer used a less-lethal weapon to shoot a black man...Read More
Covid-19 update: BART cuts back service, county issues isolation order, exposure prompts Moscone West reconfiguration
The number of Bay Area deaths related to Covid-19 is nearing 100, though the nine-county region saw the smallest daily increase in two weeks. Here are your local Monday...Read More
SFBay Covid-19 update: Newsom announces testing task force, Santa Rita inmate tests positive
Press briefings providing updates for the nation and the state California occurred within minutes of each other Saturday afternoon. A sharp contrast was drawn between the two as Gov....Read More
SFBay Covid-19 update: virus sweeps through Orinda facility, Contra Costa orders mass quarantine
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued guidance stating that all Americans should wear cloth face coverings as masks when out in public. However, President Donald...Read More
Berkeley intersection shut down down after semi strikes power pole
A collision Friday morning involving a semi-truck and a power pole has temporarily closed down a Berkeley intersection, according to police. The crash occurred about 7:45 a.m. at Hopkins...Read More
SFBay Covid-19 update: California deaths near 250 as confirmed cases surpass one million globally
The Bay Area and California as a whole seem to be mitigating the Covid-19 outbreak relatively well as compared to other states. Contagion and death rates in states that...Read More