California

Covid-19 update: Dorsey gifts $15 million, state helps school families buy groceries, Bay Area cases exceed 10,000, Senate weighs caution versus ‘magical thinking’

The Senate grilled Covid-19 medical experts in a surreal virtual setting, Jack Dorsey gave San Francisco $15 million, Contra Costa…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: U.S. deaths pass 80,000, Elon Musk escalates county standoff, Western Pact states request $1 trillion federal relief

As the White House administration fixates on matters related to the Russia investigation and former President Barack Obama, the nation…

4 years ago

Western States Pact requests $1 trillion in federal relief funding

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that governors and legislators from five Western states wrote a joint letter to the federal…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: Newsom talks election with mail-in ballot order, some city trends keep climbing

It's a mixed bag in the country as well as the greater Bay Area. Some regions have had little impact…

4 years ago

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,…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: Vallejo sees dramatic case spike, Newsom announces next reopening stage, air district praises telework impact

Around the world, more than 3.5 million people have tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus we’ve come to know…

4 years ago

Multinational gasoline companies under fire for alleged price manipulation

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, announced legal action Monday against a pair of multinational…

4 years ago

Budget issues plague leaders, educators as plans hatch to mitigate ‘Covid slide’

In a surprise announcement last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom suggested reopening schools as soon as late July or early August…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: May Day strikes to take on renewed meaning, some beaches close, Bay Area stays the course

The Bay Area has been in a state of lockdown for 44 days now. This is where we’re at as…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: Bay Area braces for another month under shelter as U.S. cases near one million mark

Tests have confirmed more than three million cases of Covid-19 globally -- nearly one-third of them are in the U.S. …

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: UCSF helps Navajo Nation, Ramadan begins in lockdown, Alameda County cases remain high, state reports deadliest day

There's still life beneath the Covid-19 shadow. It's heavy, but there are bright spots. There are good notes in all…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: SF breaks down zip code data, state tackles digital divide, Trump announces immigration halt

The John Hopkins global Covid-19 database has tracked nearly 2.5 million cases of confirmed Covid-19 infections as of Monday evening.…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: ‘Reopen’ protests under scrutiny, activists bring ‘body bags’ to SF, national deaths surpass 40,000

Testing and reopening strategies have emerged as prominent themes this past week both here at home in the Bay Area…

4 years ago

State partners with Motel 6 to shelter homeless, acquires more than 5,000 rooms

California has secured over 16,000 hotel rooms to shelter homeless residents during the Covid-19 pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Santa…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: DA opens probe into Gateway Care, SF surpasses 1,000 cases, Newsom tends to most vulnerable

As of Wednesday, there are more than two million confirmed cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus across the globe --…

4 years ago

Newsom signs order to bolster overwhelmed EDD, announces undocumented persons relief fund

"Many Californians are one paycheck away from losing their homes or from being able to put food on their tables,…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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