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Bay Area coronavirus update: rising numbers, campus closures, cruise ship evacuation
San Francisco’s total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases, or COVID-19, jumped to 13 since the announcement of the first two cases by health officials last week. On Friday,...Read More
Coast Guard transports passenger from cruise ship for medical condition unrelated to COVID-19
Another passenger has been transported by the U.S. Coast Guard from the Grand Princess cruise ship to a hospital on the mainland for treatment of medical condition not related...Read More
Grand Princess evacuation expected at Port of Oakland Monday, agencies work out ‘enormous complexities’
A 10-acre site at the Port of Oakland is being prepared and secured for the anticipated arrival of the quarantined Grand Princess cruise ship and evacuations of passengers anticipated...Read More
Twenty-one people aboard Grand Princess test positive for COVID-19
Forty-six people aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship moored just outside San Francisco were swabbed for novel coronavirus, 21 of which tested positive. Vice President Mike Pence shared the...Read More
SF confirms first two COVID-19 cases
San Francisco health and city officials Thursday confirmed the first two cases of novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19. Mayor London Breed said at a press conference: “Today, we are...Read More
Travis AFB transfers two coronavirus patients to Contra Costa County hospitals
Contra Costa Health Services officials confirmed Tuesday that two novel coronavirus patients among a group of quarantined international travelers at Travis Air Force Base have been transferred to Contra...Read More
Travis AFB processes quarantined ship passengers
A flight carrying U.S. citizens who had been passengers on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan arrived about 11:30 p.m. at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield,...Read More
Police dogs sharpen bomb-sniffing skills at Berkeley Marina
Explosive-detection K-9 teams from federal, state and local law enforcement agencies participated in maritime training Tuesday.Read More
Virus sickens 150 on Star Princess cruise ship
More than 150 passengers and crewmembers fell sick with Norovirus on a cruise to Hawaii.Read More