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State orders Alameda County restaurants to suspend outdoor dining
Revised state guidance forced Alameda County public health officials on Friday night to suspend outdoor dining at restaurants and bars that had recently reopened to the public. On its...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
SF eyes hospitalizations as some businesses set to reopen next week
As San Francisco works toward partially reopening some businesses for pickup and delivery beginning next week, city health officials said they are keeping a close eye on Covid-19 hospitalization...Read More
Concord approves cannabis license expansion, including storefronts
It will now be possible for storefront cannabis businesses, locally based marijuana delivery businesses and cannabis cultivation operations of less than 10,000 square feet to set up shop in...Read More
Group needs healthy volunteers to deliver meals, prescriptions to high-risk people
Santa Clara County Helping Hands called on healthy residents Friday to volunteer to bring meals and prescriptions to local seniors and people who are immunocompromised during the novel coronavirus...Read More
Supe’s ‘Reuse Ordinance’ would add 25-cent fee on disposable cups, takeout containers
Following on the heels of a single-use bag fee increase, one supervisor is proposing a 25-cent charge on single-use beverage cups and takeout food containers. Supervisor Aaron Peskin introduced...Read More
‘Starship’ robots seek return to Walnut Creek sidewalks
The Walnut Creek City Council is scheduled to discuss on Tuesday extending an agreement allowing a year-old delivery robot pilot program to continue.Read More
City awarded $8 million to improve HIV care
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded The City $8 million for a four-year project aimed at improving care for people living with HIV, Mayor London...Read More
Lumber truck overturns, injures driver
A truck driver was injured when his truck loaded with lumber overturned Tuesday morning at a Menlo Park residential construction site.Read More
Yee calls for regulation, process for emerging tech
Supervisor Norman Yee is calling for a working group to come up with recommendations on regulations and a permitting process for emerging technologies.Read More
SF sets fees for sidewalk delivery robot testing
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved fees fees that autonomous robot companies will need to cough up in order to obtain a permit.Read More
Amazon driver assaulted, robbed of packages
An Amazon delivery driver was robbed when trying to deliver a package in South San Francisco Thursday.Read More
USPS gets early start for holiday season
Letter carriers for the U.S. Postal Service will be delivering packages and letters as early as 5 a.m. in some parts of the San Francisco Bay Area during the...Read More
Delivery robot regulations advance to board vote
Legislation that would require companies testing delivery robots in San Francisco to get a permit was approved unanimously in committee.Read More
San Jose approves 16 recreational pot sellers
The San Jose City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday that will allow 16 medical dispensaries in the city to sell marijuana for recreational purposes.Read More
SF supervisor floats ban on delivery robots
San Francisco Supervisor Norman Yee introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit delivery robots on public streets in The City.Read More
Napa County receives $11.3M to relieve homelessness
The Napa County Health and Human Services Agency has received a grant intended for alleviating chronic homelessness.Read More
Affordable housing approved for Candlestick site
Affordable housing developments for low income and formerly homeless families will be built at San Francisco's Candlestick Point, Mayor Ed Lee announced Friday.Read More
Firefighter, wife deliver baby boy in parking lot
A firefighter and his wife unexpectedly delivered their baby boy at the parking lot of a Santa Cruz County sheriff's building.Read More
Nurses union strike averted with Kaiser agreement
Kaiser Permanente reached a tentative agreement late Friday night with the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, averting a strike that was scheduled for next week, officials from both sides...Read More