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More than 8,000 Sutter Health nurses, health care workers strike for safe staffing, PPE
More than 8,000 Sutter Health nurses and health care workers are striking Monday in a demand for increased staffing and PPE supplies.Read More
East Bay firefighter crosses border to share skills, needed resources
San Ramon firefighter Erik Falkenstrom visited Mexico and found their fire stations lacking equipment they need. When he got home, he set out to help.Read More
Cal/OSHA fines San Quentin State Prison for violations in Covid-19 outbreak
Cal/OSHA fined San Quentin State Prison nearly $421,880 for its coronavirus outbreak, the largest fine the state’s workplace safety agency has levied for pandemic-related violations. San Quentin was slapped...Read More
More than 700 health care workers plan five-day picket over cuts, contract, lack of PPE
"We are confronting a pandemic without the staffing levels and PPE we need to keep ourselves and our patients safe." Read More
Oakland students team with 3D printers to build hundreds of hospital face shields
Madison Park Academy students created more than 700 face shields to donate to hospitals across the country amid to Covid-19 pandemic. High school students in Tawana Guillaume’s engineering pathway...Read More
Mayor says SF ‘very likely’ to extend shelter order
“What that means is, you know, another few weeks or even a month of asking you all to comply and to remain at home and to continue to follow...Read More
Representatives announce bipartisan bill to modernize Strategic National Stockpile system
U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo announced Friday a bipartisan bill to restructure the Strategic National Stockpile, called the “Stockpile Inventory Modernization Act of 2020,” so the agency can be allowed...Read More
Monterey calls on public for first responder N95 masks
The city of Monterey is asking the public for donations of N95-rated masks for use by first responders amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Starting Wednesday, donations can be dropped...Read More
Sutter Health puts out call for protective equipment
Sutter Health called on Bay Area residents and businesses Monday to donate personal protective equipment to the organization’s frontline clinical staff as they care for dozens of novel coronavirus...Read More