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Despite vaccine scarcity, some Bay Area counties jump to reopen as state lifts order
Effectively immediately, California has lifted its regional Covid-19 stay-at-home and curfew orders, though individual counties retain the right to impose further restrictions. The change moves most California counties back...Read More
Bay Area Region ICU availability drops below 1 percent
Less than 1 percent of the Bay Area’s intensive care unit beds remain available amid the region’s latest coronavirus surge, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday. Approximately 0.7 percent of...Read More
San Francisco extends stay-at-home order, travel quarantine
In response to the significant amount of Covid-19 cases in California and throughout the nation, San Francisco officials are indefinitely extending the mandatory travel quarantine and local stay-at-home order,...Read More
Officials warn Santa Cruz County stay-at-home order may last ‘well into January’
Santa Cruz County is likely to remain under a coronavirus-related stay-at-home order “well into January,” the county’s health officer said Thursday. The state’s stay-at-home order will go into effect...Read More
Bay Area ICU availability triggers regional stay-at-home order in the local nine counties
The Bay Area Region Wednesday dropped below 15 percent in intensive care unit bed availability, triggering the state-directed stay-at-home order effective Thursday at midnight. Several counties had voluntarily implemented...Read More
State reverses course, allows outdoor playgrounds to reopen under stay-at-home order
California public health officials have backtracked on a decision to close outdoor playgrounds under the state’s stay-at-home order announced Thursday. Parents, state and local officials asked Gov. Gavin Newsom...Read More
Sonoma County sheriff walks back decision, will again enforce stay-at-home order
A few days after Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick confirmed he would not enforce the county health officer’s stay-at-home order regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, it appears as if he...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