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Hardly Strictly organizers put safety first with second year of online festival
For the second year in a row, the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival will take place online instead of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, the festival’s organizers announced...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
County’s main jail in Santa Rosa sees Covid-19 cases spike
Sonoma County officials are reporting a recent increase in Covid-19 cases at the county’s main jail and said Tuesday they are looking at their existing policies to see if...Read More
SF sees Covid surge slow but officials stress need to ‘keep pressure on the virus’
San Francisco health officials say they are seeing indications that the post-Thanksgiving Covid-19 surge might have reached a peak, said Department of Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax. Colfax...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
More than 800 Covid-19 patients in Bay Area hospitals as state inches closer to lockdown
California could soon face another near lockdown if alarming Covid-19 case and hospitalization rates keep pace. Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered the somber update Monday, pointing out that the number...Read More
Newsom announces curfew for most California residents under limited stay-at-home order
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday a limited stay-at-home order for California that will go into effect Saturday night and last for a month to try to limit the spread...Read More
SF faces ‘major surge’ in new Covid-19 cases
San Francisco is facing a “major surge” of Covid-19 cases, says Dr. Grant Colfax, who heads the Department of Public Health. Colfax at a press conference Thursday said The...Read More
Covid-19 update: Bay Area death toll surpasses 700, state allows outdoor haircuts, relief package battle brews in Congress
The Bay Area hit a somber milestone with more than 700 deaths caused by Covid-19. Case tracking regionally seems to be lagging in data reporting by three to seven...Read More
More than 70 percent of Sonoma County Covid-19 case come from Latinx community
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Thursday discussed the county’s plan for tackling its increase in Covid-19 cases as well as addressing the disproportionate impact of the virus...Read More
Covid-19 update: Bay Area adds more than 600 new cases in one day, U.S. deaths surpass 120,000
The Bay Area added 630 positive Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Statewide infection and hospitalization rates paint an even more bleak picture. The reality is that the...Read More
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 during the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Newsom and California...Read More
State secures space for additional 4,500 beds ahead of Covid-19 surge
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that the state is modifying Sacramento’s Natomas Arena and multiple Bay Area sites into medical facilities to support the state’s surge in cases of...Read More