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County offers drive-thru vaccinations for eligible health care workers, vulnerable residents
Starting Monday, San Mateo County is offering a drive-thru Covid-19 vaccination clinic for eligible health care workers and vulnerable residents.
The clinic, which uses ...
Beyond SFBay
UC campuses plan for in-person fall semester
The University of California announced Monday that it is planning to resume in-person classes during the fall 2021 semester at all 10 of ...
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Santa Clara County extends vaccinations to all health care workers
Santa Clara County officials are urging all health care workers in the county to get vaccinated for Covid-19 now that they are eligible.
The ...
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Alameda County Superior Court extends eviction stay, allows some in-person traffic court appearances
Alameda County Superior Court officials on Tuesday announced actions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, including extending the stay on execution of writs of ...
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Santa Rita Jail: 80 inmates, nine staff have active Covid-19 infections
Nearly 90 cases of coronavirus remain active at Santa Rita Jail among the facility’s inmates and staff members, according to the Alameda County ...
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Non-profit group donates 3,200 computer monitors to support SF teachers in distance learning
As distance learning has resumed in the new year for San Francisco Unified School District schools, the district announced on Tuesday it is ...
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State extends deadline for small business Covid-19 relief applicants
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Office of Business and Economic Development announced Monday that the deadline for the first round of applications for the Small ...
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San Mateo County Immigrant Relief Fund administrators say ‘need is tremendous’
Since its inception in July, San Mateo County’s Immigrant Relief Fund has awarded over $11 million in grants to immigrant families needing relief ...
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County starts second vaccine rounds next week with receipt of nearly 100,000 doses
Santa Clara County’s health care providers have received nearly 100,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses and several thousand health care workers and first responders have ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Palo Alto launches free pop-up Covid-19 test site next week
Free pop-up Covid-19 testing will be available each Tuesday starting this week, Palo Alto officials announced.
Testing will be offered from 10 a.m. to ...
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School district surveys families on possible return of in-person classes
The West Contra Costa Unified School District is encouraging families to fill out a survey that will gather input on a possible return ...
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San Francisco officials say Covid-19 restrictions reducing virus spread
San Francisco officials said Tuesday that Covid-19 restrictions implemented two weeks ago have helped slow spread of the virus, but they also warned ...
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Sonoma State University extends Fall 2021 application deadline
Sonoma State University announced this week that the deadline to apply as a student for the Fall 2021 semester has been extended by ...
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Fauci prioritizes teacher vaccination with eye toward in-person Fall 2021 term
When Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, takes on his new role as President-elect Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, one ...
Bay Area
Apple temporarily closes all 53 California retail stores
Cupertino-based Apple has temporarily closed all of their retail stores in California amid the pandemic.
According to the Apple website the 53 stores statewide ...
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SF health officials order 10-day quarantine for anyone who travels outside Bay Area
Public health officials in San Francisco have issued an order requiring a mandatory 10-day quarantine for anyone who travels into The City from ...
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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 ...
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Centralized resource hub eases access for Bayview residents hit hard by pandemic
Residents in San Francisco’ Bayview District — one of the hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic — will have now have increased access ...
Bay Area
Vaccinations begin in Bay Area as state death toll tips over 21,100
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday granted a late-night Emergency Use Authorization for the Pfizer-developed Covid-19 vaccine. By Monday afternoon, California was ...
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Supervisor suggests fines that ‘bite’ to curb Covid-19 health order violations
With some members upset that the current administrative fines for violating Covid-19-related health orders aren’t high enough to ensure compliance, the Contra Costa ...
Bay Area
Months of past due rent pile up amid pandemic with no relief in sight
The Bay Area might now be a buyer’s market for apartments, but not for renters like Cecilia Orellana. She has not worked since ...
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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 ...
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Officials issue stay-at-home order ahead of state direction in most Bay Area counties
"We cannot wait until after we've driven off the cliff..."
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Four of five California regions could trigger stay-at-home order within two days
The state of California announced a regional stay-at-home order Thursday afternoon, which goes into effect “promptly” after regions drop below 15 percent intensive ...
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Oakland enrichment program suspends school-age indoor recreation
Oakland’s Town Camp Enrichment Program is being suspended because of the Covid-19 pandemic, city officials announced Thursday.
The program provides indoor recreation to school-age ...
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SF officials warn of more restrictions as ‘dangerous winter has arrived’
San Franciscans may soon be faced with additional restrictions prompted by a rise in Covid-19 cases, Mayor London Breed and Director of Public ...
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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 ...
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Hayward suspends street sweeping, enforcement amid city staff depletion
Street sweeping and related parking enforcement will be suspended in the city of Hayward for nearly two weeks due to the coronavirus depleting ...
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San Francisco now subject to purple tier restrictions, joining 99 percent of state
As anticipated, San Francisco officially entered the most restrictive purple tier in the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, requiring capacity reductions and ...
Business
Millbrae Pancake House closes business temporarily for first time in 61 years
A landmark Millbrae restaurant, which has been serving up breakfast every day without interruption since 1959, is the latest business establishment to shutter ...
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County begs residents to avoid Thanksgiving gatherings as Covid-19 hospitalizations surge
Santa Clara County officials pleaded with residents Wednesday to avoid social gatherings and traveling for Thanksgiving as new cases of Covid-19 surge in ...
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SF remains in red tier but expects move into purple tier ‘relatively soon’
San Francisco remains in the state’s Covid-19 red tier but could end up in the state’s most restrictive tier “some time soon,” said ...
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San Francisco may soon join most Bay Area counties in purple tier
It is likely San Francisco will slide back into the state’s most restrictive purple tier as early as Sunday due to a rise ...
