Coronavirus
Bay Area
Fry’s Electronics starts process of closing down stores nationwide
Fry’s Electronics, Inc. will permanently close its online and storefront shops, a response partly due to the pandemic.
The company released an announcement early ...
Coronavirus
SFUSD unveils latest proposal in effort to safely reopen schools
San Francisco Unified School District officials on Tuesday unveiled their latest proposal to reopen the district’s elementary schools for in-person learning as the ...
Bay Area
Covid-19: A look at hardest hit states as nation mourns 500,000 lives lost
The U.S hit an expected but still grim milestone Monday afternoon as the Covid-19 death toll exceeded 500,000.
President Joe Biden and Vice President ...
Bay Area
Covid-19: Counties expand vaccine eligibility, Newsom battles Legislature on school proposal
A number of key developments emerged this week on vaccine and school reopening fronts throughout California and in the Bay Area, though the ...
Bay Area
Twenty-seven California counties get green light for outdoor youth sports
Outdoor youth sports will soon be allowed to resume in California counties that meet a threshold for coronavirus cases, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced ...
Coronavirus
Muni to offer free rides for vaccination appointments
Beginning Tuesday, Muni will offer free rides to passengers heading to Covid-19 vaccination appointments, Mayor London Breed announced Friday.
Passengers will be required to ...
Business
Marin County small business owners can soon apply for pandemic relief funds
Marin County small business owners will soon be able to apply for nearly $1 million in grants and interest-free loans from the county’s ...
Coronavirus
Grocers association sues San Leandro over hazard pay ordinance
A day after the San Leandro City Council voted on Tuesday to give grocery workers hazard pay, the California Grocers Association filed suit ...
Beyond SFBay
California legislators reach agreement on state’s Covid-19 relief package
Gov. Gavin Newsom and the leaders of the state Senate and Assembly announced an agreement Wednesday on a package of financial relief programs, ...
Coronavirus
Alameda County Fairgrounds opens gates as vaccination site
Alameda County has opened the county fairgrounds in Pleasanton for Covid-19 vaccinations.
In conjunction with Sutter Health and Stanford Health Care-ValleyCare, the county public ...
Coronavirus
San Francisco opens third high-volume Covid-19 vaccination site in Bayview
San Francisco opened a new high-volume Covid-19 vaccination site Tuesday in Bayview/Hunters Point neighborhood in partnership with Sutter Health. The opening marks The ...
Coronavirus
Berkeley extends vaccine eligibility to grocery, education, childcare workers
The city of Berkeley will expand its coronavirus vaccine eligibility to grocery and convenience store, education and childcare workers, the city said Monday.
Berkeley ...
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Santa Clara County hits vaccination milestone for residents at least 75 years old
The Covid-19 vaccine rollout has been difficult and is taking longer than expected, but finally Santa Clara County officials say they are seeing ...
Coronavirus
Dose shortage forces temporary pause at Moscone, City College vaccination sites
San Francisco will temporarily pause two of its Covid-19 mass vaccination sites this week due to a lack of supply, city officials announced ...
Coronavirus
Coliseum vaccination appointments open Sunday, site opens Tuesday
Appointments opened on Sunday for Covid-19 vaccinations at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum site for eligible Alameda County residents, officials announced.
Residents with priority for ...
Coronavirus
Organization offers Albany residents free rides to Golden Gate Fields vaccination appointments
Albany seniors and residents with physical disabilities can get free rides to vaccination appointments at Golden Gate Fields, a transportation provider said Wednesday.
Easy ...
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SF to expand vaccine eligibility, officials double down in school district lawsuit
San Francisco will expand its vaccine eligibility in two weeks, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Tuesday at a press conference.
Breed said The ...
Coronavirus
Researchers find state’s first South African variant cases in two Bay Area counties
Genomics researchers at Stanford University have confirmed California’s first two cases of the South African coronavirus variant in Alameda and Santa Clara counties, ...
Coronavirus
MDUSD to discuss status of school reopening plans in virtual meeting
The Mount Diablo Unified School District Governing Board on Wednesday will discuss the status of plans to reopen schools in the district that ...
Coronavirus
Tier, vaccine access at core of tentative SF school reopening agreement
The San Francisco Unified School District took a major step Saturday toward reopening schools by reaching a tentative agreement with a group of ...
Coronavirus
SF school district, unions resume negotiations over school reopening plans
Unions representing San Francisco Unified School District employees said on Friday they’re resuming negotiations with the district over returning to in-person learning, but ...
Coronavirus
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 ...
Coronavirus
State’s largest vaccination site opens next week at Levi’s Stadium
The largest Covid-19 vaccination site in the state is opening at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara early next week, officials said Friday.
Santa Clara ...
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San Francisco to open second mass vaccination site at Moscone Center
The Moscone Center will open Friday as San Francisco’s second mass Covid-19 vaccination site, Mayor London Breed announced Thursday.
The operation will be led ...
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Oakland Coliseum to host mass vaccination site under state, federal partnership
The state of California plans to launch a pilot partnership with federal officials to establish a community Covid-19 vaccination site at the Oakland ...
Coronavirus
SF school district pushes back on city officials for ‘petty’ lawsuit
San Francisco is suing its own school district and school board for failing to come up with a comprehensive plan to reopen schools, ...
Coronavirus
Sonoma County addresses vaccine rollout confusion
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday discussed the county’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout after recent confusion over vaccination appointments made online.
Urmila Shende, ...
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San Francisco opens Mission District vaccination site
San Francisco officials and the community Monday celebrated the soft opening of a Covid-19 vaccination site in the Mission District.
The area is among ...
Coronavirus
UC Berkeley warns of student Covid-19 case surge
The University of California at Berkeley on Sunday morning issued an advisory confirming a surge in student Covid-19 cases, “including students who live ...
Coronavirus
East San Jose launches Mexican Heritage Plaza vaccination site
The Santa Clara County Public Health Department is partnering with Gardner Health Services and The School of Arts & Culture to provide walk-in ...
Beyond SFBay
State announces plans to streamline vaccine distribution
State officials announced Tuesday that Government Operations Agency Secretary Yolanda Richardson will take over handling the state’s Covid-19 vaccine distribution, with the intent ...
Coronavirus
SF plans Thursday morning reopening under new state guidelines
San Francisco will once again allow outdoor dining and other limited activities to resume Thursday morning. The changes follow a state decision to ...
Bay Area
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 ...
Coronavirus
Mountain View vaccination site can eventually administer 5,000 doses a week
A new vaccination site with capacity to provide up to 5,000 vaccinations per week opened in Mountain View on Friday.
The vaccination site at ...
Bay Area
Covid-19: National strategy offers needed hope as Bay Area death toll surpasses 3,600
The first case of Covid-19 was detected in the U.S. one year ago Wednesday. Since then, more than 24 million Americans have been ...
Coronavirus
SF sets goal to vaccinate 900,000 people by end of June
Public health officials said Wednesday at a Board of Supervisors committee hearing that they have set a goal to vaccinate the more than ...
