Latest from SFBay
Covid-19 Update: Warmer weather hits Bay Area, SF belts out Tony Bennett classic
Bay Area officials are reminding the public to stay at home despite the warmer weather.Read More
Covid-19 update: county extends shelter order, essential workers get childcare help, outbreak sweeps through SRO hotel
Bay Area counties are all considering whether to extend widespread shelter orders set to expire May 3. Solano County pulled the trigger late Friday and announced its extension until...Read More
Covid-19 update: UCSF helps Navajo Nation, Ramadan begins in lockdown, Alameda County cases remain high, state reports deadliest day
There’s still life beneath the Covid-19 shadow. It’s heavy, but there are bright spots. There are good notes in all the bad news — resources dispatching to places that...Read More
Covid-19 update: State to allow elective surgeries, widespread face covering orders take effect, activists use tech in Earth Day...
Stay-at-home orders did not stop activists and the rest of the world from celebrating the 50th year of Earth Day. The Earth Day network organized a 24-hour online day...Read More
Covid-19 update: Newsom calls on masses to volunteer, Bay Area scrambles to feed, educate, shelter those in need
Despite heaviness that comes with the fight against the 2019 novel coronavirus, there are glimmers of hope in how leaders, organizations and people are stepping up to help communities...Read More
Covid-19 update: SF breaks down zip code data, state tackles digital divide, Trump announces immigration halt
The John Hopkins global Covid-19 database has tracked nearly 2.5 million cases of confirmed Covid-19 infections as of Monday evening. Across the Bay Area, but especially at Golden Gate...Read More
Covid-19 update: ‘Reopen’ protests under scrutiny, activists bring ‘body bags’ to SF, national deaths surpass 40,000
Testing and reopening strategies have emerged as prominent themes this past week both here at home in the Bay Area and across the country. But in the midst of...Read More
Police say overall Fremont crime down as commercial burglaries, auto thefts spike
Crime in Fremont has decreased overall in the month since Alameda County issued its 2019 novel coronavirus shelter-in-place order, but property crimes have risen by 30 percent, the Fremont...Read More
Covid-19 update: Pastor disputes Easter citation, county houses all infected homeless
There were 398 confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus cases and seven resulting deaths when shelter-in-place orders took effect across six of nine Bay Area counties March 17. Friday, one month...Read More
SFBay Covid-19 update: Newsom creates economic task force, Bay Area counties require face coverings
Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday announced a task force that will lead the state out of an economic recession,Read More
Covid-19 update: Trump’s plan for ‘Opening Up America Again’ lands on deadliest day, Bay Area deaths approach 1,000
More than 4,500 people have died from Covid-19 across the nation since Wednesday evening, as the confirmed case total rose by nearly 33,000 in that same period. For context,...Read More
Covid-19 update: DA opens probe into Gateway Care, SF surpasses 1,000 cases, Newsom tends to most vulnerable
As of Wednesday, there are more than two million confirmed cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus across the globe — the U.S. accounts for more than 30 percent of...Read More
Covid-19 update: Teachers urge donations for immigrant families, festivals cancel, Newsom lays out six-point plan, Trump cuts WHO funding
As of now, it looks like most large gatherings scheduled through 2020 around the Bay Area are unlikely to occur as evidenced by the cancellations of San Francisco’s Pride...Read More
Covid 19 update: Bay Area cases surpass 5,000, Trump versus governors showdown looms
President Donald Trump made it clear Monday that he believes it is in his own “total” power to decide when states will reopen from Covid-19 shutdowns. The president said...Read More
Covid-19 update: landmark bookstores need saving, SF shelter confirms 76 cases, holidays offer some hope
Today is considered holy for many across the nation and world over, and in that light it may be comforting to reflect on words and insights associated with Easter...Read More
Covid-19 update: Financial relief progresses, supes consider only mail-in general election voting, cannabis company steps up for homeless
The good news is people may soon see some financial relief in the form of stimulus payments and enhanced unemployment benefits. The bad news is that the number of...Read More
Covid-19 update: Outbreak shakes SF homeless shelter, Oakland slows streets, Newsom hopeful but cautious on state trajectory
As the holidays approach for several religious communities, local and state leaders are urging people to “hold the line,” as Gov. Gavin Newsom phrased it Friday. California as a...Read More
Covid-19 update: SF houses domestic violence victims, judge orders four ICE detainees released, seventh patient dies from Hayward facility
Since Wednesday evening, an additional 1,774 people have died in the U.S. of complications related to Covid-19. In California, that number rose by nearly 50 in the same time...Read More
Covid-19 update: Six senior facility residents die, virus sweeps through jail, Newsom goes big for PPE funding
It has been a grim past two days with a quickly rising death toll across the nation. Covid-19 has killed more than 3,800 people in the U.S. since just...Read More
SFBay Covid-19 update: Muni to trim more service, Laguna Honda cases grow to 14
San Francisco transit officials made a major announcement Sunday afternoon that will lead to more reduced Muni service.Read More