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SFBay Covid-19 update: Newsom announces testing task force, Santa Rita inmate tests positive
Press briefings providing updates for the nation and the state California occurred within minutes of each other Saturday afternoon. A sharp contrast was drawn between the two as Gov....Read More
SFBay Covid-19 update: virus sweeps through Orinda facility, Contra Costa orders mass quarantine
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued guidance stating that all Americans should wear cloth face coverings as masks when out in public. However, President Donald...Read More
SFBay Covid-19 update: California deaths near 250 as confirmed cases surpass one million globally
The Bay Area and California as a whole seem to be mitigating the Covid-19 outbreak relatively well as compared to other states. Contagion and death rates in states that...Read More
Bay Area Covid-19 update: Some districts close schools rest of year, deputies to only cite for some offenses
An emergency paid sick leave ordinance recommendation was passed unanimously by the San Jose City Council during a special meeting Wednesday, setting the stage for its approval next week....Read More
SFBay Covid-19 update: Event center becomes hospital, state schools likely shuttered rest of school year
Bay Area activists joined a national digital rally Wednesday calling for local, state and federal officials to hold back rent, mortgage and utility payments amid the recent novel coronavirus,...Read More
SFBay Covid-19 update: Trump extends social distancing timeline, Bay Area deaths approach 50
President Donald Trump announced in his daily White House press briefing that the social distancing guidelines issued through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being extended...Read More
Bay Area Covid-19 update: Piedmont park shuts down, Santa Clara County Fairground to shelter homeless
President Donald Trump told reporters Saturday that his administration is considering imposing a federal quarantine on the hardest hit states: New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. He affirmed the...Read More
Bay Area Covid-19 evening update: Statewide eviction moratorium, Marin reports first death
Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday issued an executive order to prevent landlords from evicting tenants.Read More
Bay Area Covid-19 evening update: Union procures millions of masks, regional cases surpass 1,400
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected Friday to take up and pass the massive $2 trillion CARES Act stimulus package passed by the U.S. Senate earlier this week....Read More
Bay Area Covid-19 morning update: Two die in Alameda County, more confirmed at Oakland airport, SFPD
Here are some of the latest developments around the region related to the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as of Thursday morning. All Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority...Read More
Bay Area COVID-19 update: counties halt evictions, Santa Rosa officers test positive, statewide cases pass 2,000
Here are the latest developments from around the region related to the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as of Wednesday morning. Three Santa Rosa police officers have tested...Read More
County gives struggling renters reprieve with eviction moratorium
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Tuesday to approve an urgency ordinance providing a temporary 30-day moratorium on evictions in the unincorporated parts of the county...Read More
Bay Area COVID-19 update: SF acquires a million masks, Napa County enforces shelter compliance
Congress is still hashing out details Tuesday of a federal economic stimulus bill aimed at easing the financial crisis related to the COVID-19 outbreak and mass shutdowns of businesses...Read More
Bay Area COVID-19 update: regional cases climb, jail deputy tests positive, Hayward testing center opens
The latest developments around the region related to the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as of Monday morning include: A San Francisco sheriff’s deputy, who is assigned to...Read More
Bay Area COVID-19 update: two more die in Santa Clara County, BART ridership down nearly 90 percent
The U.S. Department of State issued a Global Level 4 Health Advisory that requires U.S. residents traveling abroad to immediately return unless they are “prepared to remain abroad for...Read More
Bay Area COVID-19 update: all counties now under shelter orders, blood banks need donations, BottleRock postpones
As of Wednesday, all nine Bay Area counties are under either shelter-in-place or shelter-at-home orders. The directives are legally enforceable — it’s a misdemeanor to violate or fail to...Read More
Bay Area COVID-19 update: schools may stay closed through year, Santa Clara death toll rises, people step up to...
There is nothing normal about this St. Patrick’s Day, with lights out in bars that would typically be stuffed with patrons and restaurants only serving to-go food out the...Read More
SFBay Covid-19 update: Shelter in place looms, SF trims transit, parking enforcement
Life in the Bay Area is now at a temporary standstill as six Bay Area counties announced a new public health order that requires residents to stay home and...Read More
Breed, officials clarify broad shelter-in-place order
Six Bay Area counties, including San Francisco, have issued shelter-in-place orders beginning at midnight Tuesday and ending April 7 in order to slow the spread of the 2019 novel...Read More
Six Bay Area counties to issue three-week shelter-in-place order
Six Bay Area counties will institute a shelter-in-place order Tuesday in an effort to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, San Francisco Mayor London Breed said Monday. The...Read More