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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: 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
Survey shows snowpack below average despite March storms
While California’s snowpack in March was in better condition than it was in February, the month’s precipitation was not enough to offset the state’s dry winter, according to the...Read More
California schools likely shuttered through end of school year
Gov. Gavin Newsom and state education officials said Wednesday that public schools throughout the state are unlikely to open for the rest of the 2019-2020 school year due to...Read More
California governor issues statewide shelter-in-place order
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the expansion of his stay at home order to the entire state in a bid to slow the spread of the novel...Read More
Newsom extends safety net eligibility in new executive order
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday extending the eligibility period for social safety net programs, temporarily preventing an interruption of benefits during the novel coronavirus outbreak. Newsom’s...Read More
Executive order waives unemployment waiting period, allows emergency property commandeering
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a new executive order Thursday in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, which now has nearly 200 positive cases reported in the state. Newsom’s executive...Read More
Protesters shout down SB 50 advocates, say housing bill doesn’t go far enough
State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, came to Oakland on Tuesday to promote a bill that would boost construction of apartment buildings and condominiums in an effort to address...Read More
Rampant fire, wind destruction prompts statewide emergency declaration
Gov. Gavin Newsom Sunday declared a statewide emergency as fire rages in the North Bay and other parts of California. Wind gusts are high, humidity is low and evacuations...Read More
California hits record low 4 percent unemployment rate
September was a great month for California’s labor market with the unemployment rate falling to a record low 4 percent, according the state’s Employment Development Department. EDD reported in...Read More
As power returns to most of Bay, 200,000 customers across state remain dark
Nearly 200,000 PG&E customers in California remain without power on Friday afternoon as the utility works to restore service after widespread intentional shutoffs to prevent wildfires, PG&E officials said....Read More
PG&E announces increased power outage scope impacting 34 counties
PG&E announced Tuesday afternoon that the utility will be implementing a Public Safety Power Shutoff in portions of 34 counties around California starting early Wednesday because of dry and...Read More
State attorney sues Paul Blanco’s Good Car Co. for fraud, false advertising
State Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday sued a used car dealership network in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland on behalf of the people of California, alleging the...Read More
Federal agencies officially revoke California emissions standards waiver
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao officially announced Thursday that they are revoking California’s authority to set strict auto emission standards. The administration’s...Read More
Three-year body cam facial recognition ban passes state Senate, Assembly
California is poised to ban the use of facial recognition technology in police body cameras for three years after votes by the state legislature this week. AB 1215 passed...Read More
Alameda County study shows half of guns used in crimes registered out of state
Only half of the guns used to commit crimes in Alameda County last year were registered in California and less than 10 percent were registered to the person who...Read More
Kaiser strike vote begins Monday amid charge execs ‘thriving’ at worker, patient expense
Kaiser Permanente workers will begin voting Monday on whether to authorize a massive strike that would affect Kaiser facilities nationwide, according to the Service Employees International Union, one of...Read More
Governor appoints Oakland mayor to state homeless advisory group
California Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf to a state advisory group on homelessness, alongside elected supervisors from Sacramento, Los Angeles and Riverside counties. The 13-seat...Read More
Trump threatens census delay after Supreme Court blocks citizenship question
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked for now a plan by the administration of President Donald Trump to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The court...Read More