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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
Group confirms Covid-19 outbreak at 52-unit Mission District SRO hotel
At least 24 people at a single room occupancy hotel in San Francisco’s Mission District have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Dolores Street Community Services, which manages...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
Medical examiner identifies 28-year-old woman as one of two who died in Potrero Hill crash
A woman who was one of two people to die in a crash in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood on Tuesday evening has been identified by the city’s medical...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
Suspect with knife barricades self in building after officer-involved shooting
San Francisco police are involved in a standoff in the Tenderloin neighborhood Tuesday morning after an officer-involved shooting involving a suspect reportedly brandishing a knife. Officers responded at 6:36...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
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
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
Three Bayview District fires spark minutes apart, one person suffers critical injuries in series of
San Francisco firefighters responded to three separate one-alarm fires, reported minutes apart late Tuesday night in and around the city’s Bayview District. At around 11 p.m., firefighters responded to...Read More
Police investigate woman’s murder in Mission District
A woman is dead of a suspected homicide in San Francisco’s Mission District on Sunday morning and a man is in custody in the case, police said Monday. The...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
LGBTQ rights icon, ‘fearless activist’ Phyllis Lyon dies at 95
"I'm so sad at the passing of Phyllis Lyon, a trailblazer, a fearless activist and a good friend. She truly left an indelible mark on San Francisco."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
Yelp lays off, furloughs thousands as consumer demand declines
San Francisco-based online review platform Yelp announced early Thursday morning that it will be laying off or furloughing at least 2,000 employees. The news was shared on the company’s...Read More
Three suspects at large in another daytime home invasion robbery
Three suspects held a resident at gunpoint while ransacking his house in San Francisco’s Portola District on Wednesday morning, according to police. The home invasion robbery was reported around...Read More