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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
COVID-19 morning update: SF numbers spike, cannabis advocates push to keep all regional dispensaries open
The latest developments around the region related to the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as of Thursday morning include: Solano County became the last county in the Bay...Read More
Two arrests made in Mission District fatal shooting of 25-year-old man
A 25-year-old man died in a shooting in San Francisco’s Mission District on Wednesday night, police said. The shooting was reported at 10:29 p.m. in the area of 21st...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
SFBay morning Covid-19 update: Marijuana dispensaries reopen, SJSU student tests positive
San Francisco officials announced Tuesday that dispensaries could reopen.Read More
Police search for three suspects in Mission District fatal shooting
A 26-year-old man died in a shooting in San Francisco’s Mission District late Monday afternoon, police said. The shooting was reported at about 4:40 p.m. in the 3000 block...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
Bay Area COVID-19 update: counties, cities implement aggressive mitigation measures
In an attempt to mitigate the spread of 2019 novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, Bay Area counties have acted aggressively in the past week. Most school districts have suspended in-person...Read More
Suspect stabs 19-year-old during phone robbery
An assailant stabbed a man during a robbery in San Francisco’s Mission District early Friday morning as the two fought over a phone, police said. Officers learned about the...Read More
Bay Area COVID-19 update: delayed ship departure, widespread school closures, bans
The California Department of Public Health reported 198 confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, cases throughout seven California counties as of Thursday morning. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive...Read More
Bay Area coronavirus updates: March 10
The number of Bay Area residents infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, has reached 86 confirmed cases, with at least an additional four presumed positive. That number...Read More
Bay Area coronavirus update: rising numbers, campus closures, cruise ship evacuation
San Francisco’s total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases, or COVID-19, jumped to 13 since the announcement of the first two cases by health officials last week. On Friday,...Read More
Activists rally against immigrant’s courthouse ICE arrest
Immigration activists rallied in San Francisco on Monday at the same location where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a man as he was entering a court hearing...Read More
Grand Princess evacuation expected at Port of Oakland Monday, agencies work out ‘enormous complexities’
A 10-acre site at the Port of Oakland is being prepared and secured for the anticipated arrival of the quarantined Grand Princess cruise ship and evacuations of passengers anticipated...Read More
Twenty-one people aboard Grand Princess test positive for COVID-19
Forty-six people aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship moored just outside San Francisco were swabbed for novel coronavirus, 21 of which tested positive. Vice President Mike Pence shared the...Read More
Woman recovering after Muni bus collision
A Muni bus struck and injured a 29-year-old woman in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood on Wednesday morning, according to police. The collision was reported at about 9:30...Read More
Film festival organizers postpone event out of ‘abundance of caution’
The 17th annual International Ocean Film Festival, originally scheduled for for March 12 – 15 at San Francisco’s Cowell Theater and other Bay Area venues, has been postponed, organizers...Read More
Chief admits SFPD needs to pick up reform pace
San Francisco police are aiming to pick up the pace on 272 reforms called for by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2016, as the department may be only...Read More
SF voters show support for all five propositions
San Francisco voters Tuesday were asked to consider five propositions. As of Wednesday afternoon, it appears all five safely passed. Read More