Pleasanton Restaurants Ring in New Year Without Big Celebrations
There was so much hope when we rang in 2020 a year ago tonight. Then, news of a contagious and deadly virus in Wuhan, China that spread quickly around the
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San Francisco Extends Travel Quarantine, Stay-at-Home Orders
San Francisco announced Thursday it is extending its stay-at-home and 10-day travel quarantine orders. Both orders will remain in effect until California lifts its stay-at-home order for the entire Bay
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Water Content of California’s Early Winter Snowpack Lagging
The amount of water in California’s mountain snowpack is only about half of average for early winter, a state Department of Water Resources official said Wednesday, urging conservation but noting
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Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer, dies aged 98
Legendary French fashion designer Pierre Cardin has died at the age of 98, France’s Fine Arts Academy announced on Tuesday in a statement on Twitter. “The Perpetual Secretary, Laurent Petitgirard, and the
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Santa Clara County Health Officials Beg Residents Not to Travel as They Fear Another Surge
In Santa Clara County, health leaders are concerned about a surge on top of a surge as ICU beds quickly fill. On Sunday, hundreds of people were at the Santa
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Casino in Sonoma County Cancels Indoor New Year’s Eve Party With 4,000 Guests
A casino on Native American land in Sonoma County that was planning a massive indoor New Year’s Eve party despite public health orders banning such gatherings, canceled the event Thursday,
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Gingerbread Monolith Delights San Francisco on Christmas Day
In true pop-up art fashion, a nearly 7-foot-tall monolith made of gingerbread mysteriously appeared on a San Francisco hilltop on Christmas Day and collapsed the next day. The three-sided tower,
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The Grand Princess COVID Outbreak: 10 Months Late
One of the first examples of just how infectious and deadly the coronavirus could be loomed large off the shore of San Francisco 10 months ago as the Grand Princess
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East Bay Grandmother Beats COVID-19, Returns Home in Time for Christmas
An East Bay family got the best present of all this Christmas Eve. They found out that grandma was coming home after winning her battle against COVID-19. Sam Issa breathed
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Alleged Bay Area investment scheme defrauded 250 investors, SEC says
Just two years after developer Sanjeev Acharya touted a mega-village that would have ushered in dramatic changes to north San Jose, the South Bay executive faces fraud allegations and the
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