California Adopts 3-Foot Distancing Rule for Classrooms
Students in California classrooms can sit 3 feet apart instead of 6 under new guidelines adopted by the state as school officials figure out how to reopen campuses closed for
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Hundreds Gather to Show Support for AAPI Community After Recent Attacks
After a week of several attacks against the Asian American community in Georgia and across the Bay Area, hundreds gathered at San Francisco’s Chinatown Saturday to show solidarity against hate
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Fewer jobs, more wine: California’s deadly COVID year in 9 charts
On March 19, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a statewide shelter-in-place order. In response to an unprecedented public health threat, it was an equally unprecedented shuttering of day-to-day life. “This is
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Bay Area Leaders Back State Bill Calling for Automated Speed Detection
Several Bay Area leaders voiced their support Tuesday for a new bill that seeks to use technology to reduce speeding and prevent pedestrian fatalities throughout the state. Assembly Bill 550,
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Inmate Lawsuits Blame California for Spreading Infections
The family of a 61-year-old California inmate who died of the coronavirus sued state corrections officials Tuesday, blaming a botched transfer of infected inmates to San Quentin State Prison that
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South Bay Assemblyman Proposes Tax on Ultra-Rich
A state assembly member from the South Bay on Monday announced a proposed tax on the ultra-rich that he said would be decided by California voters in 2022 if the
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As Signature Collection Ends, California Heads Toward Recall Vote
A plodding, months-long review kicks off Wednesday to confirm what appears inevitable: California Gov. Gavin Newsom will face a recall election that could oust the Democrat before his first term
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Surge in Oversea Orders Leaves Bay Area Retailers Waiting for Merchandise
A surge in oversea orders has ships stacked tall with containers sitting in the bay, just waiting to be unloaded. The Port of Oakland says it had its busiest February
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Some Local Businesses Hanging on, Others Forced to Close as Pandemic Continues
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the entire business landscape in every community. There are businesses that are barely hanging on and many others that didn’t make it. At Tracy’s Salon
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Bay Area Community Colleges to Receive Millions From American Rescue Plan
Bay Area community colleges are expected to receive tens of millions of dollars in relief money from the recently passed American Rescue Plan, Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, said Monday.
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