Omicron Throws Cold Water on New Year Party Plans
The highly-transmissible omicron variant caused COVID-19 cases to surge worldwide and spoiled New Year's Eve for millions, forcing them to scale back or cancel their plans.
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The highly-transmissible omicron variant caused COVID-19 cases to surge worldwide and spoiled New Year's Eve for millions, forcing them to scale back or cancel their plans.
The decision to nix the fireworks display in San Francisco earlier this week was one of several COVID-prompted cancellations that forced people to rework their new year celebration plans at the last minute.
The public health departments in San Francisco and Santa Cruz County announced Friday they are aligning with new shortened COVID-19 isolation and quarantine guidelines set by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Naturalists said this week that they expect wild mushrooms to grow in abundance around local parks in the East Bay, fueled by recent rainfall.
With the COVID-19 positivity rate topping 11% in California, parents wonder what will happen at schools where kids are set to return next week.
There's a big demand for COVID tests across the Bay Area.
Long lines wrapped around the San Mateo Marriott parking lot on Thursday as people hoped to get tested for COVID-19 before New Year Eve as concerns about the omicron variant collided with plans for holiday gatherings.
The U.S. government has approved California's overhaul of the nation's largest insurance program for low-income and disabled residents, officials said Wednesday.
New Year's Eve options for Bay Area celebrants continue to dwindle as yet another event has been called off due to concerns about the omicron variant of COVID-19.
Officials from San Francisco, Alameda and Marin counties announced Wednesday that they are requiring everyone to wear masks in indoor public settings in order to stem off the surge of COVID-19 cases across the country due to the spread of the Omicron variant.
The largest girls high school basketball tournament in the country is happening in Livermore this week. And there are some concerns it could be a COVID super-spreader event.
Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases attributed to the omicron variant, health officials in Sonoma County urged employers to require vaccine boosters for employees, as part of new workplace recommendations.
Bay Area business owners worried about potential COVID-19 staffing shortages may find relief after the Centers for Disease Control announced new quarantine guidelines Monday.
Citing concerns about the omicron variant, Contra Costa County officials are requiring first responders and employees at homeless shelters to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster or to undergo weekly testing.
State health officials said Thursday that 50% to 70% of new coronavirus cases in parts of California are the highly contagious omicron variant.
