Omicron Reshuffles Bay Area Travelers' Holiday Plans
Millions of Americans are on the move for the big holiday weekend even as the highly-transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus drives a surge in cases.
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Millions of Americans are on the move for the big holiday weekend even as the highly-transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus drives a surge in cases.
The omicron variant surge that health experts predicted would hit California has arrived, according to the state's data, and it comes just as millions of families and friends are expected to gather for the holidays.
CES, is going ahead with plans to hold an in-person event in two weeks, even as a growing number of prominent technology companies are pulling the plug on their plans to attend in person amid a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Citing the growing outbreak of the highly contagious omicron variant throughout the country and in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom took to social media to announce that health care workers in the state will now be required to get COVID booster shots.
Rapid self-testing kits are harder to come by at Bay Area pharmacies, as people try to gather safely for the holidays.
There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant. Some people have decided to rethink holiday plans or how they go about their daily lives.
Intel has told workers that unvaccinated people who don't get an exemption for religious or medical reasons will be on unpaid leave beginning in April.
Bay Area restaurants face new setbacks as the latest COVID-19 variant affects their staff and encourages businesses to take more precautions at the end of another difficult year during the pandemic.
Health experts say there may be a silver lining in the omicron surge.
The Pleasanton City Council will make smoking inside townhomes, condominiums and buildings with three or more attached units illegal on Tuesday.
San Mateo County is temporarily shutting down its large drive-thru vaccination site until Jan. 4 and will transition it to a walk-up site.
Advocates for the homeless say at least five people died in one night this week because of the cold weather and they say city and county leaders need to do more to prevent this from happening again.
Health officials in Marin and Sonoma counties reported their first cases of the COVID-19 omicron variant on Friday, as its rapid spread raises concerns in the North Bay and throughout the Bay Area.
Health officers across the Bay Area renewed calls for people to get COVID-19 booster shots Friday, as many have yet to receive their third dose while the omicron variant rapidly spreads across the region.
