Historic Job Loss Numbers Lead To Flood Of Unemployment Claims In California
California's demand for unemployment benefits is reaching historic levels. The state Employment Development Department says claims are up 370 percent.
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California's demand for unemployment benefits is reaching historic levels. The state Employment Development Department says claims are up 370 percent.
With health officials now urging people to wear masks in public, the costume department of a Mountain View children's theater company is using its skills to sew masks for medical personnel.
After weeks of public health officials saying it was not necessary for people who weren't possibly sick to wear a mask, the new recommendation from doctors for everyone to cover their faces when in public was quickly adopted by many.
If you live in the Bay Area and are still scrambling around looking for eggs at your local market, then you may need to start thinking outside the carton and head to the North Bay.
Santa Clara County has identified and provided housing for every known homeless person who has tested positive for COVID-19, county officials said Friday.
While many Bay Area residents are facing layoffs and furloughs during the coronavirus pandemic, there are some companies that are looking for additional workers to help provide essential services.
A person has survived getting hit by a BART train Friday at the El Cerrito Del Norte station, an incident that temporarily closed the station.
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced on Friday that she's appointed former San Francisco transportation chief Edward Reiskin to be her city's new permanent city administrator.
During his daily update on the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday encouraged able-bodied residents to volunteer their time to help during the crisis through a government website.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday announced an initiative that would place homeless people in available hotel and motel rooms around the state in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The San Mateo County Fair scheduled for June has been canceled as the San Mateo County Event Center is being used in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed Friday responded to demands from some of the city's supervisors that the city immediately move homeless people in shelters to the thousands of available hotel rooms in the city during the coronavirus pandemic.
A leader of the California Senate says the Legislature will not reconvene on April 13 because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
PG&E crews have repaired a gas leak in San Francisco that shut down Harrison Street between 25th and 26th streets Friday.
There have been three more coronavirus-related deaths in San Mateo County, health officials reported Friday; the 13 total deaths in the county are the second-most in the Bay Area.
