COVID Vaccine: Some Doubters Say It Will Take More Than Money For Them To Get Shots
Even with the inducement of winning cash prizes in California, there is stubborn contingent of Bay Area residents still resisting getting the COVID vaccination.
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Even with the inducement of winning cash prizes in California, there is stubborn contingent of Bay Area residents still resisting getting the COVID vaccination.
Bay Area health officers said Friday that they back plans for schools to return to full-time in-person learning this fall, amid continuing COVID-19 case drops and rising vaccination rates.
Memorial Day weekend is considered the unofficial start of the summer travel season and there will be no shortage of travelers in Bay Area airports and cars on local roadways.
Health officers in the Bay Area said people seeking COVID-19 vaccines can receive them at the same time as other shots, in the wake of new guidance by the Centers for Disease Control.
To encourage more local shopping, the city of Concord plans to fund the relaunch of an e-gift card program where local businesses receive a bonus card when a local resident uses one.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled a $116.5 million vaccine incentive program that would offer cash prizes to people, including a $15 million cash prize that would be split between 10 people.
Officials at Oakland International Airport expect more than 130,000 passengers during the Memorial Day travel period, a sign of travel picking up amid loosening COVID-19 restrictions and rising vaccinations.
With federal COVID-19 aid pouring into states like California, businesses there could be spared billions of dollars of higher taxes in coming years, potentially freeing up money to spend on employees or invest in their operations.
In the Bay Area, the number of deaths and hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are way, way down from earlier this year. Meanwhile, a new study from Stanford shows the health threat is far from over.
Wednesday marked the last day that first-dose COVID-19 vaccinations will take place at the San Mateo County Event Center, with abundant vaccine supply meaning that anyone 12 and older in the county can get vaccinated.
Officials on Monday announced that the Sausalito Art Festival has been canceled for the second year in a row.
Supervisors in San Francisco voted 7-4 to make the San Francisco Municipal Railway free from July 1 to September 1.
A man who flew from Oakland International Airport to Houston earlier this year faces a $9,000 fine in an incident where he allegedly refused to wear a mask during the flight, federal officials said.
Poor working conditions at the Chinese Hospital in San Francisco inspired nurses to hold a one-day strike Tuesday, noting their workplace is bad enough to drive away experienced nurses and dissuade new ones from joining.
Organizers behind Frameline, also known as the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, announced on Tuesday its 17-day-long schedule for this year's festival, its 45th, which they plan to be the biggest in the festival's history.
San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston is introducing legislation Tuesday to cancel unpaid rent that small businesses accumulated while they were shut down because of public health orders.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a new plan to assist the recovery of the city's downtown area after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered several businesses there.
Starting Wednesday, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority will increase passenger capacity on its light-rail vehicles and buses.
California has cited and fined a Foster Farms chicken processing plant that saw a deadly coronavirus outbreak last year, saying the company failed to protect its workers.
The U.S. State Department issued a strong warning Monday -- do not travel to Japan -- the site of the 2021 Olympic Games.
A possible day of reckoning lies ahead for Bank of America, in connection with an epidemic of hacking attacks on unemployment debit cards that KPIX5 was first to expose last fall.
While COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to plunge in the San Francisco Bay Area, the pandemic continues to rage elsewhere in the world.
An iconic retail store that has been a fixture in downtown Pleasanton for decades, Christesen's Western Wear recently announced it is going out of business.
Even as Santa Clara County reached a significant vaccination milestone with 75% of the population having received at least one dose, deep disparities remain in areas hardest hit by the virus.
A San Jose Planning Commissioner called on city officials Monday to use federal COVID-19 American Rescue Plan funds to give businesses a much needed economic boost in a neighborhood that has been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
