COVID: Governor Proposes $600 Payment for Low-Income California Residents
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a proposal Wednesday to provide millions of low-income Californians a $600 payment from the state.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a proposal Wednesday to provide millions of low-income Californians a $600 payment from the state.
Educators in Oakland on Wednesday renewed a campaign to raise money for the families of immigrants who are not eligible for a federal stimulus check.
With hospitals overwhelmed by the surge of COVID cases, state health officials have ordered that doctors delay nonessential "and non-life threatening" surgeries in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley to free up beds to be used to treat those suffering from being infected by the virus.
California's COVID-19 stay-at-home order for the Bay Area is likely going to continue beyond Friday, an Alameda County public health official said Tuesday.
Officials from the Alameda County Superior Court announced Tuesday that the court took action related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including extending the stay on execution of writs of possession to March 1.
With a surge in coronavirus cases, the information you need to know is coming fast and furious. Here's a roundup of the COVID stories we've published over the last 24 hours.
Small businesses make up nearly half of California's total workforce, but many are frustrated by the COVID pandemic economic relief application process and say there still is not enough money to go around.
Some mortuary owners in the East Bay are facing a grim reality of the coronavirus as the COVID death toll climbs and they struggle to find space to accommodate families.
A San Francisco couple that got stranded in New Zealand due to coronavirus restrictions has been reunited with their dogs, Whiskey and Waffles after living nearly 10 months apart.
Marin County will soon start phase 1B of vaccinations which includes teachers, in hopes of opening every single school in the county to some form of in-person learning.
Frontline health care workers and nursing homes are first in line to get a COVID-19 vaccine in California, but dental workers who face unmasked patients at work daily, have to wait.
Citing the surge in COVID-19 cases on the peninsula and throughout the Bay Area, Board of Supervisors president David Canepa is leading a push to close schools, but district officials are pushing back.
After priority groups get the limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines now allocated to California, Bay Area public health departments and medical centers are busy making plans for the general population. But it's a work in progress.
Santa Clara County public health officials say their priority is getting as many doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered to the healthcare workers and seniors in nursing homes who form the first wave of the vaccine rollout.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed a $4 billion spending plan he says will create jobs and help small businesses recover from the economic downturn brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
Santa Clara County small businesses have a new lifeline to ring in the New Year -- a low-interest loan program of up to $100,000 now available for qualifying establishments.
The number of people infected by a deadly COVID outbreak at a Kaiser hospital emergency room in San Jose linked to a staffer wearing an inflatable costume on Christmas has grown.
Oakland officials are facing a $62 million shortfall due the to COVID pandemic this year, with the city administrator saying there must be cuts to all departments to balance the budget, including the police department.
The median rent of a 1-bedroom apartment in San Francisco is down nearly 25% from a year ago, a sign of how much the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the Bay Area rental market.
Nearly 90 cases of coronavirus remain active at Santa Rita Jail among the facility's inmates and staff members, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.
The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will broadcast in March due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.
San Francisco has begun its COVID vaccine rollout and was working to complete the vaccination of its most vulnerable group, the residents of Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center.
Avoiding the same fate this year is a high priority for the Sharks, especially with the condensed 56-game schedule and the extended road trip they're on to start this season.
A freezer holding the entire ration of COVID vaccines for Mendocino County failed Monday, requiring an emergency distribution of the 850 doses before they thawed out, according to a report.
Health officials in Santa Clara County have ordered workplaces to close indoor breakrooms to eating and drinking, as COVID-19 cases continue to surge into the start of 2021.
