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Bay Briefing: California hits pandemic lows and reopening highs FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2020, file photo, people wear face masks while walking up stairs at the Golden Gate Overlook in the Presidio in front of traffic driving on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. California, for decades a symbol of boundless growth and opportunity that attracted people from across the U.S. and abroad, has stagnated. Census data expected later this month will reveal what demographers an...

Bay Briefing: Palo Altos housing debates heat up FacebookTwitterEmail Abin Rahbar (left) gets some outdoor time with her sons Farin Raissi (right ),11, and Matin Raissi (center), 9, after distance learning for school as they enjoy a walk in their neighborhood on Thursday, April 29, 2021 in Palo Alto, Calif. Rahbar grew up in Palo Alto after her family immigrated from Iran, then moved back in 2014 to be close to her parents and public schools that offered more support after her sons cerebral pa...

Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Wednesday, April 28, and Outside Lands has released their...

Bay Briefing: This is a vaccine for our land FacebookTwitterEmail Volunteer Jiordi Rosales leaves a trail of fire with a driptorch during a preventative vegetation burn in Healdsburg.Alvin A.H. Jornada / Special to The Chronicle Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Tuesday, April 27, and we’re tracking what’s changing in Bay Area transit. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. A little bit of fire to prevent much worse Dripping small flames from handheld fuel canisters, two dozen peopl...

Bay Briefing: After Chauvin verdict, where do efforts to change policing stand in CA? FacebookTwitterEmail Daghe, 36, of Oakland, co-founder of art collective More Vibes, left, and Kalani Ware, 32, of Oakland, visual artist, paint a mural after a jury in Minneapolis found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of George Floyd’s death in Oakland, Calif. on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. The artists listened to the verdict from a speaker.Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle (Above: Daghe, 36, (left)...

Bay Briefing: They got the COVID vaccine. Then they got COVID FacebookTwitterEmail Arlene Moon, 95, left, Vanessa Bain, center, and David Bain, 81, stand in their driveway in Menlo Park, CA on January 28, 2021.Nina Riggio / Special to The Chronicle Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Thursday, April 15, and you’re not imagining it, grocery store prices are still higher than they were last year. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. A different kind of breakthrough By the end of March, ...

Bay Briefing: One vaccine paused, but California still moving toward opening FacebookTwitterEmail Saroeun Sim gets a bandaid over the spot where she received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Anna Briggs (right) at the Center for Empowering Refugees in collaboration with Native American Health on Friday, March 26, 2021 in Oakland, California.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Wednesday, April 14, and the Bay Area has to deal with one more unexpected s...

Bay Briefing: California is reopening. Is that risky? FacebookTwitterEmail Alvin Chong receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from William Wohlfeiler, San Francisco Department of Public Health nursing student, at the Southeast Health Center in San Francisco.Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Friday, April 2, and California’s underwater meadows are helping reverse one symptom of climate change. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. The rules still apply With l...

Bay Briefing: The vaccine hunters FacebookTwitterEmail I got vaccinated messages written by people who had gotten their vaccines are seen taped to a rolling door at a warehouse at the San Francisco Wholesale Produce Market being used as a vaccine hub on Friday, March 19, 2021 in San Francisco, Calif.Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Thursday, April 1, and Bay Area musicians are looking back at a year without in-person live shows. Here’s what you need to know to start ...