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Back-rent grant boon for hair stylist FacebookTwitterEmail DelCasale, 65, jobless because salons and other businesses are closed during the pandemic, says people “have no idea how you’re struggling.”RAMIN RAHIMIAN / Special to The Chronicle As a hair stylist, Sandra DelCasale knows that outward appearances matter. But she also knows they can obscure as much as they reveal. When the pandemic shuttered the salon where she works, DelCasale suddenly found herself in the precarious position of...

After COVID-19 layoff, months of homelessness, San Jose family settles in new apartment FacebookTwitterEmail 4 1of4Serenity Navarrette, 13, sits in front of her family christmas tree and pets her cat on December 11, 2020 in San Jose, CA.Nina Riggio / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of4Serenity Navarrette, 13, stands in her families apartment and pets her cat on December 11, 2020 in San Jose, CA.Nina Riggio / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of4Robert Navarrett...

Season of Sharing helps St. Helena family in aftermath of Glass Fire [San Francisco Chronicle] Dec. 27—Teresa Plancarte sat on her living room couch on a fall Saturday evening, marveling at the St. Helena vineyards and the pines just outside her front door. And she thought, “My God, nature is so beautiful.” Nearly 24 hours later, at 3 a.m., Plancarte, her husband, Esiquio, and her 34-year-old special-needs son, Rogelio, were awakened by sirens and megaphones warning them to evacuate. A w...

Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund helps homeless family climb out of despair FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Season of Sharing’s one-time grant enabled Jennifer Monique Hill to move her family into a mobile home in San Jose.Steve RubensteinShow MoreShow Less 2of2 After four motels in two years, Jennifer Monique Hill has her own home in San Jose thanks to the Season of Sharing Fund.Steve RubensteinShow MoreShow Less A motel room is supposed to be for a night or two, not for a year or two. But Jennife...

Rent relief gives Peninsula woman time to find a new home FacebookTwitterEmail 2 1of2Monika Donovan, San Carlos resident, who received summer rental assistance from the Chronicle’s Season of Sharing Fund, sits for a portrait outside the apartment building where she lives in a studio apartment on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 in Belmont, Calif.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of2Monika Donovan, San Carlos resident, who received summer rental assistance from the Chron...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Bay Briefing: More skepticism of virus restrictions second time around — even as cases shatter records [San Francisco Chronicle] Dec. 16—Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Wednesday, Dec. 16, and some Bay Area residents are saying aloha to the region indefinitely. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. A bittersweet milestone On a crisp, gray Tuesday morning in San Francisco, Dr. Antonio Gomez rolled up his sleeve and made history, taking a shot in the ar...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA The pandemic left Bay Area families hungry and food banks overwhelmed. The Season of Sharing stepped in to help [San Francisco Chronicle] Dec. 16—Just before noon on a recent Wednesday, a line of three dozen people snaked around the Church of the Nazarene in Concord. They were young and old, men and women of all races, one child kicking the ground as he waited. What they had in common: They needed free food. At the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano distribution...

Bay Briefing: More skepticism of virus restrictions second time around - even as cases shatter records FacebookTwitterEmail Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Wednesday, Dec. 16, and some Bay Area residents are saying aloha to the region indefinitely. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. A bittersweet milestone On a crisp, gray Tuesday morning in San Francisco, Dr. Antonio Gomez rolled up his sleeve and made history, taking a shot in the arm to become the first person in the Bay Area ...

Shortfalls on rent, propane hit West Marin family hard FacebookTwitterEmail When you live in a rural community like San Geronimo, your heat comes from propane. For Deirdre McDonald, Victor Urbaez and their son, Sage Urbaez, the propane bills piled up to the extent that they were looking ahead at a long, cold winter. At the same time, when their income dropped precipitously because of shelter-in-place orders, they fell behind on the rent on their cozy one-bedroom cottage. Urbaez, 64, makes a li...