Starting April 30, Main Street will be closed to vehicle traffic each weekend beginning Fridays at 3 p.m. and will remain closed through 9 p.m. on Sundays.
Main Street will be open to the public and ready for you to stroll, shop, and dine beginning at 5 p.m. on Fridays and ending at 8 p.m. on Sundays. The street closure will continue in this format every weekend through Labor Day. For Memorial Day on May 31 and Labor Day on Sept. 6, the street closure will extend through Monday evening.
If you plan to join downtown, be mindful of the health and safety of yourself and your community members. Please be sure to follow all safety protocols put in place by the Alameda County Public Health Department and State of California.
Bay Area Man Treated for Rare Blood Clot After Receiving J&J Vaccine
UCSF officials on Monday said a Bay Area man in his early 30s is recuperating from treatment for a blood clot that formed after he received the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine.
The man went to the hospital with severe pain in his leg and lower back last week, 13 days after getting his J&J shot, according to UCSF officials. Dr. Andrew Leavitt, a hematologist at the hospital, said he thinks this is the first reported male case in the U.S.
As of Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had reported the condition in 15 people, all women, among the 8 million doses that have been administered nationally. It involves clots that occur together with low levels of blood-clotting platelets. It’s unclear, though, if there’s a connection between the vaccine and the clotting.
Most Contra Costa County Libraries to Reopen This Week
Most libraries in Contra Costa County will be reopening this week for indoor service.
Twenty-two sites are slated to reopen on April 26 and 27 under COVID safety protocols. Occupancy will be limited, masks will be required and guests are asked to minimize their visits to less than an hour.
“One thing that people have mentioned to us that they miss the most is being able to come in and just browse for books,” Brooke Converse said, public information officer of the Contra Costa County Library system.
Aside from the ability to browse and pick up books on-hold, computers and printers will also be available for public use, at a socially distanced capacity.
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ALAMEDA, CA â Last week, all Californians, aged 16 and older, became eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. While eligibility expanded, supply continues to be a challenge that public health agencies are working to address.
At a regional level, the Alameda County Public Health Department (ACPHD) is working to keep pace. The agency reports administering over 1.2 million doses, as of Tuesday this week.
Data pertinent to the Tri-Valley cities show that Dublin has fully vaccinated 16,761 people; Livermore 24,541; and Pleasanton 23,072.
The ACPHDâs dashboard continues to show death rates by ethnicity, with African Americans bearing the brunt of the deaths. The figures for each ethnic background are reported as per 100,000 population. The figure for African Americans is 158.6 per 100,000 population. Multiracial people have 146.6, and Pacific Islanders report at 135.8. Populations with lower instances of deaths per 100,000 are Asians at 53.6, Whites at 82.7 and Hispanic/Latino