A win for food pop-ups: Alameda County legalizes home cook businesses starting this summer
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Shereen Hassan-Aly cuts vegetables as she prepares soup in Newark. In July, she’ll be able to apply for a microenterprise home kitchen operation permit from Alameda County.Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle
After a string of high profile pop-up shutdowns during the pandemic, Alameda County is set to become the second Bay Area county to formally allow cooks to sell hot meals out of their homes this summer.
On Tuesday, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to legalize these “microenterprise home kitchen operations,” essentially giving chefs a green light to turn their kitchens into small restaurants. The goal is to have a permitting system in place and applications go live July 1. Cooks must agree to health inspections, obtain food safety certification and pay an annual permit fee of $696.
Kamala Harris: Oakland Coliseum vaccination site will stay open
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Red Door Catering owner Reign Free (left) and Sen. Alex Padilla (right) listen to Vice President Kamala Harris speak during her Oakland visit. Harris advocated small business provisions layered into the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Vice President Kamala Harris elbow bumps Congresswoman Barbara Lee as she arrives on Air Force 2 to Oakland International Airport s Executive Terminal ahead of a day of scheduled events with local officials in Oakland, Calif. Monday, April 5, 2021.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Vice President Kamala Harris enters an SUV after arriving on Air Force 2 to Oakland International Airport s Executive Terminal ahead of a day of scheduled events with local officials in Oakland, Calif. Monday, April 5, 2021.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Biden Moving Up Vaccine Eligibility for All Adults to April 19
President Biden will announce Tuesday that he is shaving about two weeks off his May 1 deadline for states to expand coronavirus eligibility to all adults.
With states gradually expanding eligibility beyond such priority groups as older people and essential, front-line workers, the president plans to announce that every adult in the U.S. will be eligible by April 19 to be vaccinated, a White House official said.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Biden’s plans before the formal announcement. Biden was scheduled to make the announcement during his visit to COVID-19 vaccination site in Virginia.
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