“I get around 50 calls a day, somebody asking for beds, somebody asking for cylinders, somebody asking for drugs. We don t have anything available and patients are dying,” said Dr. Piush Girdar, a critical care physician.
Gagandeep Kaur manages the Mehfil Indian restaurant in San Francisco, but her mind is 12,000 miles away with friends and family in New Delhi.
“It’s like a heartbroken time for us,” she said. “If you talk to any of the Indian families or Indian friends we all want to see them we all want to help them but it’s like a very hard time.”
The Grand Princess cruise was supposed to be their big anniversary celebration. Then COVID-19 hit
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Michael Neky and Gina Pallotta of Modesto were married on the Grand Princess in 2004, but, their 2020 anniversary trip became a nightmare because of the coronavirus.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Gina Pallotta looks at a photo of the Grand Princess from February 2020 on an iPad at her home in Modesto.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Michael Neky and Gina Pallotta at their home in Modesto.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
They arrived at their mini-suite on the Grand Princess’ Dolphin Deck to find a “Happy Anniversary!” banner strung across the doorway. During “Formal Night,” Gina Pallotta and Michael Neky shared a white-tablecloth dinner to celebrate a marriage that had begun 16 years earlier on the bow of that very ship. They spent two blissful weeks floating through the Hawaiian
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The remains of a building destroyed by the LNU Lightning Complex Fire are shown along Pleasant Hills Ranch Way in rural Vacaville, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. The Solano Office of Emergency Services issued an evacuation warning Tuesday to the fire area due to possible flash floods and mudslides from the overnight storm that is forecast to move through the region. (Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic file)
LNU Fire zone residents face evacuation as winter storm approaches
The cause: Heavy rains that could cause mudslides in the burn zone stripped of its vegetation.
The Solano County Office of Emergency Services issued an evacuation warning shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday for all residents in the Hennessey Fire burn area.
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San Mateo County is urging its residents to be compassionate after state officials announced Wednesday that some passengers previously quarantined on the Grand Princess cruise ship due to the novel coronavirus will be temporarily housed at a San Carlos hotel. Bob Redell reports. coronavirus Mar 12, 2020
San Mateo County is urging its residents to be compassionate after state officials announced Wednesday that some passengers previously quarantined on the Grand Princess cruise ship due to the novel coronavirus will be temporarily housed at a San Carlos hotel. Bob Redell reports. coronavirus Mar 12, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the state’s nearly 40 million residents Tuesday to avoid sporting events, concerts and large gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and adamantly warned the elderly to stay away from cruise ships as he pondered measures to restrict cruise travel off the
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