Bay Briefing: How California s vaccine rollout will change (again)
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S.F. State student nurse Havin Lim prepares to give Shelia Auzenne, 68, a COVID-19 vaccination.Stephen Lam/The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Friday, March 5, and Bay Area baseball fans have gotten a pandemic culture shock at Arizona’s spring training games. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Coronavirus updates
What’s behind California’s switching up its vaccine distribution again? Poorer California residents have been harder hit by the pandemic: Case rates are twice as high among households earning $40,000 to $60,000, compared with households earning $120,000 or more, state data shows. Deaths are also concentrated in the lowest-income areas of the state the same communities the state is now targeting to accelerate vaccinations.
MicroClimates: The world can t get their 2030 climate pledges together. San Mateo County did
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The view from Cooking Papa restaurant in Foster City, California, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Color and crop adjusted from original for Hero Image quality.Gabrielle Lurie / Getty Images
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A ‘red alert’ from the U.N.
Not good enough, try again.
That’s what the United Nations told countries last week about updated pledges to cut emissions as part of the Paris Climate Agreement. Half of the countries party to the accords and many of the top polluting nations including the U.S. missed the deadline to submit tougher goals for 2030. The Biden administration says it will update America’s pledge by April but the commitments on file right now are nowhere near what’s required to limit warming.
Bay Briefing: How S.F. s Japantown could disappear
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The Japan Center Mall sits at the heart of San Francisco’s Japantown, one of the last in the country.Marlena Sloss / Special to The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Thursday, Mar. 4, and California is changing the way it allocates vaccines, aiming to address inequities. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Dozens of businesses under threat
San Francisco’s Japantown has persisted, even as others throughout the United States faded away. Today, Nihonmachi is the country’s oldest and largest Japantown, one of three remaining, but it covers only about six blocks, anchored by the Japan Center malls. Many worry the neighborhood is in danger of disappearing.
Bay Briefing: Three more Bay Area counties loosen virus restrictions
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed waves to a group of visitors at the Wipeout Bar & Grill at Pier 39 after announcing the city’s move to the state’s less-restrictive red tier amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in San Francisco, California Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021.Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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My Sweet & Spicy Butternut, a vegan sandwich from Rozmary Kitchen consisting of butternut squash, Calabrian chili jam, crispy shallots and seeds on Dutch crunch.Rozmary KitchenShow MoreShow Less
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Marsha Marsha-Marsha performs in Mother: Britney vs Christina, a drag show at Oasis, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less