Bay Briefing: Bay Area sees first confirmed cases of variant that reduces effectiveness of some vaccines
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Lab technician Jason Tran processes COVID-19 test samples at UCSF Microbiology Laboratory in San Francisco.Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Thursday, Feb. 11, and a friendly rivalry is pushing forward the world of competitive surfing. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
‘A very limited picture’
Two cases of a coronavirus variant first found in South Africa that reduces the effectiveness of some vaccines have been identified in the Bay Area, in Alameda and Santa Clara counties, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday.
Bay Briefing: Where s the guidance for the fully-vaccinated?
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Carl Kerwick will get his second vaccine shot in February.Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Thursday, Feb. 4, and San Francisco’s school district is not happy about being sued by its own city. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Not ‘a golden ticket’
As California ramps up its massive vaccination campaign, a growing number of people are preparing for their second dose and the prospect of substantial immunity. But there’s very little guidance from public health authorities on what they can and cannot do once they’re fully vaccinated.
Bay Briefing: She escaped the Camp Fire, but not the aftermath [San Francisco Chronicle]
Feb. 2 (Above: Sharron Ames visits the former home of her mother, Janet, at Sherwood Forest Trailer Park in Paradise.)
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Tuesday, Feb. 2, and one of the newest Warriors is bringing his tightly knit family to San Francisco. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Looking for justice after death
Janet Ames was a California disaster survivor two times over. She held firm as the earth shook violently beneath her in 1989 and drove through a whirlwind of flames in 2018. Both catastrophes changed the course of her life, and the second may have cut it short.
Bay Briefing: California to lift stay-at-home orders statewide, source says
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Nurse Jeanna Beckham tends to a patient in the COVID ward at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital.Nic Coury / Special to The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Monday, Jan. 25, and the clock is ticking on California’s pandemic eviction moratorium. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Bay Area counties probably back to purple tier today
California will lift regional stay-home orders across the entire state today, a source close to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office told The Chronicle on Sunday. The source confirmed that the state plans to move back into the reopening framework based on colored tiers.