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Since the hyper-transmissible Omicron variant appeared in early December, the coronavirus has affected nearly every family and social circle.

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Skip to main content Currently Reading S.F. BART cop and one mother's struggle to save her mentally ill homeless daughter: 'Everyone needs to start caring' FacebookTwitterEmail BART police Officer Eric Hofstein helped save a mentally ill woman’s life.Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle BART Senior Police Officer Eric Hofstein found her again on Thanksgiving. She was wandering through Powell Street Station, covered in urine, purple rings under her wandering eyes, hair matted and scalp bald from brain surgery six weeks earlier. Hofstein met the young woman, who is not being named by The Chronicl...

Skip to main content S.F. BART cop tries to help homeless, mentally ill and drug addicts. But navigating services is daunting FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 BART police Officers Eric Hofstein (right) and Nathan Young question a man on the Civic Center platform.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of2 BART police officer Eric Hofstein asks group of people on Market Street about a woman from Russia whose family is trying to contact her.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less BART police call it “Hofstein’s Hotline” — a glass case hanging in the department’s substa...

Bay Briefing: New coronavirus variant on rise in California, tied to Kaiser ER outbreak FacebookTwitterEmail Don and Carol Franklin, ages 75 and 73, wait 30 minutes during their post-vaccination observation in Lafayette.Nina Riggio / Special to The Chronicle Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Monday, Jan. 18, and today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here are some ways to mark the day in our region. New variant raises concerns; vaccinations pick up pace Officials on Sunday said another coronavirus variant is spreading across California, including in the Bay Area, where it has been linked to large ...