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Rent relief gives Peninsula woman time to find a new home FacebookTwitterEmail 2 1of2Monika Donovan, San Carlos resident, who received summer rental assistance from the Chronicle’s Season of Sharing Fund, sits for a portrait outside the apartment building where she lives in a studio apartment on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 in Belmont, Calif.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of2Monika Donovan, San Carlos resident, who received summer rental assistance from the Chronicle’s Season of Sharing Fund, sits for a portrait outside the apartment building where she lives ...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Bay Briefing: More skepticism of virus restrictions second time around — even as cases shatter records [San Francisco Chronicle] Dec. 16—Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Wednesday, Dec. 16, and some Bay Area residents are saying aloha to the region indefinitely. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. A bittersweet milestone On a crisp, gray Tuesday morning in San Francisco, Dr. Antonio Gomez rolled up his sleeve and made history, taking a shot in the arm to become the first person in the Bay Area to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Vaccinations ...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA The pandemic left Bay Area families hungry and food banks overwhelmed. The Season of Sharing stepped in to help [San Francisco Chronicle] Dec. 16—Just before noon on a recent Wednesday, a line of three dozen people snaked around the Church of the Nazarene in Concord. They were young and old, men and women of all races, one child kicking the ground as he waited. What they had in common: They needed free food. At the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano distribution site, truck driver Will Gregory organized tables piled with bags of pears and potatoes. Driver Davi...

Bay Briefing: More skepticism of virus restrictions second time around - even as cases shatter records FacebookTwitterEmail Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Wednesday, Dec. 16, and some Bay Area residents are saying aloha to the region indefinitely. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. A bittersweet milestone On a crisp, gray Tuesday morning in San Francisco, Dr. Antonio Gomez rolled up his sleeve and made history, taking a shot in the arm to become the first person in the Bay Area to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Vaccinations of medical professionals began in earnest acr...

Shortfalls on rent, propane hit West Marin family hard FacebookTwitterEmail When you live in a rural community like San Geronimo, your heat comes from propane. For Deirdre McDonald, Victor Urbaez and their son, Sage Urbaez, the propane bills piled up to the extent that they were looking ahead at a long, cold winter. At the same time, when their income dropped precipitously because of shelter-in-place orders, they fell behind on the rent on their cozy one-bedroom cottage. Urbaez, 64, makes a living doing window washing, house-painting and repairs — all work that dried up during the pandemic...