People still traveling for holidays despite COVID-19 spike

Oakland is expecting about 100,000 travelers during Thanksgiving week. That's up from an average of about 90,000 passengers a week last month.

Report: 12M Americans to lose jobless benefits day after Christmas

According to findings by The Century Foundation, a policy research institute, 12 million workers will be on one of two main CARES Act programs — Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) — when funding expires on Dec. 26.

COVID-19 ‘immune memory’ could last at least 6 months, study suggests

According to the study, immunity to the coronavirus infection may last for at least six months, and potentially much longer, after a person was initially infected.

More than 900 of Mayo Clinic’s staff sickened with COVID-19

The Mayo Clinic reported that 905 Midwest staffers were diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last two weeks, according to spokesperson Kelley Luckstein.

City officials fight to stop San Francisco from moving homeless out of hotels

Supervisors Matt Haney, Shamann Walton, and Dean Preston announced new legislation to keep 2,300 hotel rooms, which currently serve as safe spaces for some unhoused residents, open as the city works to solidify permanent housing solutions. 

Isolated for months, island crew sees pandemic for 1st time

Cut off from the rest of the planet, their world was limited to a tiny patch of sand halfway between the U.S. mainland and Asia.

Coronavirus prevents crowds from seeing Punxsutawney Phil

The coronavirus pandemic means Groundhog Day won’t be the same in a Pennsylvania town long associated with a prognosticating rodent known as Punxsutawney Phil.

Golden Gate Fields suspends live racing through November

The San Francisco Bay area track last Friday announced a week-long temporary closure to address a COVID-19 outbreak.

Health department denies Warriors' proposal to open Chase Center at 50% capacity

San Francisco's Department of Public Health denied the Golden State Warriors proposal to reopen at 50% for NBA season 2020-2021 games set to begin Dec. 22. 

UC Berkeley rolls out COVID-19 exposure app

Berkeley is one of seven UC campuses that have begun taking part in a pilot program that encourages, students, faculty, and staff to download what it calls the California COVID Notify App.

Carnival Cruise Line suspending all US sailings through January

Carnival Cruise Line has officially suspended all US sailings through January 2021, while bumping its Carnival Legend departures from Tampa even further back to the end of March.

New at-home rapid COVID test manufactured in Emeryville

The new home administered rapid COVID-19 test is manufactured in Emeryville and could be a game changer.

Delta Air Lines middle seat blocking extended through March 2021

Delta will continue to provide more space for customers as the only U.S. airline blocking middle seats for flights departing now through March 30, 2021.

49ers claim McKinley off waivers, place Kinlaw on COVID list

Defensive lineman Arik Armstead went on the list earlier this week after a positive test and the team was conducting contact tracing to determine if anyone else needed to go on it as well.

Purple tier doesn't mean panic buy: Consumer experts weigh in on empty shelves

In the last week or so, a lot of stuff that sold out when the pandemic shelter-in-place began, is selling out again resulting in some empty shelves and restricted buying quotas.