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.

In one California city, some resist state's new coronavirus restrictions

But in Yuba City, there was little evidence things had changed, a sign of the challenge facing state officials as they try to bring back restrictions from the spring on a population less willing to accept them.

Top brass at California medical group joined Newsom at French Laundry birthday dinner

Dustin Corcoran, the organization’s chief executive officer and Janus Norman, a senior vice president, were among a dozen people at the dinner at an upscale wine country restaurant, CMA spokesman Anthony York said Tuesday.

California AG fights back on request to release hundreds of incarcerated people from San Quentin

Xavier Becerra argued that roughly 1,000 people inside San Quentin could easily be transferred to any one of the other 29 male prison facilities in the state, which would mean 36 inmate transfers per prison.

FDA allows 1st rapid virus test that gives results at home

U.S. regulators on Tuesday allowed emergency use of the first rapid coronavirus test that can be performed and developed entirely at home.

School districts pause reopening plans as California pumps brakes

Some school districts are having to pause plans after the majority of California's counties moved to the state's most-restrictive tier of the state's reopening plan.

California lawmakers criticized for travelling to Maui for in-person conference

As many as six California lawmakers could face criticism when they return home after travelling to Maui for an in-person conference during the pandemic.