Coronavirus

A special, multi-pronged community program in Oakland that uses late night basketball to get young people off the streets, has returned with a renewed and ever-urgent push to accomplish its goals: violence prevention, intervention and healing.

State test scores from the past two years show the pandemic put children behind on key learning benchmarks leaving behind a learning gap that districts are now working to close.

Police in Santa Rosa are investigating two recent reports from women who say they were attacked by a man while they were walking.   

Just 11% of Santa Clara County residents have received the newest booster vaccine, which protects against the original COVID strain as well as two subvariants of the omicron variant. Health officials say get boosted before the holiday season.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that he will end the state's COVID state of emergency early next year.

UC Berkeley professor launches a campaign awarding $1,000 each month to one person in his community who demonstrates kindness. Professor Alan Ross is funding the project with his own money with hopes the acts of kindness will ripple through his city.

A new report says due to the pandemic, over 22,000 additional people fell into homelessness in California. The data also shows that Latinos experienced an increase in homelessness during that time, more than any other group.   

While the COVID-19 virus has not been eradicated, the ongoing pandemic is moving "in the right direction" toward the virus being a relatively minor threat, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday.

For the first time since before the pandemic, music lovers can roll out their picnic blankets at Golden Gate Park to and listen to live music at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival.

More than a dozen couples started their weekend early, by saying their 'I do’s,' nearly 4,000 feet above sea level.

Mask requirements are easing in California. As of Friday, the state is no longer recommending everyone mask up indoors.

Bay Area Rapid Transit has had a mask mandate in place for most of the coronavirus pandemic, but on Thursday, officials announced the mandate would end on October 1. 

UCSF infectious disease Dr. Peter Chin-Hong disagrees with President Joe Biden on whether the coronavirus pandemic is over.

Oakland Technical High School's first Black male valedictorian, Ahmed Muhammad, brings out thousands to his alma mater for science learning and inspiration. The Stanford University student said that the event motivated him "to continue doing the good work until every single child has the chance to be inspired by science."