Coronavirus

Prosecutors will have to decide whether to file charges in the coming days on the hundreds of people arrested in the Bay Area during the George Floyd protests.

Activists have been urging the state to release more prisoners to free them from crowded conditions, and many prisoners have said they are living in "inhumane conditions" that lack the necessary hygiene and social distancing to prevent the spread of the disease.

Stillwater, Doran, and Gualala Point parks are now open to the public, including their parking areas and restrooms. 

In Contra Costa County, starting Wednesday, shopping malls and other indoor retail businesses will be allowed to reopen, highlighting the latest new county health order that expands allowable activities as COVID-19 coronavirus-related restrictions are loosened up further.

Tuesday's release of the once-obscure company's financial results for the February-April period provided a window into the astronomical growth that has turned it into a Wall Street star.

San Francisco's restaurants say they are struggling, first a pandemic, the threat of vandalism in recent days, and now a curfew.

When people are in these crowded and emotional settings, they tend to shout and "project the virus more than three feet," UCSF Dr. Peter Chin-Hong said.

Alameda County announced a new COVID-19 testing site to open on Wednesday in West Oakland, in partnership with community and faith organizations and the city of Oakland.

It's a sight that perhaps many people used to take for granted in Marin County. But not anymore.

Santa Clara County's public health officer on Monday, amended the shelter-in-place order that has been in place due to the coronavirus pandemic. As a result several sectors will be allowed to reopen on Friday June 5. 

An incarcerated person from California Institution for Men in San Bernardino County has died because of complications related to COVID-19, according to the California Department of Corrections.

Non-profit blood collection organization Vitalant announced Monday that it will begin testing all blood donations for COVID-19 coronavirus antibodies.

He is the first prison officer to die of the virus in the state.  As of Friday, there were 1,010 prisoners in the state system who have active cases of coronavirus, and 148 employees, according to the agency. 

The county's public health officer, Dr. Matt Willis, issued a new public health order on Friday that lifts previous restrictions on motorized access to parks and beaches in Marin. 

The extension of tenant protections through Aug. 31 is for households that qualify due to hardship related to the novel coronavirus emergency.

The program will provide temporary free hotel rooms to San Francisco essential workers living with others in neighborhoods with higher COVID-19 rates.