Newsom: Sporting events, haircuts coming soon in California

County officials want approval from the state Department of Health to begin the next phase, including re-opening dine-in restaurants.

Entire Bay Area now moves forward with reopening steps

The health officers said it's now possible to lift the shelter-in-place restrictions a bit, crediting the public for practicing social distancing and following other guidelines to help flatten the curve of coronavirus. 

Police: Man angry about virus closure attacks 2 with machete

Police say a Nashville couple were in critical care after a man attacked them with a machete because he was angry about shutdowns that were taking place during the coronavirus pandemic.

California homeless quarantine in hotels, more rooms needed

In San Francisco, which has moved more than 1,000 of its estimated 8,000 homeless into hotels, nonprofits raised money to get rooms for some who couldn’t get them. Activists have pleaded with Mayor London Breed to do more.

New MLB rules: shower at home, don’t spit, and mascots are banned

Major League Baseball will look somewhat like high school ball this year under protocols to deal with the new coronavirus, with showers at ballparks discouraged and players possibly arriving in uniform, like they did when they were teenagers.

Free drive-thru COVID-19 testing site opens Monday in East Oakland

The first drive-through testing location in East Oakland, the site is the result of a partnership between the city, Allen Temple, Community Organized Relief Effort and Verily, an Alphabet company, providing the Baseline COVID-19 Program platform to manage appointments.

Alameda County superior court to take reservations for some remote hearings

The court is taking the step to restore services to the public and will resume remote hearings as permitted by technological and resource constraints, the court announced Friday.

Contra Costa County superior court to resume most operations on May 26

Anyone coming to any court facility in Martinez, Walnut Creek, Pittsburg or Richmond will have to wear a mask or other face covering at all times.

San Francisco's largest corporate landlord Veritas has promised to repay a $3.6 million small business loan

"Many assume we are a $3 billion business based on the value of the buildings we manage," Saturday's Veritas statement continued. "However, that is far from the truth." Veritas claimed.