Largest ship in North American history to dock tomorrow at Port of Oakland

The MSC Anna, which is longer than the Salesforce Tower is tall, is expected to pass under the Bay Bridge at about 12:45 p.m. and dock around 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. 

SFPD warns of citations on 4/20 for violators of stay-at-home order

Scott reiterated an announcement earlier this week by Mayor London Breed that Four Twenty, a long-held tradition that only became a city-sanctioned event back in 2017, would be canceled this year.

Emergency small business fund running low, local businesses are worrying

Democrats blocked a fast-track bid to pass the funding last week, and Republicans in turn stymied their efforts for additional funding for other priorities in a brief debate that was mostly a messaging exercise.

Santa Clara Co. COVID-19 cases at nursing homes jump, observers want to know which facilities are impacted

To date, there are 300 cases, 40 hospitalizations, and 15 deaths due to coronavirus. But Santa Clara County officials will not identify which care facilities are reporting fatalities.

Santa Clara County reports an overall rise in COVID-19 cases in nursing homes
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Dr. Sara Cody with the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health says now is not the time to let up on social distancing orders. Jesse Gary reports

Status update on Bay Area COVID-19 developments

The latest developments around the region related to the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as of Wednesday afternoon include:

San Francisco launches COVID-19 contact tracing system

The same system used to track a COVID-19 outbreak at a homeless shelter in San Francisco will now be used on a city-wide scale.