Coronavirus

The Hayward City Council voted on Tuesday night to expand eviction protections to businesses and other commercial building tenants during the new coronavirus pandemic.

Just weeks ago, cities and even states across the U.S. were busy banning straws, limiting takeout containers and mandating that shoppers bring reusable bags or pay a small fee as the movement to eliminate single-use plastics took hold in mainstream America.

California taxpayers will pay $495 million upfront for the masks. The state will pay more as other shipments arrive, with a total estimated payment of $990 million, according to a letter the Newsom administration sent to the Legislature.

Costco is giving first responders and health care workers priority access to its warehouses.

North Bay Congressman Jared Huffman had Facebook Live Check-in with constituents on Wednesday.

Santa Clara County officials announced a new public health order Wednesday that asks all businesses and residents to report any large inventories of personal protective equipment and ventilators, as county leaders anticipate a shortage in equipment essential to protecting people battling COVID-19.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed appeared on The Nine Wednesday morning, to discuss the city's response to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders suspending his presidential campaign.

With in-person classes at Sonoma State University suspended for the rest of the academic year, the campus will be used as a treatment site for COVID-19 patients, the county said. 

DFS Green has been donating its cleaning services to the Menlo Park Fire Protection District twice a week since the shelter in place order went into effect.

Like so many high school seniors, Kate Brubaker is all dressed up with nowhere to go.