Hayward widens criteria for free COVID-19 testing

A free COVID-19 testing site in Hayward that opened on Monday as broadened the criteria for those who qualify. 

Santa Clara Co. supervisors approve temporary COVID-19 eviction moratorium

Santa Clara county passed a temporary moratorium on evictions caused by rent nonpayment due to financial hardship from the effects of the novel coronavirus crisis.

San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital calls for more supplies after workers test positive for COVID-19

Workers at San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital are urging the city to provide more personal protective equipment after health care workers there recently tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Criticism mounts after Liberty University's Jerry Falwell Jr. welcomes back students amid coronavirus outbreak

Officials in Lynchburg, Virginia, said Tuesday they were fielding complaints about the hundreds of students who have returned from their spring break to Liberty University, where President Jerry Falwell Jr. has welcomed them back amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Ford using F-150 parts to design respirators for coronavirus fight

Ford is helping 3M redesign the powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) that it makes for first responders and health care workers to protect them from contracting the virus while treating patients.

Alameda Co. reports its second COVID-19 death

The Alameda County Public Health Department on Tuesday reported the countys second death caused by the novel coronavirus.

Family brilliantly recreates Disney theme attractions while sheltering in place

Since Disney theme parks are closed until at least the end of March, one family decided to bring the magic of Disney into their home, making the most of their shelter-in-place situation.

Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally dies at Sarasota Memorial from COVID-19 complications

Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and "Master Class" and the musicals "Ragtime" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman," has died of complications from the coronavirus. He was 81.

4 sheriff's deputies in Santa Clara County have COVID-19

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday that it now has four deputies who tested positive for COVID-19. 

Pence says White House not considering a nationwide coronavirus lockdown

“What we’ve done is publish the president’s coronavirus guidelines: the ’15 days to slow the spread.’ This is what we believe every American should be doing because we think we have the chance to significantly reduce the spread of the coronavirus,” Vice President Mike Pence said.

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Bay Area counties order labs to report more data from COVID-19 tests

Seven Bay Area governments Tuesday ordered all commercial and academic medical labs to begin expanding the kind of data they report from tests involving the novel coronavirus.

Third COVID-19 case reported in Napa County

Officials confirmed a third case of coronavirus in Napa County on Tuesday. 

USPS needs 1,000 workers in the Bay Area to keep up with delivery demands

The U.S. Postal Service says it needs to hire as many as 1,000 workers in the Bay Area as the economic effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic continue to ripple across the region.