San Francisco's Tia Margarita Mexican restaurant gets lifeline from Barstool Fund

Longtime San Francisco restaurant Tia Margarita is getting help from the Barstool Fund, a campaign that in one month has raised $27 million to support 146 small businesses.

Incoming CDC director predicts COVID-19 deaths will hit 500,000 by next month

As of Monday, the U.S. had tallied nearly 24 million cases of coronavirus and over 397,800 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

Some in Hawaii outraged mainland visitors received vaccine

Maui's top public health officer has revealed at least one traveler from California recently found a way to receive a shot while visiting the Hawaiian islands.

Cal State student fends of jogger who attacked him over face mask

Joseph Munoz says he was walking to work when a jogger on campus started questioning him about his face mask, then crossed the street and attacked him and used a racial slur.

California man allegedly lived in airport for months because he was afraid to fly: report

A California man who told police that the coronavirus pandemic left him afraid to fly has been arrested on charges that he hid in a secured area at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for three months.

COVID variant outbreaks in Santa Clara County including Kaiser San Jose

The California Department of Public Health is seeing increasing numbers of a new Covid-19 variant throughout the state, including in the Bay Area. It is different than the strain detected in the United Kingdom. The new variant has been tied to several large outbreaks in Santa Clara County including one at Kaiser in San Jose.

Southern California congressman tests positive for coronavirus

Democratic Rep. Lou Correa announced Saturday he tested positive upon returning home from Washington, D.C., prompting him to self-quarantine away from his family.

New COVID-19 strains shows possible 'resistance' to antibody, but not vaccines

President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination to head the CDC, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said at least one new coronavirus strain has shown resistance to treatments - but insists the vaccines are still effective.

California unemployment fraud could top $9.8 billion

California may have paid out nearly $10 billion in phony coronavirus unemployment claims — more than double the previous estimate — with some of that money going to organized crime in other countries.

California opens mass vaccination sites but worries about supply

California counties are opening mass vaccination centers they say can help curb the coronavirus surge that is killing more than 500 people a day in the state — but only if they can get the vaccine.

Ice cream from China contaminated with coronavirus: report

Officials believe the coronavirus was able to survive in the ice cream due to the cold temperature and was likely transferred from a person who had the disease. 

Slow vaccine rollout, long wait times and a lack of doses cause frustration

Alyssa Galvan of San Jose was put on hold for more than 2 hours while trying to make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Kaiser for her 66-year-old father.

‘Feed Alameda’ program benefits local business and communities in need

Alameda is about to launch a new program where the city will pay one local restaurant a week to prepare 90 hot, nutritious meals for people who are homeless or escaping domestic violence.

Seniors hold on phone for hours to schedule COVID vaccination

Many seniors are experiencing long wait times and overwhelmed websites as they try to make an appointment to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

San Francisco opening three mass COVID-19 vaccination sites

To streamline the COVID vaccination process the city plans to create a network of injection sites to scale-up capacity as vaccine supply increases. 

Oakland Coliseum could open as mass COVID-19 vaccination site as early as February

The Oakland Coliseum could become a mass coronavirus vaccination site as soon as February following Friday's meeting of the governing joint-powers authority that oversees the property.

Hungry kids adapting to pandemic reality

Hunger during the pandemic is hitting families with children especially hard.