SF’s Tadich Grill to close until indoor dining returns

Owners of San Francisco's landmark Tadich Grill say federal relief money has run out and they will have to close the famous restaurant until indoor dining returns.

San Jose mall reinvents itself with open-air shopping concept

With indoor malls closed due to the pandemic, the Bay Area’s largest mall Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose is reinventing itself with a new "open air" shopping concept.

Oakland City Council approves 15% cap on charges for delivery takeout

Oakland leaders on Tuesday set a maximum allowed fee that restaurants must pay to services such as Uber Eats that deliver their food to locations in the city, a councilman said. 

California lawmakers advance 3 bills spurred by coronavirus

The two weeks of “COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave” would be in place for as long as there are any local or state emergency declarations.

Canceled conventions could cost San Francisco over $1 billion

That's a huge hit for the Las Vegas Convention Center and maybe felt across the Bay Area as events are canceled over the COVID-19 pandemic. 

California minimum-wage jump to hit virus-battered companies

The Democratic governor had the authority to suspend the scheduled increase given the state's troubled economy.

San Mateo County on COVID-19 watch list
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The county was added to the state COVID-19 watch list on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, and was the last of the nine Bay Area counties to be added to the watch list.

San Francisco mayor announces $15 million in funding for schools

San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Wednesday announced $15 million in funding to go to San Francisco Unified School District. The new funding is to help with some of the financial burden brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and to further adapt to distance learning.  

Santa Rita jail says only 22 inmates now positive for coronavirus

This is a huge drop from the jail's peak of 104 positive cases at the end of last week, which attorneys for the county revealed occurred earlier in early July in the kitchen. 

US is expected to report a record-breaking economic plunge

Having endured what was surely a record-shattering slump last quarter, the U.S. economy faces a dim outlook as a resurgent coronavirus intensifies doubts about the likelihood of any sustained recovery the rest of the year.

Misinformation on the virus is proving highly contagious

The phenomenon, unfolding largely on social media, escalated this week when President Donald Trump retweeted a false video about an anti-malaria drug being a cure for the virus and it was revealed that Russian intelligence is spreading disinformation about the crisis through English-language websites.

'Masks for All' bill would provide three free masks for everyone in the United States

The bill would ramp up domestic production of masks and send three high-quality, reusable masks to every person in the United States through the U.S. postal service, free of charge.