Health

Mendocino County public health officials said Sunday that six more people who participated in a Mother’s Day service at Assembly of God Church in Redwood Valley contracted the virus, raising the number of cases to nine and making the outbreak responsible for a third of local infections.

Crab fishermen say Saturday's 4-alarm fire left them devastated. They were already hit hard by COVID-19 and restrictions around the shelter-in-place.

Sonoma County’s new health order went into effect Saturday at midnight.

Only a handful of states, including West Virginia and Rhode Island, have said they’ve already tested every nursing home resident.

Trump had already banned certain travelers from China, Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland and, to a lesser extent, Iran. He has not moved to ban travel from Russia, which has the world's third-highest caseload.

That moratorium is set to expire May 31; the supervisors are scheduled to vote Tuesday whether to extend the moratorium until June 30.

The hour-long event will begin with remarks from Walnut Creek Mayor Loella Haskew and the other four members of the City Council.

“Betty loves to joke that vodka keeps her young."

All around the country and the world, bicycles are selling out and officials are trying to take advantage of the growing momentum by expanding bike lanes during the pandemic or widening existing ones to make space for commuters on two wheels.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the South Bay United Pentecostal Church in San Diego cannot reopen immediately, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Divorce attorneys are preparing for an uptick in divorces after quarantine restrictions are lifted, as they often do in times of economic stress.

Here are the latest developments around the region related to the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as of 5 p.m. Saturday, May 23, 2020.

The rally to demand that Gov. Gavin Newsom lift his restrictions on business, religious gatherings and other activities took on the atmosphere of a political rally and festival on a closed-off street.