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Explore a map of vaccine delivery and administration rates across California. → Read More
The map, updated daily, shows ICU bed availability in each county, based on data from the California Department of Public Health. → Read More
A map of free community coronavirus testing sites in the nine-county Bay Area. → Read More
The poorest group of Bay Area residents pay three times more of their income in sales taxes than the wealthiest residents do, according to a new report. → Read More
You can now track your mail-in ballot using the 'Where's My Ballot?' tool, available statewide. → Read More
A continuously updated map of increased coronavirus infections over the last two weeks in each of the Bay Area’s nine counties, as well as cumulative case numbers and deaths. → Read More
All Californians are required to wear face coverings in public under new coronavirus orders issued by Gov. Newsom. Officials encourage residents, however, to reserve N95 masks and other medical-grade equipment for health workers on the front lines of the pandemic. → Read More
Following Oakland's lead, San Francisco plans to block cars from stretches of roadway throughout the city to give pedestrians and bicyclists ample space to maintain appropriate physical distance. → Read More
A continually updated map of confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths in Bay Area counties. → Read More
A continually updated interactive map of COVID-19 cases around the world. → Read More
Stacey Milbern and her small collective of disabled activists are making their own hand sanitizers and disinfectants, and are distributing them to people in homeless encampments in Oakland. → Read More
An educational study from 2011 found that most states — including California — failed to cover many of the core concepts and details about the Civil Rights Movement. → Read More
Teachers at hard-to-staff schools will receive a $3,000 stipend this year and an additional $2,500 next year, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced this week. → Read More
Authorities are encouraging anyone impacted by the shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival to visit the Family Resource Center at Rucker Elementary School in Gilroy. → Read More
The city's plan calls for a transition to 100% renewable energy sources and the widespread electrification of vehicles and heating systems. → Read More
The city's effort to delay the implementation this month of a $16.30 minimum wage for all businesses was met with fierce opposition from labor groups, and has since been tabled. → Read More
The whale has not been seen since Saturday, and is likely either in the open bay or has returned to the ocean. → Read More
Scientists are concerned that the whale is malnourished and in poor health. → Read More
When work was available, it was often far from desirable. In the absence of strong federal work laws, immigrant laborers commonly worked excessively long hours in wretched, dangerous conditions, typically for meager wages. In response, a convention of the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions called for a national strike on May 1, 1886. The primary demand: an eight-hour workday. The… → Read More
Many Oakland teachers and other school staff thought the contract fell far short of what they had been fighting for. → Read More