Officials warn residents to be alert to slick roads, downed trees, and some possible localized flooding. Following weekend temperatures that saw overnight temperatures in the low 30s in the interior Bay Area, with light snow on the higher peaks of Monterey County, and a soggy, cold Sunday, another rainy weekend is likely to follow the week. … [Read more...] about Heavy rains to douse parched Bay Area region, increase mudslide risks
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Bay Area ICU Capacity Tops 23%, Unclear When Lockdown Will Lift
“I really want to stress this, that I firmly believe this is our last surge and this is the last time that those restrictive lockdowns will occur, because of the availability of the vaccine,” said UCSF Infectious Disease Expert Dr. Monica Gandhi. “Because of the new administration and the federal government pushing it out, signing the National Defense Act.” … [Read more...] about Bay Area ICU Capacity Tops 23%, Unclear When Lockdown Will Lift
Instacart lays off some employee shoppers outside California
Instacart, along with Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Postmates, just spent $220 million to persuade California voters to pass Proposition 22, which keeps their workers as independent contractors, rather than having to be reclassified as employees, which is more expensive. The company said the layoffs are not related to Prop. 22, since they are not in California. … [Read more...] about Instacart lays off some employee shoppers outside California
Grassroots St. Helena vaccine clinic reaches vulnerable in hard-hit Napa County, but doses dwindle
“When we have a community that mobilized so quickly, there’s a lot of frustration that happens at the local level of why would we need to cancel vaccine clinics, which may be the scenario for us next week. Those are the questions we’re asking the state,” he said. “We’re all in this together, this is not about finger-pointing, this is about working together to get vaccines to communities that are ready and able to distribute.” … [Read more...] about Grassroots St. Helena vaccine clinic reaches vulnerable in hard-hit Napa County, but doses dwindle
Despite fears over Oakland fire, ‘extremist arson’ rare
San Francisco also has been the center of a kind of reverse speculation in recent years about major residential fires in the Mission District. In those cases, there were concerns that they had been set as “gentri-fires” to destroy rent-controlled apartment buildings and replace them with market-rate structures. … [Read more...] about Despite fears over Oakland fire, ‘extremist arson’ rare
