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“It feels like the end of the world, or like Mordor. But I guess it’s just a weird mix of smog and smoke and haze,” said Catherine Geeslin, snapping cell phone pictures of the dark sky from West Portal. “It was alarming to see it’s still dark. And it will be strange to have lunch in the dark. But you still have to get on with your day.” … [Read more...] about ‘Apocalypse on their mind’: Bay Area transfixed by foreboding, orange, smoke-choked skies

3:24 p.m. New study links blood type to COVID-19 risk: A forthcoming study from genetics company 23andMe shows that a person’s genetic code could be connected to how likely they are to catch COVID-19 — and how severely it hits them, the health news publication Stat reports. The study, not yet peer reviewed, is an important confirmation of earlier work on the subject. People with O blood seemed to test positive less often than expected when compared to other blood groups, the study indicates. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus live updates: Bay Area case counts plummet from summer highs

1:38 p.m. Tech stocks lead markets higher: Stocks soared Wednesday as tech companies posted their best day in about four months, recouping some of their steep losses in the past several sessions. The Dow Jones industrial average added 440 points to close at 27,940, a gain of 1.6%. The S&P 500 jumped 2% and the Nasdaq composite advanced 2.7%. Shares of Tesla, which slid 21% Tuesday, its worst day ever, ended Wednesday up more than 10%. Apple, which lost more than 6% in the previous session, was up by 4%. Those two stocks, along with Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Facebook, had lost $1 trillion in market value the past three days. All rebounded Wednesday. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus news from the Bay Area: Sept. 8-9

At Synapse, testing will be done for students whose parents have consented. Parents can opt out of having their child tested but if they do, the student will not be allowed to come back for in-person classes, Eagen said. Synapse is one of 19 San Mateo County private schools that sought and received state approval to restart in-person instruction for students sixth grade and below. In counties that have widespread virus rates under the new state tiered reopening system, students seventh grade and higher must start the school year doing distance learning. … [Read more...] about How Bay Area schools plan to conduct coronavirus testing for students and staff

7:34 a.m. Projection sees 410,000 U.S. deaths by year’s end: The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic could reach more than 410,000 by the end of the year — an increase of 225,000 lives lost, according to the latest forecast from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. “Because of seasonality and declining vigilance of the public,” the researchers projected U.S. deaths will reach nearly 3,000 a day in December, and without further government intervention, the toll could rise to 620,000 by Jan. 1. Increased mask use has the potential, however, to hold the cumulative death toll at 288,000 by year’s end, the forecast said. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus news from the Bay Area: Sept. 4-5