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Bay Area

Will travel and tourism return with California reopening?

By Miranda Green | CalMatters | June 15, 2021

As California drops capacity and social distancing rules, experts are tempering expectations on a full rebound of the state’s tourism industry, while state and local tourism officials express some optimism.

California

Outdoor dining, to-go drinks to stay through Dec. 31

By Miranda Green | June 3, 2021

Even as the state prepares to lift coronavirus restrictions on June 15, some changes such as outdoor dining and to-go drinks will likely remain in many California cities.

COVID-19

California’s vaccine appointment website has glitches. No surprise?

By Miranda Green | Kaiser Health News | March 5, 2021

Experts give poor usability ratings to My Turn, the new statewide sign-up app for covid vaccination.

Bay Area

Bay Area cities go to war over gas stoves in homes and restaurants

By Miranda Green | Kaiser Health News | February 17, 2021

Environmentalists say gas appliances spew greenhouse gases and exacerbate asthma. Restaurant owners and chefs say you can’t cook food properly with electricity.

California

California law banning toxic chemicals in cosmetics will transform industry

By Miranda Green | Kaiser Health News | November 23, 2020

The law will ban the manufacture and sale in California of personal care products that contain 24 toxics, including asbestos, formaldehyde and lead, and is expected to fill a gap in federal regulation as companies sell the new formulations nationwide.