COVID-19
COVID-19
Get the data: Hollowed-out public health system faces more cuts amid virus
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Since 2010, spending for state public health departments has dropped by 16% per capita and spending for local health departments has fallen by 18%.Bay Area
Bay Area coronavirus updates | Wed., July 29
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Bay Area COVID-19 cases pass 50,000; Oakland Zoo sells out on first day open.COVID-19
So you think your California county is tracing contacts of sick people? Maybe not.
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Alameda County attempts to notify all contacts, but some counties inform only high-risk people.education
Schools scramble to teach teachers how to educate virtually
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School systems across the state at every level have either created their own training for teachers or paid someone else to do it. They hope it makes this fall’s distance learning more effective than the spring’s.Bay Area
Bay Area coronavirus updates | Tue., July 28
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195 new cases in Alameda County since Monday; Santa Cruz County placed on the COVID-19 monitoring list.California
5 weeks left to find pandemic solutions
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Democrats unveiled a $100 billion plan that would provide unemployment benefits, protect renters from evictions, and help struggling landlords and small businesses.Bay Area
Bay Area coronavirus updates | Mon., July 27
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68 new cases in Alameda County since Sunday; Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival moves online.Bay Area
‘Unmasking History’: Looking back at S.F.’s ‘mask slackers’ during the 1918 flu pandemic
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Anti-mask sentiment isn't new. During the 1918 flu, hundreds of San Franciscans were jailed and fined for free-nosing it.Bay Area