Bay Area In San Francisco, indoor mask exemptions are back for some vaccinated, boosted spaces By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation | January 27, 2022 Indoor mask requirements remain in effect for most settings, but masks will no longer be required in "stable settings" such as gyms and offices.
COVID-19 On the street: Omicron surge strains California police agencies By Byrhonda Lyons | CalMatters | January 27, 2022 Some smaller law enforcement agencies have been forced to increase overtime, reduce services, and reroute non-emergency calls to online portals.
homelessness Will worker shortage disrupt California homeless strategy? By Manuela Tobias | CalMatters | January 27, 2022 California homeless service workers are essential to the state’s plans to reduce homelessness, but low pay makes it difficult to recruit new ones.
COVID-19 Omicron blazes through California child care providers already reeling from COVID By Elizabeth Aguilera | CalMatters | January 26, 2022 Child care centers were already struggling prior to the omicron variant. Now a dire situation has gotten even worse.
Bay Area Reminder: Oakland’s vaccination requirement for indoor facilities begins Feb. 1 By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation | January 25, 2022 Oakland joins neighboring cities and counties in requiring vaccination to eat in restaurants, use indoor recreation facilities.
City Tracking COVID in Piedmont | Jan. 25 By Exedra Staff | January 25, 2022 Omicron's presence made plain in new Alameda County numbers.
Business & Finance What’s in the California paid sick leave deal for workers and businesses? By Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | January 25, 2022 Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders agree to restore California paid sick leave for COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know.
COVID-19 Oakland Unified, teachers union reach tentative agreement on safety plan By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | January 25, 2022 Oakland Education Association members must still vote to approve the tentative agreement, and the district’s school board must ratify it.
COVID-19 Transit worker shortage ripples through California economy By Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | January 25, 2022 So many employees are sick with COVID or scared to come into work that it’s disrupting public transit service.
COVID-19 California lawmakers go all in on COVID vaccine rules By Emily Hoeven | CalMatters | January 25, 2022 A new bill would remove personal belief exemption and requiring all K-12 students to get the shot by Jan. 1, 2023.