A 140-bed nursing home in Millbrae, the site of one of the largest coronavirus outbreaks in the county, has a history of health violations that includes a failure of infection controls, an unsanitary environment and inadequate care of its residents, records show.More than 100 residents and 32 staff members at Millbrae Skilled Care have been infected by the coronavirus since March and 16 people have died, in one of the worst flareups among Bay Area nursing homes. The virus has been so widespread in the building that county officials removed some residents.Now, the state has intervened and is...…A 140-bed nursing home in Millbrae, the site of one of the largest coronavirus outbreaks in the county, has a history of health violations that includes a failure of infection controls, an unsanitary environment and inadequate care of its residents, records show.More than 100 residents and 32 staff members at Millbrae Skilled Care have been infected by the coronavirus since March and 16 people have died, in one of the worst flareups among Bay Area nursing homes. The virus has been so widespread in the building that county officials removed some residents.Now, the state has intervened and is...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigatePublic Housing 2.0 could be coming to California.For decades, cities across the United States have been moving away from public housing, tearing down or privatizing federally owned developments that are often isolated, mismanaged and deteriorating from lack of investment.Now there is a growing movement to get the government back into the housing development game. Except this time the model is called “social housing,” and advocates say it has more in common with European or Asian models than the checkered legacy of U.S. public...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigatePublic Housing 2.0 could be coming to California.For decades, cities across the United States have been moving away from public housing, tearing down or privatizing federally owned developments that are often isolated, mismanaged and deteriorating from lack of investment.Now there is a growing movement to get the government back into the housing development game. Except this time the model is called “social housing,” and advocates say it has more in common with European or Asian models than the checkered legacy of U.S. public...WW…

Sen. Dianne Feinstein “absolutely” intends to serve out her term, she said Tuesday, dismissing questions about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pledge to name a Black woman to her seat if she retires early.“Please, we’re very good friends,” Feinstein told reporters at the Capitol in Washington. “I don’t think he meant it the way some people thought.”Calling their relationship “good and strong,” Feinstein shrugged off the incident as people “making a mountain out of a molehill.” She did not answer a question about whether she was disappointed in Newsom for his remark.“We are friends, we are colleagues,...…Sen. Dianne Feinstein “absolutely” intends to serve out her term, she said Tuesday, dismissing questions about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pledge to name a Black woman to her seat if she retires early.“Please, we’re very good friends,” Feinstein told reporters at the Capitol in Washington. “I don’t think he meant it the way some people thought.”Calling their relationship “good and strong,” Feinstein shrugged off the incident as people “making a mountain out of a molehill.” She did not answer a question about whether she was disappointed in Newsom for his remark.“We are friends, we are colleagues,...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateAs residents wonder where and when they can get vaccinated, some Bay Area officials are getting inundated with calls and emails from constituents, many of whom are angry at the slow rollout and confused about the process.But local politicians said their hands are largely tied as they wait for the state health department and private providers to give them more information on how many doses they have — and how quickly they can distribute them to eligible populations.California has fallen woefully behind almost every other state in...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateAs residents wonder where and when they can get vaccinated, some Bay Area officials are getting inundated with calls and emails from constituents, many of whom are angry at the slow rollout and confused about the process.But local politicians said their hands are largely tied as they wait for the state health department and private providers to give them more information on how many doses they have — and how quickly they can distribute them to eligible populations.California has fallen woefully behind almost every other state in...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateDozens of police officers stood guard outside Twitter’s headquarters on Market Street in San Francisco Monday morning prepared for a potentially tumultuous demonstration in support of President Trump after the social media companyBut no one showed up.Metal Public Works barricades lined the entire block between 9th and 10th streets, and between Market and Mission Streets.Ordinarily, employees from Twitter, Uber and Dolby would be heading into work. But with most offices closed due to the coronavirus, the area was largely silent...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateDozens of police officers stood guard outside Twitter’s headquarters on Market Street in San Francisco Monday morning prepared for a potentially tumultuous demonstration in support of President Trump after the social media companyBut no one showed up.Metal Public Works barricades lined the entire block between 9th and 10th streets, and between Market and Mission Streets.Ordinarily, employees from Twitter, Uber and Dolby would be heading into work. But with most offices closed due to the coronavirus, the area was largely silent...WW…

The Bay Area’s transit agencies, hard hit by fare losses during the pandemic, are slated to receive $975 million in federal funds from the latest coronavirus relief bill, officials said Tuesday.Congress approved $14 billion for transit agencies nationwide, which the president still needs to sign into law. The nearly $1 billion amount will be allocated to Bay Area agencies, including BART and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which runs Muni. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission will divide the funds between all agencies. It’s a complicated process that triggered...…The Bay Area’s transit agencies, hard hit by fare losses during the pandemic, are slated to receive $975 million in federal funds from the latest coronavirus relief bill, officials said Tuesday.Congress approved $14 billion for transit agencies nationwide, which the president still needs to sign into law. The nearly $1 billion amount will be allocated to Bay Area agencies, including BART and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which runs Muni. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission will divide the funds between all agencies. It’s a complicated process that triggered...WW…

The Richmond City Council gave a developer permission Tuesday to move forward with plans to partially clean a toxic site polluted with more than 100 chemicals and build up to .The vote — four yes votes and two no votes — resulted in the final passage of an ordinance permitting the project at 1400 S. 47th Street — and eliminated what many activists saw as a last chance to prevent the site’s development.The 86-acre property known as the Zeneca site, just east of Marina Bay and west of Interstate 580, has undergone cleanup for years but critics worry danger to future residents will...…The Richmond City Council gave a developer permission Tuesday to move forward with plans to partially clean a toxic site polluted with more than 100 chemicals and build up to .The vote — four yes votes and two no votes — resulted in the final passage of an ordinance permitting the project at 1400 S. 47th Street — and eliminated what many activists saw as a last chance to prevent the site’s development.The 86-acre property known as the Zeneca site, just east of Marina Bay and west of Interstate 580, has undergone cleanup for years but critics worry danger to future residents will...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateAs coronavirus cases continued climbing alarmingly, two more Bay Area counties — — entered into the state’s most restrictive reopening tier, purple, which will cause the shutdown of most remaining indoor activities on Sunday and place residents under a curfew starting Monday night.Meanwhile, Santa Clara County, which is already in the purple tier, announced new restrictions starting Sunday that go even further than the state’s rules. That included a quarantine for returning travelers, extremely strict indoor capacity limits for...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateAs coronavirus cases continued climbing alarmingly, two more Bay Area counties — — entered into the state’s most restrictive reopening tier, purple, which will cause the shutdown of most remaining indoor activities on Sunday and place residents under a curfew starting Monday night.Meanwhile, Santa Clara County, which is already in the purple tier, announced new restrictions starting Sunday that go even further than the state’s rules. That included a quarantine for returning travelers, extremely strict indoor capacity limits for...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe Bay Area was barely awake when Joe Biden’s win over Donald Trump engulfed television screens, computers and social media after four days of vote-counting, but as the news spread, people took to the streets in spontaneous celebrations with strangers, banging pots, honking horns and, in one case, singing “Happy Days Are Here Again.”In mostly liberal San Francisco, two masked strangers high-fived with their elbows, adhering to pandemic protocol, amid exclamations of “All right!” and “Finally!”It had been a tortuous wait for a...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe Bay Area was barely awake when Joe Biden’s win over Donald Trump engulfed television screens, computers and social media after four days of vote-counting, but as the news spread, people took to the streets in spontaneous celebrations with strangers, banging pots, honking horns and, in one case, singing “Happy Days Are Here Again.”In mostly liberal San Francisco, two masked strangers high-fived with their elbows, adhering to pandemic protocol, amid exclamations of “All right!” and “Finally!”It had been a tortuous wait for a...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateCity officials have not moved to shut down an Oakland events space that’s been openly defying public health orders for months, despite neighbors complaining and infectious disease experts publicly describing the indoor weddings, birthday parties and wakes there as potential superspreader events.Alameda County does not allow any indoor social gatherings, but it’s up to cities to enforce the county’s rules. Oakland fined the Humanist Hall events space nearly $14,000 for violating pandemic regulations, but the police have not...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateCity officials have not moved to shut down an Oakland events space that’s been openly defying public health orders for months, despite neighbors complaining and infectious disease experts publicly describing the indoor weddings, birthday parties and wakes there as potential superspreader events.Alameda County does not allow any indoor social gatherings, but it’s up to cities to enforce the county’s rules. Oakland fined the Humanist Hall events space nearly $14,000 for violating pandemic regulations, but the police have not...WW…