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Latest line: Doctors, nurses get an ‘up’ arrow
Doctors and nurses COVID-19 spreads, and hospital professionals are battling on the front lines, working long shifts, often without enough tests, masks or ventilators, and risking exposure. History...
View ArticleThey said it: Is it safe to buy groceries?
“I feel really scared, I’m anxious. We don’t know what we’re fighting with. We don’t know where the virus is. Is it in the air, at the register?” — Elda Gorostieta, 54, shopping at a San Jose Safeway...
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Latest line: Teachers get an ‘up’ arrow
School teachers As state officials announce schools will close for the rest of the school year, armies of teachers begin to hit their stride with ‘distance learning’ — teaching kids via computer, web...
View ArticleThey said it: A Warriors inspiration
“I think your jersey is a little bit of my WABA. You know what I mean? When I really need it, that’s my WABA.” — Shelby Delaney, an Alta Bates Summit Medical Center nurse, on Golden State Warriors star...
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Latest Line: A good week for plastic bag industry
Plastic bag industry After losing political battles in California and other states, plastic bag industry experiences new momentum, as cities and states prohibit reusable bags over grocery workers’...
View ArticleThey said it: Big dry spell’s afoot
“This is an event of millennial significance.” — Park Williams, a bioclimatologist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and lead author of a study that found the American West is...
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Latest line: A good week for Gilead, bad one for UC
Gilead Sciences Foster City biotech company creates stir and sees its stock price jump after a report that one of its drugs, remdesivir, showed promising results in treating COVID-19 patients at a...
View ArticleThey said it: Surviving the lockdown
“I’m in survival mode and trying to be strong. But how am I able to keep my staff when my revenue is half?” — Heena Patel, who has had to lay off 22 of her 30 employees at her San Francisco restaurant...
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Latest line: A good week for gun rights groups, bad one for cities
Gun rights groups A federal district judge in Southern California blocks a state law, passed by voters in 2016 under Proposition 63, that requires background checks for people buying ammunition in...
View ArticleThey said it: The lockdown continues
“I have the Mac Air up and an iPhone on a tripod. I hit record and start my monologue — ‘Day 475’ — I feel like the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979.” — Jim Coughlin, 62, a yoga instructor in Pleasanton...
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Latest line: A good week for golfers, bad one for the Gap
Golfers Updated state and Bay Area health orders allow people to play golf again, provided they stay 6 feet apart and ride solo in carts. Just in time for the sunny summer-like weather. Gap, Inc. In...
View ArticleThey said it: Let freedom ring
“It’s like I need to be here.” — Annabella Bachman, 13, as she shopped — finally — in the Yuba Sutter Mall, where local authorities let most businesses reopen with social distancing protocols in...
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Latest line: A good week for Josh Harder, bad one for Airbnb
Josh Harder New Democratic congressman, whose district runs from outskirts of Livermore and Morgan Hill past Modesto, sees re-election odds rise as inflammatory posts on guns and immigration surface...
View ArticleThey said it: Kind surfer mourned
“Ben was never afraid to tell you he loves you. He did it every time he saw you.” — Alex Kelso, about his friend Ben Kelly, a 26-year-old surfer and board-maker killed by a shark May 9 while surfing at...
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Latest line: A good week for San Benito County, a bad one for environmentalists
San Benito County Rural county south of Gilroy becomes first in Greater Bay Area to secure state permission to open retail stores and dine-in restaurants, with social distancing rules, due to few...
View ArticleThey said it: Brother, can you spare a loaf?
“If I had $300, I’d use it for food or gas. You can check my credit report in January. It was over 700. But right now, it’s terrible.” — Jorge Vargas, 56, who was in tears waiting in Hunger at Home’s...
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Latest line: A good week for CHP, bad one for nursing homes
CHP California Highway Patrol reports a 75% drop in crashes on state highways from March 19 to April 30 compared to the same time last year, with an 88% drop in deaths, due to far fewer people driving...
View ArticleThey said it: Reopen church?
“The president had one thing to say, the governor has another and Alameda County has something different. So there’s a lot of confusion around this, and I don’t think anyone knows how it should be...
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Latest line: A good week for Clorox, bad one for Facebook
Clorox Oakland-based company, founded in 1913, sees huge boost in sales due to COVID-19 pandemic, with demand for some of its products up 500% as disinfecting wipes, bleach and other cleaners fly off...
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Latest line: They understand why Colin Kaepernick was kneeling
Colin Kaepernick Former 49ers quarterback, criticized for kneeling during national anthems to peacefully protest police brutality, receives new vindication, including praise from NFL coaches Kyle...
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