They said it: Help from Uncle Sam
“I don’t want to go into debt for things like food. But if I don’t have an income, I will go into debt for everyday things. And then that becomes a burden for my family.” — Justin Blea, 37, of Albany,...
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Latest line: A good week for Becerra, bad one for Mills College
Xavier Becerra It was a 50-49 vote, but California’s attorney general is confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next secretary of Health and Human Services. He’ll oversee the CDC, FDA and other key...
View ArticleThey said it: Health officers react as pandemic unfolds
“One way to describe it may be somewhere between a bad flu and a really bad flu.” — Contra Costa County Health Officer Chris Farnitano, in a Feb. 14, 2020, Slack message with other Bay Area health...
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Latest line: A good week for Bonta, bad one for Southwest Airlines
Rob Bonta East Bay Assemblyman, the Legislature’s first Filipino American, is tapped by Gov. Gavin Newsom to be California’s new attorney general, often a stepping stone to higher office....
View ArticleThey said it: Enough shots for all?
“It will be very frustrating for people who really need it much more than a 16 or 18-year-old or 20-year-old who haven’t been able to get it… But you can’t let perfect be the enemy of the good here.” —...
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Latest line: A good week for baseball fans, bad one for Johnson & Johnson
Bay Area baseball fans Fans of the Oakland A’s enjoy opening day — in person, with social distancing and masking requirements. Giants fans will be able to do the same. Johnson &...
View ArticleThey said it: Back at the ballpark
“I’ve been waiting 547 days to eat helmet nachos. That’s all I want … I just need baseball.” — Gabriel Hernandez, attending the Oakland Athletics’ April 1 Opening Day game at the Oakland Coliseum,...
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Latest line: A good week for homeowners, bad one for former Newsom aide
Homeowners Driven by a growing stock market and not enough new construction, the median price of a single family home in the Bay Area surged to $935,000 in February, a 16% increase from last year....
View ArticleThey said it: California economy to reopen June 15
“The virus will decide when the pandemic is over, not the governor. To try to predict the future months away is foolhardy.” — Santa Clara County Executive Jeff Smith, reacting to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s...
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Latest line: A good week for Christine Wormuth, bad one for Fremont schools...
Christine Wormuth California native and former undersecretary of defense, who helped lead the Pentagon’s counter-ISIS campaign. is nominated by President Biden to be the first female Secretary of the...
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Latest line: A good week for Dr. Ghaly, bad one for Pelosi
Dr. Mark Ghaly State Health and Human Services secretary, one of the top officials tasked with keeping COVID in check, looks good after California’s COVID rate falls to lowest in continental U.S....
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Latest line: A good week for truck drivers, bad one for SFO
Truck drivers Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rules that up to 70,000 truck drivers can be classified as employees, with rights to overtime, sick pay and work expenses, rather than contractors....
View ArticleThey said it: Milpitas council discord
“Well ask some real questions.” — Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran to council member Anthony Phan during a spirited virtual council meeting debate over a car wash renovation in which Phan accused the mayor of...
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Latest line: A good week for Willie Mays, bad one for Caitlyn Jenner
Willie Mays America’s greatest living baseball player, a Giant who helped break MLB’s color barrier and who inspired generations of kids and adults, turns 90. The Bay Area and the nation tips its cap....
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Latest line: A good week for Newsom, bad one for Kevin O’Brien
Gavin Newsom After a booming stock market sends capital gains taxes soaring, governor gets a record $75 billion budget surplus, while new polls show him increasingly likely to survive the recall...
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Latest line: A good week for renters, bad one for Feinstein
Renters Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised state budget, brimming with cash from a booming stock market, has $5.2 billion in new funds to help low-income renters pay back-rent, and $2 billion to help with...
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Latest line: A good week for teenagers, bad one for Santa Clara Valley Water...
Teens School graduations are happening again, and Moderna reports new studies showing its vaccine is 93% effective after one dose and 100% effective after two doses in kids ages 12-17 — good news for...
View ArticleThey said it: Rail yard rampage
“I was running so fast, I just ran for my life. I would hope everyone would just pray for the VTA family. Just pray for us.” — Rochelle Hawkins, a VTA mechanic who survived last week’s rampage by a...
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Latest line: A good week for churches, bad one for Caltrain
Churches California agrees to pay more than $2 million in legal fees to churches that successfully challenged its pandemic closure orders all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court....
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Latest line: A good week for same-sex couples, bad one for Cal OSHA
Same-sex couples A new Gallup poll shows 70% of Americans — including 55% of Republicans — now support same-sex marriage, up from 27% in 1996. Led by the Bay Area, marriage equality is now a...
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