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New San Francisco Order Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters For Workers in ‘High Risk’ Settings

December 30, 2021 2:45 amDecember 29, 2021 9:03 pm

A new health order by the city of San Francisco to require COVID-19 vaccination boosters for those who work in higher risk areas or visit high-risk areas, was issued on Wednesday in response to a growing number of Omicron variant...

Poway Synagogue Shooter Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison

December 29, 2021 1:13 pm

The Southern District of California Federal Court in San Diego sentenced John T. Earnest, who killed one person and injured three others in a shooting at a Poway synagogue two years, to life in prison on Tuesday. In 2019, Earnest,...

CA Senator Nancy Skinner to Introduce Bill to Pay State Funds To Children of COVID-19 Victims

December 29, 2021 2:33 amDecember 30, 2021 7:17 am

Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) announced on Monday she would be introducing legislation next month to give state financial assistance to children below the age of 18 who lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19. Under the bill, currently called “The...

Restaurants, Bars Across California Prepare To Introduce More To-Go Options For New Liquor Law

December 28, 2021 2:37 pmApril 3, 2022 8:46 am

This week across California, restaurants and bars are hurrying to finish more permanent alcoholic beverage to-go for when Senate Bill 389 comes into effect on Saturday. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. SB...

Appeals Court Upholds Google Streetview Settlement, Ends 11-Year-Old Privacy Case

December 28, 2021 10:20 am

The San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday to uphold Google’s $13 million settlement payment to nine privacy advocacy groups, finally ending the Joffe v. Google case that has been challenged for over eleven years. In 2010,...

California Citizens Redistricting Commission Defends Final District Realignment Draft

December 28, 2021 2:25 amDecember 27, 2021 5:46 pm

In response to a larger than usual amount of criticism to the new Congressional, Assembly, and state Senate lines released last week, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission defended their work on Monday noting multiple factors, including a rise in the...

SF Mayor London Breed’s Tenderloin Crackdown Plan Passes to Acclaim, Derision From Community

December 27, 2021 1:55 pmDecember 27, 2021 1:35 pm

Residents of the Tenderloin, one of San Francisco’s highest-crime neighborhoods largely praised the Christmas Eve Board of Supervisors vote to approve Mayor London Breeds crime crackdown and expanded drug treatment plan on Monday, with an expanded police and drug treatment...