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California to Keep Indoor Mask Mandate In Place Until June 15

You may now be allowed to remove your facial covering inside a Trader Joe's or Starbucks if you cross the border into Nevada. But in California for the next four weeks, masks are still going to be mandatory for both the vaccinated and unvaccinated in most indoor settings, on public transit, etc.

CDC Says Vaccinated People Can Take Masks Off Indoors; Your Move, San Francisco

The Centers for Disease Control took what some may say is a major step in the pandemic Thursday, changing their guidance about indoor mask-wearing for vaccinated people.

East Bay Parents Lose Their Minds Over Teacher Who Wouldn't Teach In Person, But Is Going to Mexico For 12 Days

There's been another dustup in the many-months' war between Bay Area parents and their children's teachers and school districts, and this time it's about a kindergarten teacher taking a trip out of the country while she's still supposed to be teaching.

Bay Area COVID Hospitalizations Remain Stubbornly Consistent Despite Vaccines

For the past six weeks, the number of people in Bay Area hospitals with COVID-19 infections has gone down and up and down again, but hovered in the 300 to 400 range consistently instead of steadily dropping.

Newsom Says Masks Will Only Be Needed In 'Massively Large Settings' After June 15

Newsom said Tuesday that California won't have a broad mask mandate after June 15 in the majority of public settings. But that doesn't mean the Bay Area will roll with that right away — and we likely won't.

Levi’s Stadium Throwing Teen Vaccination Parties With DJs and Oodles of Goodies

The vaccine machine that is Levi’s Stadium is offering teens a “Vaxstage Pass” — vaccine shots, with chasers of 49ers swag, locker room tours, and live DJs several nights this week.

BART Ridership Hit a New Pandemic High Thursday as More People Are Moving Around

Ridership on BART steadily climbed this week, as the agency's communications team announced Friday on Twitter, hitting a new high Thursday not seen since the beginning of the pandemic.

San Francisco Lost 15,000 Residents In 2020; California Records First Dip In Population Since Statehood

New population data from the state of California for the year 2020 finds that between COVID deaths and migration out of the state, California lost 182,000 residents — the first time in recorded state history that California's population has ever decreased.

Bay Area Sports

Golden State Warriors Guard Damion Lee Contracted COVID After Being Vaccinated

While the timeline he describes doesn't instill total confidence, Golden State Warriors player Damion Lee is on the injured list and recovering from a case of COVID-19, after allegedly being fully vaccinated.While

Oakland Coliseum Mass-Vaccination Site to Close May 23; Moscone Center to Close May 28

One of the Bay Area's biggest mass-vaccination sites will shut down for good on May 23, in yet another sign of ongoing progress in the pandemic fight — and signaling the shift in focus for the vaccine campaign.

SF Officially Graduates to 'Yellow' Tier; London Breed Celebrates No More Businesses With Closed Doors

San Francisco has returned, for the second and hopefully final time, to the state's least-restrictive COVID tier for reopening businesses, after a six-month struggle through a major pandemic surge.

A Week Later, SF Officials Say It's OK to Be Outside Without a Mask

A week after the CDC updated its official guidance with regard to being outdoors — where COVID transmission risk is already extremely low — San Francisco health officials have updated theirs.

Day Around the Bay: Contra Costa County Invites Anyone to Come Get Vaccinated

A standoff in Pinole ended peacefully Monday morning (though a dog was killed), Contra Costa County is telling everyone to come get vaccinated there, and PG&E will have a hearing on its probation violation on Tuesday.

SF Bar and Gym Owners Get Psyched For 'Yellow' Tier Reopenings This Week

Things aren't going to look radically different in San Francisco after the city enters the "Yellow" tier this week for the first time since October. But some businesses are going to be popping back open that have been closed for over a year.

We Can Stop Hoping for Herd Immunity, Experts Say — It Isn't Happening

Monday brings with it a fairly depressing story from the New York Times about how infectious disease experts are saying that herd immunity is no longer the goal for the U.S., and is likely unrealistic given slowing vaccination rates.

San Francisco Bars to Reopen Indoors May 7, But Patrons Must Be Seated

San Francisco is expected to enter the "Yellow" tier next week for the first time since October, and the city is planning to lift more public health restrictions on businesses — most notably on bars.

California Has Had 1,380 'Breakthrough' COVID Cases Among Vaccinated Since January

As better news arrives about mask mandates and such, we get other news that California has recorded 1,379 cases of COVID among people who are considered fully vaccinated, underscoring the need for ongoing caution.

San Francisco Likely Has Just One More Week In 'Orange' Tier

The state released its updated metrics for the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, and both San Francisco and Los Angeles counties look poised to move into "Yellow" status by next week, along with one other Bay Area county.

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Cut Back Drinking for a While After Being Vaccinated, Some Experts Say

The medical advice about drinking alcohol after getting a vaccine shot has been mixed so far, with the general advice seeming to be "don't overdo it." But some experts have cautioned that heavy drinking may seriously inhibit your immune reponse in the weeks after your shots.

CDC Updates Mask Rules for the Vaccinated; San Francisco Rules TBA

On Tuesday the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated its guidance on wearing face masks outdoors, and on the rules for the fully vaccinated — essentially endorsing what many of us have already been doing after our second shots.

Two-Thirds of San Franciscans Now Have At Least One COVID Vaccine Shot In Them

As of Thursday, a full two-thirds of the city (67%) has received at least one shot in the arm of a two-dose vaccine, and 40% are fully vaccinated. Appointments at the Moscone Center are also readily available right now for next week.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

SF Restaurants Are Scaling Back Takeout Offerings As Demand Slips

The great takeout boom of 2020 and early 2021 looks to be headed for a bust as more SF restaurants restart indoor dining and prepare to eventually get back to something like normal.

Arts & Entertainment

Sorry, Anti-Vaxx Burners: Burning Man May Require COVID Vaccine For Entry

Very soon there are going to be a lot of disadvantages to not having a COVID-19 vaccine, besides the danger of getting and/or dying from COVID-19. The latest potential downside: You won't be allowed into Burning Man.

Day Around the Bay: Marin County Blames Missing Yellow Tier on Spring Breakers

Prosecutors say that Kristin Smart's body was previously buried in Ruben Flores's backyard, a group of Wisconsin newspapers is suing Facebook and Google, and Marin County was denied the "Yellow" tier due to spring breakers with COVID.

UCSF Doc Pushes Back on Vaccine Companies, Says Booster Shots May Not Be Necessary

UCSF infectious disease expert Dr. Monica Gandhi, who already this week was advocating for nixing the outdoor mask mandate for cities, also pushed back on the commonly held assumption that vaccine booster shots are definitely going to be necessary.