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As Possible Outbreak Grows, Bay Area House Reps Call Out Republicans Who Refused to Wear Masks During Capitol Siege

The gathering in close quarters of members of Congress on January 6 — in an undisclosed safe room while a pro-Trump mob invaded the Capitol Building — could potentially have been a super-spreader event.

Video Shows Bay Area Trump Supporters Chanting 'U.S.A.' On Plane to D.C.

A video has emerged from a United flight on Tuesday from SFO to Washington D.C. that appears packed with MAGA-hat wearers who were heeding the call from the president to come protest the election that he lost fairly and clearly to the eyes of most Americans.

SF Nurse Who Barely Survived COVID Sparks Online Anger for Allegedly Attending New Year's Circuit Party

A nurse who posted photos of himself last May as a warning to others about how COVID-19 had ravaged his body over the course of six weeks in the hospital has attracted negative attention after apparently posting online about attending a gay circuit event in Mexico over the New Year's Eve holiday.

Arts & Entertainment

Covidiot Files: Five Northern California Casinos Staying Open for New Year's, Two With Private Events

At least one casino in the Sacramento area is still planning to have a 6,000-person private event on New Year's Eve, even though there is no universe where this is not extremely risky.

Arts & Entertainment

Graton Casino in Sonoma County to Host 4,000-Person New Year's Eve Party

The Graton Resort & Casino in Sonoma County, which is on the sovereign land of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, is hosting a 4,000-person private event on New Year's Eve. And while county health officials are not happy about it, they can't do anything to stop it.

Covidiot Files: Trump-y Pacifica Yoga Studio Owner Continues Flouting Health Orders, Hosting Mask-Free Classes

A yoga studio in Pacifica that has apparently been holding in-person classes without masks since the spring or summer — and whose owner fills social media pages with pro-Trump and anti-Biden memes — continues to do so, and serves as an example of how poorly enforcement efforts are working.

Covidiot Files: Anti-Masker Delivers Megaphone Diatribe About Mask Rule at California Costco, Gets Fist-Bumps

"It’s a beautiful day outside and what are we doing, covering up with our masks," he shouts. "We've got to stand up for ourselves!"

Couple Flies From SFO to Hawaii While Knowingly COVID-Positive, Gets Arrested

A married couple who live on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i recently flew home from San Francisco despite both having tested positive for COVID-19, and they were promptly arrested and charged with endangering other passengers on the plane.

SF Archbishop Continues Whining About COVID Restrictions On Worship, Says Legal Action Not Off the Table

SF Catholic Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will not remain quiet about city and state public-health restrictions inhibiting him and the church from holding in-person services, as he insists upon being on the wrong side of history during a pandemic, for God's sake.

In Yuba City, Where Businesses Defied Lockdown Orders In May, People Are Still Dining Indoors

Much like the patchwork landscape of COVID restrictions and varying compliance seen across the U.S., California cities and counties aren't all uniformly cooperating with Governor Gavin Newsom's latest orders even as virus cases rise.

San Francisco Woman Jailed and Fined for Not Properly Quarantining In Hawaii

A San Francisco woman is currently in custody on the island of Maui after allegedly violating the state's mandatory quarantine requirement for visitors — and she's denying all wrongdoing and requesting a jury trial.

Trump Rallies Caused 30,000 COVID-19 Cases, 700 Deaths, Stanford Study Finds

Stanford researchers ran the numbers and linked Trump rallies to 700 deaths, with the depressing kicker that these were “not necessarily among attendees.”

Covidiot Files: Trumper Yoga Studio in Pacifica Advertising ‘Mask Free’ Classes

The MAGA-yoga connection apparently exists, and a hot yoga studio could be in hot water for “mask free” classes flouting health restrictions.

'Karen'-Inspired Billboard Pops Up in SF To Call Out Rude Online Restaurant Reviewers

Bay Area eateries have been plagued by a recent onslaught of piss-poor reviews on sites like Yelp and Tripadvisor — not related to food, mind you... but in regards to enforcing mandated COVID-19 safety measures and issues with third-party delivery drivers.

SF Artist Who Once Painted Kamala Harris On Heart Sculpture Becomes 'Ken' In Viral Video At South Bay Marshalls

An artist and onetime LGBT talk-show host in San Francisco, Tim Gaskin, has popped up in a video that's gone viral after he was heard spewing a homophobic epithet and other angry words at a store employee in the South Bay over a demand that he wear a face mask.

New SF Karen Rants Crazily About Dolores Park Playground Closure As 'Unconstitutional'

San Francisco is not immune from racist nutjob conspiracy-loving covidiots, and a new one has offered us a fine performance, sans face mask, while railing against a Rec & Parks outreach worker in Dolores Park about the closure of the playground. To wit, she did not appear to have a child in tow.

American Airlines Passenger From LA Arrested After Striking Gate Agent Over a Demand to Wear a Face Mask

After being denied permission to board a connecting American Airlines flight at a Phoenix airport Wednesday, Los Angeles local Yolanda Yarbrough allegedly struck a gate agent in the face — and was later arrested by Phoenix police on “suspicion of assault.”

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Bay Area Has-Beens Smash Mouth Perform at South Dakota Motorcycle Rally/Likely Super-Spreading Event

You may have heard over the weekend that the South Dakota town of Sturgis was hosting its annual motorcycle rally and summer music festival despite a pandemic raging across the country. And San Jose-based Smash Mouth was there!

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Covidiot Files: San Jose Nightclub Called Out for Patio Parties, Lack of Distancing

A nightclub in San Jose has managed to fly a bit below the radar and reopen as a restaurant with outdoor "dining," however flyers posted on social media and video from patrons suggest that the place is throwing business-as-usual parties without much or any social distancing in place.

Covidiot Files: Mill Valley Mom Brags On Facebook About Traveling To Tahoe After Son Tests Positive

Stupidity reigns in California as it does elsewhere in the U.S. as too many people seem to not understand what "quarantine" and "potentially deadly virus" mean, or they are simply too stupid to care.

DOJ Civil Rights Official Says Newsom's Reopening Plan Discriminates Against Churches

A Department of Justice official has written Newsom a strongly worded letter suggesting that the state's reopening timeline violates the civil rights of the faithful and represents "unequal treatment of faith communities" because of the imposed delay on reopening places of worship.

Trump Just Claimed He's Been Taking Hydroxychloroquine For Over a Week

In a misguided and possibly fictional effort to guard against symptoms "in case" he contracts COVID-19, President Trump just told reporters on Monday that he's been taking the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for about ten days now.

SoCal Flat-Earther Becomes Internet's Enemy After Filming Mask-Wearing Argument at Grocery Store

A Southern California woman with a penchant for believing conspiracy theories ill-advisedly video-recorded an argument she had with a grocery store manager about her inalienable right to shop without a face mask.