An elderly San Francisco woman has been missing for almost two weeks, despite recent whale deaths, gray whale populations could soon reach an all-time high, and the ten Santa Clara Valley reservoirs are only 16% full — far below their 20-year historical average of 26%.

Three people were shot at Market and Mason streets Thursday, the Department of Building Inspection will be fining embattled school board member Allison Collins and her husband, and it remains unclear if Outside Lands will require vaccinations.

A report by Oakland's city auditor finds that they're unprepared to deal with the encampment crisis, a fire broke out in a downtown SF high-rise Tuesday night, and Sonoma has declared a drought emergency.

Another small tremor shook parts of the East Bay on Monday, a new UCSF report showed that a Bay Area man suffered a rare blood clot after receiving the J&J vaccine, and speaking of the single-dose shot: eight Bay Area Counties have announced they will soon resume administering J&J vaccines.

A 3.8M earthquake was reported near Morgan Hill Saturday night, Bay Area health officials have said providers can resume using J&J's COVID-19 vaccine, and the expected weekend rain showers didn’t really help much to lift the Bay Area out of drought conditions.

A reminder that there's a pop-up vaccination site open at the SF Christian Center (on 5845 Mission Street) today until 1 p.m., mild showers are slated to begin wetting the Bay Area starting Sunday, and India recorded over 346,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day — setting a new global record.

Paul Flores pleaded not guilty to Kristin Smart's 1996 murder and is being held without bail, there's now of course a Texas variant of COVID that might be antibody-resistant, and there's an Apple event today.

Oakland teachers are still unhappy about schools reopening with just over a month left in the school year, a skydiving mishap claims a life in Lodi, and Dr. Fauci says the J&J vaccine may be back in use Friday.

One adult was saved by SF firefighters during a "surf rescue" at Ocean Beach, over a hundred East Bay businesses donated to organizations fighting against Asian hate Saturday, and the beloved Korean grocery store H Mart will open its first San Francisco location next week.

Hundreds marched in Oakland Friday night to denounce the police killing of Daunte Wright, the nonprofit Economic Security Project is calling for the release of a fourth stimulus check, and the pandemic has passed yet another dystopian milestone: claiming over three million lives.

One census tract in the Bayview had a COVID infection rate 10 times higher than the rest of SF, Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli makes an awkward Zoom appearance, and a trio of dine-and-dashers in the Richmond apologize.

Both SF and Santa Clara counties announced that everyone (16+) can now get vaccine appointments ahead of the state's Apr. 15 date, Hayward police are warning women about car smash-and-grabs, and Bernie Madoff is dead.

Salesforce has announced a plan to bring some employees back to the office on a volunteer basis next month, 30 public schools are back open in SF today, and a new model predicts 14,000 American lives could be lost with mask wearing through August.

Contra Costa County residents 16 years and older can now receive a COVID-19 vaccine from the Oakland Coliseum, Facebook turned part of its Menlo Park headquarters into a vaccination site Saturday, and Daly City is launching a new program to curb violence against Asian communities.

A fire broke out at Half Moon Bay’s historic San Benito House, California is set to only get about 12% of the J&J vaccine allotment next week, and the Giants organization invited Xiao Zhen Xie and her family to enjoy yesterday’s game.

A carjacking victim is critically injured near Union Square, a domestic incident near Fisherman's Wharf turned into a six-hour standoff, and Alameda County is expanding vaccine eligibility in 12 zip codes.

President Biden is saying states should open vaccine eligibility to everyone by April 19, the SFMTA is still adding more Slow Streets, and Sonoma County is expected to move to the "Orange" tier for the first time today.