Johnson & Johnson's more booster-like COVID-19 vaccines could play a major role in battling the pandemic in the months to come, rapid testing efforts continue in the Mission District, and al fresco dining resumed in San Francisco yesterday — upping sales for struggling local eateries.

Rainstorms have caused a collapse of a section of Highway 1 in Big Sur, a PG&E truck was washed off a collapsing road in Aptos, and two men were arrested in Oakland on suspicion of more than a dozen armed robberies at cellphone stores.

Rains continue to pummel the South and East Bay but SF should see just scattered showers today, around two dozen structures were damaged by mudslides in Monterey County, and a walk-in vaccination site just opened in East San Jose with no appointments needed.

Twitter has permanently banned MyPillow founder Mike Lindell for "repeated violations," the I-5 is shut down at the Grapevine due to heavy snow, and Rep. Barbara Lee is the new chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

A UCSF study proved essential workers in the food and transportation industries are among the "riskiest jobs" in the pandemic, the body of an unnamed woman washed ashore at Tunitas Creek Beach Saturday morning, and a largely mask-less anti-abortion rally was held in downtown SF yesterday.

SF restaurants continue to be targeted by vandals, SFMTA is considering reopening Twin Peaks to personal cars, and six residents at Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco have lost their lives as a result of the most recent state-wide COVID-19 surge.

Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate may begin next week or after, a Napa couple is being re-sentenced in the 2014 torture death of a three-year-old, and Oakland has already seen 11 homicides just 22 days into the new year.

California health officials say that a batch of Moderna vaccine that was blamed for six allergic reactions is safe, a clinical trial for Johnson & Johnson's one-dose vaccine is underway at Stanford, and United Airlines says it lost $7.7 billion last year.

A 12-year-old boy remains missing after being swept out to sea in Half Moon Bay, a small earthquake rattled Santa Rosa during last night's crazy high winds, and Trump has less than 24 hours as president!!

PG&E may shut off power to 6,100 customers in the south Sierra today due to winds, Vacaville City Hall and a nearby police station were vandalized, and cases of a new coronavirus variant have been found in Santa Clara County.

37-year-old Kyle Matthew Folsom was arrested in relation to the explosives found at Candlestick RV Park Friday, strong surf conditions continue to inundate the Bay Area's Pacific coastlines, and a 4.2M earthquake struck in Aromas around 8:01 p.m. Saturday — and could be felt all the way in SF.

Twelve SF mailboxes are being removed prior to inauguration day for safety reasons, Contra Costa County has created a plan to start vaccinating all its seniors, and a collection of chemicals used to make explosives were seized from Candlestick RV park Friday by SF police and federal agents.

BART Police are hiring more unarmed crisis intervention officers, a hacker scraped Parler of all its posts and data before it was taken down, and 70 percent of Americans believe Trump played a role in last week's Capitol siege.

Rep. Eric Swalwell will star as prosecutor in Trump's second Senate trial, the CA EDD is now making people prove their identities, and the Sacramento and Tahoe regions are lifting lockdowns and reopening outdoor dining.

The House is readying a swift second impeachment of President Trump today, the US hit yet another grim record for daily COVID deaths, and calls are growing for mass vaccinations in California without the phased rollout.

A 30-year-old SF man was found fatally shot in a car in Contra Costa County, someone projected #TrumpPenceOutNow on the Twitter building last night, and Facebook is finally (!) cracking down on all 'Stop the Steal' content.

A San Jose man and a San Mateo County woman are both missing in separate incidents in which high surf caught them on coastal rocks, the House is moving forward with an article of impeachment, and Stanford is telling all freshman and sophomores to remain at home.

A 28-year-old man died in a motorcycle crash Saturday morning, next week's forecast is showing to be a dry (but cold) one, and over 250 individuals have donated more than $14,000 toward repairing the damaged cherry blossom trees in Japantown after they were found vandalized Tuesday morning.

Reem’s California in the Mission District has created a GoFundMe page to raise funds for a new main oven, Contra Costa County Health Department officials stopped Vic’s Martinez from reopening outdoor dining... and the first observed instance of dwarfism in giraffes has been cataloged by scientists.

Trump has reportedly been rage-filled and still delusional in isolation in the White House, a Capitol police officer has died from injuries sustained while engaging with rioters, and funeral homes in Daly CIty and Colma say they are getting inundated with COVID deaths.

Trump supporters also rallied in Sacramento and other state capitols Wednesday, Peninsula Congresswoman Jackie Speier talks about what the Capitol siege looked like from the inside, and a small earthquake rumbled under the South Bay Thursday morning.

The SF Board of Supervisors approved two new SFMTA board members, a judge has ordered the NYE hit-and-run suspect to remain in jail, and the Danville restaurant that's been defying lockdown orders has finally stopped doing that.