SFPD officers gave out over 750 face masks yesterday to people not wearing them in public, the City of Sausalito effectively closed all of its parking lots on weekends and holidays to thwart overcrowding, and SF-based Slack has shut down its offices until "at least'' September.

Two people were arrested in Pacifica in connection with the fentanyl-related death of a Montara man last year, Marshawn Lynch was passing out free face masks, and three have died so far in a nursing home COVID outbreak in Oakland.

A judge is rejecting a call by three SoCal churches to reopen, Marin's health officer says social distancing in the Bay Area may have saved 40,000 lives, and the CHP says it's seen an 87-percent jump in speeding tickets.

An arrest was made in the December theft of an SF woman's dog outside a grocery store, PG&E CEO Bill Johnson says he's retiring, and that standoff at Glide ended last night around midnight with the suspect safely taken into custody.

Thrift stores are seeing a spate of donation-dumping as everyone empties their closets, Chinatown SROs are too densely populated for social distancing, and PG&E's bankruptcy plan has gotten a boost from a judge.

Newsom announced the State of California struck a deal with Motel 6 to help house thousands of homeless people, the Bay Area’s own organic ice cream company Three Twins closed after 15 years of business, and a large COVID-19 testing effort is set to go underway in the Mission District next week.

Street artist Spencer Keeton Cunningham painted murals on plywood lining the windows at a boutique clothing store in Pacific Heights, Walmart associates are now required to wear face masks at work, and the IRS deposited a coronavirus stimulus check — into the bank account of a deceased SF woman.

Oakland police warn that the new 'Slow Streets' program could encourage more sideshows, Marin County residents complain about PG&E maintenance shutoffs, and China has revised its COVID death toll by 50 percent.

Three men were injured in a drive-by shooting in Richmond, SF's city attorney discusses the commandeering of private buildings, and data shows that black Californians are dying of COVID-19 at a disproportionate rate.

The SF Fire Department had to put out three blazes Tuesday night that started with 10 minutes, a teen driver was killed after crashing into a Pittsburg canal, and you might want to stop sharing those senior photos on Facebook.

The CHP is investigating a freeway shooting that injured two in Oakland, a San Francisco man describes the misery of the coronavirus and his ongoing recovery, and Bay Area food banks are struggling to meet unprecedented demand.

SF public schools are beginning distance learning, the CHP is seeking a freeway brick-thrower who killed a woman, and California may hit its COVID-19 death peak this week.

Homeless families in LA are seeking refuge from the coronavirus by occupying vacant houses, SF is building a team to trace every COVID-19 case and point-of-contact, and many of today's Bay Area Easter festivities have gone digital — like virtual Easter egg hunts and live-streamed church services.

Seven people have now died and 65 have been infected with COVID-19 at a Hayward nursing home, the SF Fire Department is running its holiday toy program early for needy families, and Gov. Newsom is reassuring fishermen that fishing season isn't canceled.

The assumption that the coronavirus will abate during summer may be wrong, Santa Rosa-based internet provider Sonic had a major outage last night, and fast-food workers are picketing in the East Bay for more protective gear.

California's flattening of the curve means our COVID-19 peak will likely come sooner and possibly 4,300 fewer will die than earlier projected, and San Jose police just served search warrants in a home drug-making operation and seized weapons and lots of drugs.

The Santa Clara Convention Center has been turned into a recovery space for previously hospitalized COVID-19 patients, SF's inmate population is down by half since late January, a tiger at the Bronx Zoo apparently caught the virus from a human caretaker.

Newsom announced California will soon create "a minimum" of five to seven new coronavirus testing hubs, a Marin County high-speed police chase ended up in a foot race Saturday night, and yesterday was Golden Gate Park's 150th birthday — which you can still celebrate, online.

LA County is broadcasting neighborhood-level virus data but we're not, Bay Area doctors and nurses are racing to draw up wills, and police are investigating a homicide near Oakland's City Hall.

An emergency hospital is being set up in the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, an Oakland woman describes her experience with COVID-19, and Russia is finally issuing a stay-at-home order as Putin disappears from sight.