A team of researchers at the Quantitative Biosciences Institute at UCSF launched a fast-paced, all-nighter effort in late February to understand how the novel coronavirus functions, and to quickly identify existing drugs that could be used to stop it.
Following outbreaks at two nursing facilities in SF, a health order to be issued next week will mandate the biweekly testing of every resident and staff member at the 21 skilled nursing and care facilities in the city.
A group of faith leaders and protesters from the Do No Harm Coalition staged a "die-in" outside of Mayor London Breed's Lower Haight apartment on Thursday evening, in order to put further pressure on the mayor to house the homeless in empty hotel rooms.
Essential workers to protest today in recognition of May Day, Juul is having trouble off-loading that 29-story building it bought, and Joe Biden is flatly denying a sexual assault allegation from the 1990s.
A court dismissed Oakland's lawsuit against the Raiders and the NFL, Twitter's stock slumped today after a lackluster 1st quarter earnings report, and an SF sheriff's deputy shot someone's dog on mid-Market.
U.S. intelligence officials have been directed to “hunt for evidence” that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab, though spies and scientists cite zero evidence for this claim.
A protest is being organized in San Francisco for Friday to demand the reopening of all of California, bringing the wave of "liberate" protests seen around the country into the heart of the city.
Much like two women allegedly tried to do in order to brazenly rob a Walgreens in San Francisco earlier this month, a woman is suspected of coughing in security guards' faces in order to evade capture and rob a Target store in Vallejo.
Extending a lifeline to over 500 local artists and 65 arts organizations, the city of San Francisco just announced the distribution of $1.5 million in one-time grants from the SF Arts & Artists Relief Fund.
You may recall the dash-cam video that sparked a mystery back on December 30, when a Lexus SUV was seen flying off a cliff at Gray Whale Cove near Pacifica, on Highway 1. Well, all these months later, there are finally some human remains and a positive ID.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is showing his libertarian streak and jumping on the "Liberate" train, saying that pandemic lockdown orders are akin to "forcibly imprisoning people in their homes."
May is one of the finest times of year in California, but Governor Gavin Newsom is scolding Southern California in particular for overcrowding its beaches — and now he says he will order Orange County to "hard close" all its beaches.
A vote is looming for PG&E's settlement with wildfire victims, Santa Clara County just expunged thousands of marijuana convictions, and a 44-year-old Oakland man faces attempted murder charges after being seen pushing a woman in front of a BART train.
The SFPD was reportedly enforcing a curfew at a Civic Center tent encampment, the name of the guy who barricaded himself in Glide last week has been released, and the city is reimbursing workers who have money tied up in medical savings accounts.
During a Board of Supervisors hearing on Tuesday evening, a city health official said that San Francisco's testing sites have only been administering about 500 COVID-19 tests per day, when they have the combined capacity to do 5,800 tests per day.
Over in North Beach and Chinatown, a couple of prominent restaurants have just joined the takeout and delivery game during this pandemic lockdown. Both Tosca and Mister Jiu's are doing full meals, cocktails, wine, and pantry items for takeout.
More than 100 shelter RVs provided by the city and state will become temporary shelter with counseling for people with underlying health conditions experiencing homelessness.
Inspired by a pub in Belfast, Ireland that has been delivering freshly-poured pints of Guinness to customers stuck in their homes, new Mission Irish bar Casements is doing something similar on Friday, May 1 — but it's a one-time-only deal they say.
The revised shelter-in-place order that will be in effect from May 4 to May 31 for six Bay Area counties has been released, and it says that golf courses and tennis courts can reopen, among other things.
Lyft just announced that it will lay off 17 percent of its workforce, or 982 people, in order to address losses that it faces due to pandemic lockdowns. And employees say they were mistakenly all sent an email earlier this week using an insensitive name for the cost-cutting project.
The results of a federal study of the use of remdesivir to treat severely ill COVID-19 patients were announced Wednesday, and shares of Bay Area-based Gilead Sciences were trending up as a result — as was the rest of the stock market.
A freeway shooting last night on I-80 just past the Bay Bridge left one person dead, there was no sign of the coronavirus or its antibodies in Bolinas, and the SFMTA just voted to raise Muni fares.
Nancy Pelosi is using a silk scarf for a face mask, Novato police are investigating a shooting between two cars, and a man in the Tenderloin was reportedly attacked with a machete last night.
It appears High Times will be taking over the dispensary coming to the former John Varvatos space in Union Square, but the company’s recent track record does not inspire high confidence.
Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday said that for some parts of the state and some types of businesses, "we are weeks, not months away" from being able to open some things back up.
