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Local Environmentalists Call for Change to Make Bay Area Safer for Whales
An alarming number of whales have washed up on Bay Area beaches this year so on Tuesday, local environmentalists gathered to call for changes to make the bay safer for the sea giants.
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‘Hunger Games of Vaccines': People Jump the Line to Get Vaccine Prior to Eligibility
Unfair and entitled – that’s how many are describing people who jump the line and get the vaccine before they’re eligible. Many know at least one person who exaggerated their health condition or had their boss classify them as a frontline worker in order to jump the line — experts calling the hyper-competitive behavior the “hunger games for vaccines.”
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Family of 84-Year-Old Man Killed in San Francisco Upset With District Attorney
A potentially poor choice of words following a heinous killing led to a protest of San Francisco’s district attorney on Thursday.
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San Francisco's COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Close to Running Out, Officials Say
Come Thursday, the city of San Francisco’s COVID-19 vaccine supply will run out unless more doses start arriving from the federal government, officials said Tuesday.
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Bay Area Seniors Hoping to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Feel ‘Discouraged' by Lack of Availability
To much fanfare, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that California’s COVID-19 vaccines would now be open to those 65 and older. But some say that when they started trying to make an appointment, they got the runaround.
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Farmers' Market Director Stops Livermore Vendor From Handing Out Pride Flags
The California Farmer’s Market Association is speaking out Monday after a controversial video surfaced online appearing to show the director telling a vendor, who is gay, that he couldn’t hand out Pride flags.
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Black-Owned Businesses in San Francisco See Surge in Support
Black-owned businesses are seeing a surge in support as protests continue in the Bay Area.
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Jamie Foxx Joins ‘Kneel-in' Outside San Francisco City Hall
Hollywood star and activist Jamie Foxx was among the thousands who gathered in San Francisco Monday for a peaceful rally to honor George Floyd and speak out against police brutality.
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250M People Could be Pushed to the Brink of Starvation by End of the Year: United Nations
The economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will last well beyond the virus itself. The United Nations says the fallout could push more than 250 million to the brink of starvation by the end of this year.
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Need a Job? Contact Tracers Needed to Track Coronavirus Exposures
If you’re one of the millions of people looking for work right now, the state and nearly every California city may have a job for you: contact tracing.