A recent bump in new covid-19 cases in Alameda County over the past week pushed the overall number […]
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John Fisher, whose family owns The Gap, stopped paying rent at retail stores last month.
The belt-tightening at Hayward City Hall due to covid-19 is becoming more evident as the city faces a […]
It will be extremely difficult to reach 1,200 hotel beds.-Willie Hopkins, Alameda County General Services Agency director, last Tuesday, telling the Board of Supervisors that the goal of housing the unsheltered in hotels during the pandemic is uncertain because some hotel owners believe the shelter in place will be lifted quicker than expected.
A surge in new covid-19 cases in Alameda County could peak sometime in August, while models suggest relaxing […]
Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules.-Elon Musk, Tesla founder, tweeting on Monday that he was reopening the Fremont factory in violation of the county's shelter in place order.
With the state and county’s shelter in place extended through the end this month, Alameda’s long-running and popular […]
The forecast for Alameda County’s short-term fiscal health will come into focus this week and it could be […]
Low-income people will be most hurt by the economy and most hurt by the virus. We need to make them a priority.-State Sen. Nancy Skinner at a town hall this month with Assemblymember Rob Bonta.
A potential free testing site in San Leandro is facing some hurdles. Eden Health District officials broached the […]
Until there is medical science that can cure the cases, I think this will continue for awhile.-Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan said last week when asked about the duration of the county's shelter in place order.
The staging area that leads to the popular Mission Peak Regional Preserve in Fremont will stay closed through […]
A countywide moratorium on covid-19 evictions approved by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors last month now covers […]
The number of confirmed cases of covid-19 in Alameda County now tops 1,000, according to the Alameda County […]
Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan said sports fans in the county and Bay Area should not expect to […]
Union City Councilmember Jaime Patiño’s 85-year-old grandmother is infected with covid-19, he told constituents in a Facebook Live […]
Alameda city staff is proposing a delay in raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour for one […]
Workers earning a minimum wage in Hayward will not receive a previously promised $2 an hour raise for, […]
I have missed going to coffee shops and my masala tea in Fremont.-Rep. Ro Khanna answering a constituent's question during a virtual town hall on Thursday about the first thing he'll do when social distancing orders are lifted.
The academic school year in Alameda County will continue at home, not in the physical classroom. Alameda County […]
At a time when the federal government is putting cash in the hands of Americans in order to […]
•Confirmed cases in Alameda County: 3,515. Deaths: 97, as of June 2.
TUESDAY
•A Chabot College non-profit has distributed $93,000 in aid to student affected by covid-19, whille raising a total of $193,000.
•State parks will reopen 144 of the system’s parking lots by Friday.
COVID-19 CASES BY CITY*
OAKLAND 1,267 289.8***
HAYWARD 660 409.9
EDEN AREA** 223 322.5
FREMONT 177 75.4
SAN LEANDRO 157 173.1
UNION CITY 129 170.5
CASTRO VALLEY 119 182.3
NEWARK 103 209.4
BERKELEY 96 77.1
PLEASANTON 62 76.3
LIVERMORE 54 58.7
ALAMEDA 51 63.7
DUBLIN 27 41.4
FAIRVIEW 15 139.9
PIEDMONT 13 112.7
EMERYVILLE 10 83.3
ALBANY <10
SUNOL 0
OTHERS 336+
*As of Tuesday, June 2.
**Eden Area includes unincorporated Ashland, Cherryland, Hayward Acres, San Lorenzo.
***Rate per 100,000 residents.
MONDAY
•Rents are doing down in the South Bay, but not so much in Alameda County, especially Oakland where rent are up by almost 5%
•Between May 28-30, Alameda County saw its number of covid-19 cases skyrocket by 100 each day.
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The Eden Health District Board of Directors authorized the purchase of 100,000 new medical masks on Wednesday, in […]
Hayward city officials reported Wednesday that the first week of free COVID-19 testing found 130 new cases of […]
