Bay Briefing: 160,000 students left California schools, and they may not be coming back
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William Luong (L) and Joanna Luong (R) drop off their daughter Evelyn (4) (M) for her first day of school at Jefferson Early Education School. San Francisco, California. April 12, 2021. Today is the first day of schools reopening in SFUSD (San Francisco Unified School District) after being shut down for over a year.Mike Kai Chen / Special to The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Friday, April 23, and high school baseball is not just a guys’ sport in the Bay Area. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
COVID vaccine side effects: Does my age matter, and should I windmill my arm?
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BayArea community receives the vaccination at the Facebook headquarters vaccine distribution center in Menlo Park, California on Saturday, April 10, 2021.Josie Lepe / Special to the Chronicle
Californians ages 16 to 49 became eligible for the coronavirus vaccine Thursday. That means more than 18 million people, many much younger than those in the first waves, could potentially experience the side effects that can accompany inoculation.
The occurrence of side effects, including headache, fatigue and chills, varies from person to person, and some groups experience them more severely. Younger people and women in particular tend to have more side effects, experts say.
They ordered the Bay Area to shut down. Then came the hard part
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Dr. Sara Cody, MD, center, Health Officer and Public Health Department Director, speaks during a news conference about the shelter in place extension order in Santa Clara County on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. The Bay Area’s shelter-in-place order, which bans all non-essential trips outside the home and requires restaurants to operate only through takeout and delivery, will be extended until May 3.Tony Avelar / Special to the Chronicle
In a year framed by near-impossible choices in the coronavirus pandemic between saving lives and causing widespread economic and social devastation the decision to issue the first shelter-in-place order in the United States and shut down the Bay Area ended up being one of the easiest, said Dr. Sara Cody.
NFL free agency 2021: Justin Herbert, Seattle Seahawks, Marcus Mariota among the winners and losers after Day 1
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback is probably smiling after the Chargers made major improvements to their offensive line by signing top-tier free agents on Day 1 of the free agency period. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)AP
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Day 1 of the NFL’s 2021 free agency period kicked off with plenty of financial fireworks Monday. The league’s “legal tampering” period started Monday and the cash started flowing early and continued nonstop despite a sharp reduction in the league’s salary cap for each team in 2021.