1,000 farmworkers to get COVID-19 vaccine in Santa Clara County mobile clinic
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A vineyard worker in Glen Ellen cares for vines in July. Farmworkers have been among the populations hardest hit by the coronavirus.Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle 2020
Farmworkers lined up and received COVID-19 shots Sunday at a Morgan Hill farm turned pop-up clinic that organizers hope will foreshadow more mobile outreach to a community that’s been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
Santa Clara County health officials said 1,000 workers from nearby farms were expected to receive vaccination shots Sunday and Wednesday at the Monterey Mushrooms facility.
“The people who were doing the hardest work picking the fruit and processing it were the most hard hit by COVID-19, and it continues,” Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez told a news conference outside the dusty farm location with large signs announcing the clinic in English and Spanish. “The best way we can
S.F. man arrested in Cliff House burglary, historic items recovered
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A mannequin wearing a sutro bathing suit as garde manger Carlos Sandhu-Gonzalez (left) makes croutons at Sutro s in the Cliff house in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, November 10, 2011. The bathing suit along with numerous other items stolen from the shuttered restaurant were recently recovered following a burglary.Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle
A San Francisco man suspected of breaking into the iconic Cliff House and stealing historic memorabilia in January, nearly one month after the restaurant announced its permanent closure, has been arrested and charged with burglary, authorities said.
Berkeley man arrested on suspicion of making death threats online against Asian community
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File photo of police car lights.Jacom Stephens / Getty Image
A Berkeley man accused of making death threats against the Asian community on social media ahead of the Lunar New Year was arrested on an outstanding warrant for gun charges Monday. He now faces hate-crime charges, according to authorities.
Oakland police said they received tips from local news outlets on Feb. 11 about “troubling statements” made online by Reginald Jackson, 24, toward the Asian community. The flagged social media posts on Twitter and Instagram included references to beating up, robbing and blowing up Asians, according to a report from KGO-TV.
Environmental deal protects swath of redwood forest in Mendocino County
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Save the Redwoods League paid $24.7 million for a conservation easement over the sweeping Mailliard Ranch, in Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley.Dreamstime / TNS
A sprawling redwood forest in southern Mendocino County has received permanent protection under a $24.7 million deal between a Bay Area environmental group and the property’s longtime owners, San Francisco’s socially and politically prominent Mailliard family.
Save the Redwoods League bought three conservation easements across the 14,838-acre Mailliard Ranch in early February. The agreement will permanently safeguard the land in Anderson Valley, and its complement of the world’s tallest tree species, from subdivision and development, the environmental group said. A conservation easement is a legal agreement that limits land uses to protect conservation values of the land.
Here s how warm Bay Area weather is going to get this week
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A group of friends wear masks while walking along a trail at Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland, Calif. Tuesday, December 29, 2020. Rain is forecasted to gather over the Bay Area in later this week.Jessica Christian/The Chronicle
Warmer temperatures and breezy conditions will persist through the week across much of the Bay Area, bringing coastal temperatures to the upper 60s, and 70-degree weather inland.
Temperatures across the region will rise early in the week, with daily averages reaching the lower 70s before falling overnight into the 40s.