Bay Area officials worry about supply constraints in rush to distribute vaccines
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Donna Bernadou, a resident at the Waters Edge Lodge nursing home in Alameda, participates in a physical exercise class on Friday The retirement community isn’t scheduled to receive coronavirus vaccines until Jan. 20th.Marissa Leshnov / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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UC Berkeley University Health Services pharmacy director Efren Bose prepares a dose of the Moderna vaccine before administering it to fellow University Health Services staff at Tang Center near UC Berkeley on Thursday.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Jacqueline Ellington, a Contra Costa County health care worker, prepares to receive her first dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at a clinic at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill on Friday.Brittany Hosea-Small / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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With the big Williams Selyem deal, a California wine icon aims to avoid a common fate: a soulless private equity future
Making sense of a different sort of winery acquisition, in this week s Drinking with Esther newsletter
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Williams Selyem will change hands for a second time.Peter DaSilva / The Chronicle 2006
We’re two weeks into the new year, and already there’s been a lot of merger-acquisition news in the California wine industry. Following O’Neill Vintners’ purchase of Rabble Wines and an $810 million handoff of value-price wine brands from Constellation to Gallo, we learned yesterday of a big change at one of America’s most beloved and prestigious wineries: Williams Selyem, of Russian River Valley Pinot Noir fame, has sold a minority stake to Burgundy’s Faiveley family.
Warriors Eric Paschall enters NBA s coronavirus protocol, will miss Pacers game
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Golden State Warriors forward Eric Paschall (7) and Portland Trailblazers forward Carmelo Anthony (00) fight for a loose ball during the fourth quarter of a NBA basketball game on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021 in San Francisco, Calif.. The Trailblazers defeated the Warriors 123-98.STEPHEN LAM / Special to The Chronicle
Warriors forward Eric Paschall has entered the NBA’s coronavirus health and safety protocols, head coach Steve Kerr said Tuesday.
Paschall, 24, will miss Tuesday night’s game against the Pacers at Chase Center. It’s unclear whether he tested positive for the coronavirus, or if he had been in close contact with someone who had. The expected length of his absence is unknown.
Can you pay someone to stop using meth? Proposed California legislation would boost drug treatment option
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Isaac Jackson said he tried contingency management a couple of years ago, and it helped him stay sober from meth for about a month. But, he said, it was hard to eventually stay away from the drug because he also struggles with depression.Jana Asenbrennerova / Special to The Chronicle 2019
As overdose deaths soar throughout California, proposed state legislation would legalize a program that encourages people to curb their methamphetamine use with incentives like gift cards and cash.
The approach, called contingency management, is a controversial but effective practice. Researchers have found it helps people control their substance use, particularly for methamphetamine. It’s yet another approach that San Francisco officials hope they can use to address the deadly drug epidemic that killed approximately two people a day in the city last year.
California Democrats call effort to recall Gavin Newsom a coup
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California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks said without providing evidence recall organizers were linked to the attack on the U.S. Capitol.Michael Short / Special to The Chronicle 2019
SACRAMENTO Leaders of the California Democratic Party on Tuesday called the effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom an attempted “coup” and suggested without providing evidence that organizers were linked to the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Rusty Hicks, the state party chair, and several other prominent Democrats repeatedly made those claims during a news conference they held to discuss “connections” between the recall and last week’s deadly riot by pro-President Trump forces in Washington.