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S.F. sees record overdose deaths, even as police seize millions of lethal fentanyl doses. What is happening?
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Kelly Stanphill of Roseville (Placer County) is worried about her son, who is addicted to fentanyl.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Stanphill displays a photo of her son when he was a child.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Stanphill displays a photo of her and her son.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Kelly Stanphill just wants something to change for her son, who is somewhere in San Francisco, drug-addled, gaunt and helplessly addicted to fentanyl.
Giants Mission Rock megaproject is taking shape across from Oracle Park
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A construction worker takes a break in a tractor at the Mission Rock development along Third Street in San Francisco.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Renderings of two of the buildings that began construction in 2020 at Mission Rock, a mixed-use project on the San Francisco waterfront.San Francisco GiantsShow MoreShow Less
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A rendering of the park planned for China Basin in San Francisco as part of Mission Rock, a mixed-use development by Tishman Speyer and the San Francisco Giants. The first phase began construction in 2020 and should begin to open by late 2022.San Francisco GiantsShow MoreShow Less
Portrait of a virus: How the perfect pathogen swept the globe and shut down our world
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1of5The San Francisco skyline is seen covered in dark clouds during a rainstorm at Treasure Island on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020 in San Francisco, California.Gabrielle Lurie / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of5Hand sanitizer stations are placed throughout a new housing project at 950 Gough Street on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 in San Francisco, Calif.Brian Feulner / Special to The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
3of5Stanford scientist Yvonne Maldonado is photographed during a phone conference call at her home office on Stanford campus, in California on March 27, 2020. Maldonado is one of the 10 scientists who is working on the coronavirus.Josie Lepe / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Bay Briefing: Highly contagious coronavirus strain arrives in California
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Louise Stuhmiller, 76, gets a coronavirus vaccine shot at a retirement community in Walnut Creek.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Thursday, Dec. 31, and biologists are trying to get to the bottom of local coyote attacks. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Bay Briefing will be off on New Year’s Day, but we’ll return to our weekday schedule on Jan. 4.
New coronavirus variant is here
A new, highly contagious strain of the coronavirus was identified in Southern California on Wednesday. While experts say there is no evidence that the new variant causes more serious disease, its arrival was discouraging news as the most populous parts of California reported their 13th straight day of ICU shortages and the state surpassed 25,000 pandemic deaths.