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State officials warn Bay Area s stay-at-home order likely to be extended
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Elissa Harrington reports.
Stay-at-home orders currently in effect in the Bay Area and three other California regions likely will remain in place past the minimum three-week duration, state officials affirmed Friday.
The state s stay-at-home order is triggered when a region s average intensive care unit capacity falls below 15 percent. The Bay Area, greater Sacramento, the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California are under the order at present, the California Department of Public Health said.
The earliest date the Bay Area may become eligible to exit the order is Jan. 8, the state department said. Greater Sacramento could become eligible to exit the order as early as Jan. 1, while San Joaquin and Southern California could possibly become eligible this coming Monday, Dec. 28.
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The history of San Francisco’s Lake Merced from 1830-1870.
San Francisco s Lake Merced: Rancho Days
by Woody LaBounty
(Published in Outside Lands magazine with support from the Schwemm Family Foundation.)
Since the 1850s, Lake Merced and the land around it have been the site of roadhouses, a famous duel, truck farms, and large scale city within a city housing developments. Located in the southwestern corner of the City and County of San Francisco, the lake has been used as a source for the city s water supply and for recreational activities from skeet shooting to golf to dragon boat racing. Despite encroaching urbanization, watershed changes, fragmentation, and aquifer reduction during the twentieth century, the lake remains a unique habitat supporting riparian, dune scrub, and woodland forest natural communities. Read part one.
Blog: How Climate Change is Impacting Life Globally and in the Bay Area Mandela Linder
Full Frame Shot Of Abandoned Drums With Radioactive Warning Symbol – stock photo
For many, climate change may sound like a concept that s far in the future. But as wildfires scorch the west, hurricanes devastate the south and record-breaking heatwaves suffocate many parts of the nation, it s clear: climate change is here. This blog is your one-stop rundown on what s current in climate news, with an emphasis on the Bay Area.
Our National Parks Are at Risk From Climate Change: Here s Why Your Vote Matters
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David Blake, a volunteer delivery driver for HelpBerkeley, making the first of several scheduled stops dropping off food to various COVID-compromised Berkeley residents. Photo: Pete Rosos
At the outset of the pandemic in March, residents in Michel Thouati’s Berkeley Hills neighborhood would meet up while out on walks, exchanging information and asking after others in the area.
“We started noticing some people weren’t there,” Thouati told me in a Zoom call. Assuming their fellow neighbors were sick or self-isolating, Thouati and the others wondered how they were feeding themselves, particularly the vulnerable older folks. Realizing food insecurity for certain populations was potentially a widespread problem, they thought about how they could help. Together, the group came up with HelpBerkeley, a service to get affordable food to people isolating at home, particularly seniors.