By The Associated Press The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older
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Bay Area’s Gilead sent envelopes revealing patients’ HIV issues, lawsuit claims
Foster City pharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences, lately in the news for its possible coronavirus-treatment drug remdesivir, sent patients taking HIV drugs letters in envelopes that
A fourth of American restaurants won’t reopen, OpenTable says
By Ed Ludlow, Bloomberg One in every four U.S. restaurants will go out of business due to the coronavirus quarantines that have battered the food-service
Coronavirus unemployment: Scores of jobless Californians still waiting for benefits
“The debit card’s in the mail.” Scores of Southern California employees who filed for unemployment benefits and had their claims approved by the state Employment
Virus hot spots flare, hospitals tested as economies reopen
By Morgan Lee, Regina Garcia Cano and Elaine Kurtenbach | Associated Press Fresh coronavirus outbreaks are testing public health networks and the resolve of planners
Pliny the Younger brings in record $5.1 million economic impact to Sonoma County
Bill Swindell | (Santa Rosa) Press Democrat If you bottle it, they will come. That certainly was the case as visitors poured $5.1 million into
TSMC is set to build a U.S. chip facility, a win for Trump
SAN FRANCISCO — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has agreed to build an advanced chip factory in the United States, in a response to the Trump
Two decades after a Stanford expansion was OK’d, San Mateo County gets $5.2 million
After a decades-long debate on the regional impact of Stanford University’s expansions, Santa Clara County has awarded its neighbor to the north, San Mateo County,
Huge number of Bay Area residents couldn’t afford a $400 emergency before coronavirus
Thousands of Bay Area households headed into the coronavirus crisis already struggling to pay their monthly bills, unable to afford even a $400 emergency expense. That was
How will California fill $54 billion coronavirus hole in budget?
Bracing Californians for the historic impact of the coronavirus on the state’s budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened billions of dollars in cuts from education to
