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The city of Berkeley and six Bay Area counties announced Monday that they will be extending shelter-in-place orders through May 31 while also loosening several restrictions from previous orders.
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In a press release Monday, the city of Berkeley announced the extension of the shelter-in-place order to at least May 3 to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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In an attempt to combat the spread of COVID-19, seven jurisdictions within the Bay Area announced an order with revamped reporting requirements for laboratories that test for COVID-19.
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As many as 4,000 UC Berkeley students visit Alta Bates’ emergency department, or ED, every academic year. It’s especially comforting to know that we can also receive intensive care services or other acute care services at Alta Bates, which is owned by the hospital chain Sutter Health.
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Starting in February of next year, 2,900 Bay Area commuters will have to find alternative routes to their early-morning jobs for the next four years — because BART has decided it needs to save 5 percent of its total construction costs. This decision will leave thousands of predominantly low-income and
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Telecommunications service providers recommended that California Public Utilities Commission, or CPUC, use the overlay method, meaning it will add a new area code in the region, in addition to the 510 area code. The plan, pending CPUC approval, would add a new area code by December 2017, according to CPUC’s website.
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Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Monday to ensure that California households restrict excessive water use during one of the most severe droughts recorded in the last century.
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The BART Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday to approve a $3.5 billion bond measure to improve infrastructure and relieve crowding at stations.
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California state Senate candidates Nancy Skinner and Sandre Swanson spoke to a campus political science class in Wheeler Hall on Wednesday.
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After months of dry weather conditions, cities across Northern California saw several days of heavy rainfall this past weekend; but state officials caution that the storm is only one of many needed to alleviate the drought.
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