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Some districts, including several in Marin County, currently expect to reopen fully to students with health measures in place, while others say they expect to start the school year with distance learning or do a combination, rotating students between virtual and in-person classrooms on alternate days or mornings and afternoons. Many districts are still in the process of formulating a plan. Oakland families should know more about the district’s reopening on Friday. … [Read more...] about San Francisco public schools unlikely to fully reopen in August: ‘It’s an impossible task’

"Restaurant and service workers are currently paid really well because they're supported by big companies. When they take their work away, or those jobs away, that ripples through the rest of the economy," said Jay Cheng, public policy director at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. If that happens, "San Francisco is no longer going to be able to be the golden child of the United States economy." … [Read more...] about Covid-19 is turning San Francisco’s inequality gap into a chasm

The letters follow escalating internal debate. A Black midwife, supported by some employees of color, has been on strike for a month to protest the deputies’ presence and the trauma she said she has experienced because of them. Other staff have objected to removing deputies, while some Black staff members have expressed mixed feelings, saying they are grateful for deputies protecting them from assaults but are concerned by incidents including one in which deputies used a stun gun on a Black psychotic patient. … [Read more...] about Defund the police? Debate rages at SF General Hospital over use of sheriff’s deputies

Some local authorities in California have pushed back on Newsom’s requirement for residents to wear masks or facial coverings while they are out in public, including the sheriff’s offices for Sacramento, Placer and Fresno counties, which have announced that they would not enforce the order. … [Read more...] about San Mateo supervisor wants fines up to $500 for repeat mask scofflaws

For the past three months, Newsom and the state corrections department have resisted large-scale releases, arguing that more incremental actions could “decompress” the system and get the outbreaks under control. In April, the state released 3,500 people in custody who were within two months of getting out and were not incarcerated for violent crimes, and a release of similar scope began on Wednesday. … [Read more...] about San Quentin is one of nation’s biggest coronavirus outbreaks. What Newsom does now may affect entire Bay Area