Thursday, May 2, 2024

Tagged with: Health

First COVID case in homeless shelter; supes demand hotel rooms

The first resident of a local homeless shelter tested positive for COVID today, and five supervisors upped their demand that the city move immediately...

With Black community hard-hit by COVID, Bayview groups demand aid

As tragic stories about COVID cluster deaths in Black communities begin to emerge from New York and Detroit to Georgia and beyond, many are...

Mayor, supervisors at odds over hotel rooms for homeless

UPDATE: The first case of COVID in a homeless shelter has been reported.  The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday to place sheltered...

Density, neoliberalism, and COVID

"There is a density level in NYC that is destructive. It has to stop and it has to stop now. NYC must develop an...

Where’s the money for health care and saving the planet? Well, we clearly have it

With an unprecedented $2 trillion economic stabilization package at last finalized, and a flood of cash and credit emanating from the government to stem the...

Silenced in place? SF’s resilient music scene faces its latest obstacle

As Broken Horse, an enduring San Francisco band that calls its oeuvre Western Doom Noir, erupted into tuning instruments at its Rite Spot comeback show...

In COVID crisis, judges decide to keep more people in jail

At a time when local authorities are working hard to reduce the number of inmates in county jails to reduce the spread of COVID-19,...

Examined Life: Replace existing normal

So, here we are. I finally did my laundry. It had piled up from a week of vacation, followed by a week of social distancing,...

‘Rogue’ party uproar shows tech, journalism’s COVID-19 limits

As unpleasant as it is to find out that swans are not in fact mating-for-life in Venetian canals next to frolicking dolphins, it’s doubly...

Who’s going to pay for the stimulus bill?

I was talking to a friend the other day about the stimulus bill, and we agreed that the most important thing Congress could do...