Map of California COVID tiers: 3 Bay Area counties among 15 moving to orange

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• Coronavirus: Here are vaccination totals and county tier levels in California on March 30 As of Tuesday, March 30, the California Department of Public Health’s vaccine dashboard showed about 22.3 million doses have been shipped throughout the state (3.01 million in the past week) and of those, 17.64 million have been administered (2.54 million in the last week). According to Bloomberg’s dashboard tracking vaccine distribution, 30.2% of California’s population has received at least one shot and 15.8% of residents are fully vaccinated. California has the highest daily rate of doses administered in the country…
• Teachers approve West Contra Costa Unified’s school reopening plan Teachers in the West Contra Costa Unified School District have ratified a school reopening plan that will allow all willing students to return to campuses on April 19, the union said Friday. According to United Teachers of Richmond, 78% of its members approved a hybrid model that combines distance learning and classroom instruction. The district’s school board approved the model late last week. The union’s members voted through Thursday on whether they were willing to come back to school with…
• COVID: Oakland A’s expand tickets in orange tier, but can’t go past 26 percent capacity The Oakland A’s will be opening up the Coliseum to over a thousand more fans per game for the 2021 season. With Alameda among a handful of Bay Area counties moving on to the orange stage of California’s COVID-19 reopening plan, attendance at outdoor sporting events can move from 20% capacity to 33% capacity. But the A’s won’t have the space to reach 33% capacity while maintaining six feet of separation between pods of two and four. While the A’s…
• Contra Costa men lose appeal in large-scale meth trafficking case; one defendant argued he needed money for son’s pending murder case SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has rejected two Concord-area convicted meth traffickers’ bid for either a new trial or more lenient sentences, court records show. Concord resident Donnie Phillips, 67, and Clayton resident Gordon Miller, 63, were sentenced to 25 and 20 years, respectively, for methamphetamine distribution in 2018, in a case where prosecutors described Phillips as a middleman and Miller as a higher-up in a large-scale meth trafficking ring. The charges stemmed from a 2015 undercover investigation…
• California OKs indoor sports, concerts as COVID cases plunge Sports, theater and music fans will be able to take their seats again in California as the state's coronavirus cases plummet and vaccinations jump. After a year-long ban on most indoor seating, the state Friday set the stage for a literal stage-setting that could see resumption of NBA games and live entertainment performances in most counties beginning April 15. Most of the state's 58 counties will be permitted to allow at least some indoor seating because they fall into the…
• California OKs indoor sports, concerts as COVID cases plunge Sports, theater and music fans will be able to take their seats again in California as the state's coronavirus cases plummet and vaccinations jump. After a year-long ban on most indoor seating, the state Friday set the stage for a literal stage-setting that could see resumption of NBA games and live entertainment performances in most counties beginning April 15. Most of the state's 58 counties will be permitted to allow at least some indoor seating because they fall into the…
• Photos: Bay Area high school football Week 4, weekend coverage Los Gatos 56, Mountain View 23 LOS GATOS, CA – APRIL 2: Los Gatos quarterback Alex Grado throws a touchdown pass to Quinn Merritt in the first quarter of a high school football game against Mountain View, Friday, April 2, 2021, in Los Gatos, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) LOS GATOS, CA – APRIL 2: Los Gatos’s Quinn Merritt catches a touchdown pass in the end zone against Mountain View’s Brian Cotner in the first quarter of a high school…
• Man, woman killed in Monterey Park shooting MONTEREY PARK — A man and woman were killed Monday night in a shooting in Monterey Park. Officers responded about 6:30 p.m. to the 500 block of West Garvey Avenue, east of Atlantic Boulevard, where they found the victims, both of whom were pronounced dead at the scene, according to Deputy Tracy Koerner of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which was assisting Monterey Park police with the investigation. A motive for the shooting and description of any suspects were…
• Map: 4.0 earthquake in Los Angeles A 4.0 magnitude earthquake shook Los Angeles early Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake, at 4:44 a.m., was centered near Hollywood Park, three miles east of Los Angeles International Airport. It was preceded at 4:15 by a 3.3 quake in the same area. Reports to the USGS website indicate quakes were felt across the Los Angeles metro area, from the San Fernando Valley to northern San Diego County. Related Articles Map: Third magnitude-4 earthquake off California’s North Coast…
• Covid tracker: California reported 40 fewer hospitalizations with 2,325 new cases and 148 new deaths as of Wednesday According to the end-of-day totals from California public health websites for Wednesday, March 31, there were 2,325 new cases of the coronavirus reported statewide, bringing the total number of cases there have been to 3,643,534. The 14-day average of new cases daily is 2,613, a 93.8% decline from the Jan. 16 high of 42,468. There were 148 new deaths reported Wednesday, for a total of 58,819 people in California who have died from the virus.  The 14-day average of new…