Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Wednesday, Oct. 28, and Dungeness crab may again be off the table for Thanksgiving. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Virus cases edge upward, but reopening advances
Coronavirus cases are starting to climb slightly in parts of California as the national pandemic surges, but the Bay Area on Tuesday continued to lift local restrictions, opening more businesses and activities in San Francisco and a handful of other counties. Three Bay Area counties — Contra Costa, Marin and San Mateo — moved up a tier in the state’s reopening system.
But the Bay Area as a whole has seen an uptick in cases over the past week. Two counties, Napa and Solano, are at risk of moving to a more restrictive reopening tier. As Erin Allday and Alexei Koseff report, local public health officials said they are not yet alarmed, but they are watching data carefully.
“If we start seeing concerning signals, as we’ve done before, we will not hesitate to take more aggressive action,” said Dr. Grant Colfax, director of San Francisco’s Department of Public Health.
• Reopening tracker: Where each California county stands in color-coded system.
• Five coronavirus cases at UCSF prompt 28 workers to quarantine, 15 patients to be placed in isolation.
• Students at these San Francisco high schools are headed back to class soon.
• Cinemark is reopening most of its Bay Area movie theaters this week.
• Here’s a list of the Bay Area venues, attractions and museums that are open now.
• Three western states join California in screening any FDA-approved coronavirus vaccine.
California may delay crab season to save the whales
New state regulations may mean that Dungeness crab won’t be in stores in time for Thanksgiving — again. The rules, which are aimed at preventing entanglements of endangered whales and sea turtles for the season starting on Nov. 15, could put the brakes on commercial fishing of the West Coast crustaceans.
Under these rules, which go into effect Nov. 1, the department’s director can close or limit fishing in certain areas when there is a higher risk of whales or turtles getting harmed. If the season is going to be delayed, news could come next week.
Progressive prosecutor or politician?
After more than a decade in office, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley had never charged a police officer in a deadly force case and has received thousands in contributions from police unions. But recent, back-to-back decisions in police shooting cases have earned applause from police accountability advocates — as well as speculation of political calculus ahead of a potential re-election bid.
As Megan Cassidy and Michael Williams report, reactions to O’Malley’s decisions illustrate the changing nature of what it means to be a D.A., in the Bay Area and nationwide.
Around the Bay
• Spin expands fleet: S.F. scooter workers see second chance during pandemic as rentals grow and Muni recedes.
• “Not out of the woods”: Latest Bay Area fire threat ends, but ominous weather patterns aren’t over. However: Region unlikely to notice smoke from Central Sierra fires.
• Asymptomatic: Cal men’s basketball workouts paused after positive coronavirus test.
• Lawsuit reinstated: Union City man may sue police officer who knelt on his back.
• No more leadership churn? Yosemite gets new superintendent in bid for stability at the national park.
• Funding boost: San Francisco expands jobs program by $7.4 million.
• Radio reporter covered City Hall: Barbara Taylor, fixture of S.F. political journalism, dies at 73.
Election 2020: Bay Area decides
You know election day is coming in San Francisco when Jay Streets moves his fleet of classic cars onto the streets of Cole Valley, cleans out his garage and festoons his home with American flags and red, white and blue bunting. Streets runs one of 190 garage polling places, a San Francisco tradition.
As Sam Whiting reports, other Bay Area counties have gone to centralized elections in big community centers and churches, but San Francisco still employs the polling precinct concept.
“Garage voting is very old-San Francisco,” said Lisa Gautier, who hosts a polling place in Twin Peaks. “The civic duty of it warms the cockles of my heart.”
More local election coverage:
• Opponents of S.F. real estate tax measure raise over $2 million. Here’s why.
• Kamala Harris and President Trump working for votes in Nevada, which is still up for grabs.
• Poll: California’s Prop. 22 to keep Uber, Lyft drivers as contractors falling short.
• S.F. voters see burst of campaign ads ahead of the election. Who’s behind them?
• These charts show California is voting early at historic levels.
• 13 ballot measures on the San Francisco ballot.
• What to expect if you’re voting in person.
• 2020 election live updates: Get the latest news on Trump vs. Biden, California propositions and Bay Area races.
Bay Briefing is written by Taylor Kate Brown, Anna Buchmann and Kellie Hwang and sent to readers’ email inboxes on weekday mornings. Sign up for the newsletter here, and contact the writers at taylor.brown@sfchronicle.com, anna.buchmann@sfchronicle.com, and kellie.hwang@sfchronicle.com.
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