Your key COVID-19 questions answered
What is an essential business? Can I take my kid to the park? Is the DMV open? Where can I get relief money? Answers to these and more of your frequently asked questions.
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If you can sew, you can help those on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight
Some hospitals are using fabric masks over N95 masks as they can be removed and sanitized. Other agencies want them for their work with the elderly or the homeless.
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How East Bay grocery stores are responding to COVID-19
As the pandemic continues, markets have been addressing new challenges to keep stores stocked, while maintaining safety for its customers and workers.
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After 10 days on lockdown, Berkeley is a quieter, more cautious city
A tough, but necessary mandate to self-isolate has transformed a once bustling, active city into a quieter place, one that moves at a slower pace.
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Berkeley Unified students will get more remote schooling starting in April
BUSD released its highly anticipated “distance learning plan” Wednesday.
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Update: Berkeley amends its shutdown order for cannabis businesses; curbside pick-up once again allowed
Even curbside pickup has been stopped. The order means most of Berkeley’s cannabis businesses will close as they don’t have delivery service.
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East Bay parks announce new closures to begin Friday
The East Bay Regional Park District has announced a raft of new park closures — which affect both parking and trail access — to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
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Who gets to learn in Berkeley, and how, when COVID-19 has closed all schools?
Berkeley schools are undergoing identity crises as they scramble to try to keep serving all their students.
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City preps quarantine sites, closes sports courts as COVID-19 response continues
The city is closing its basketball courts and tot lots and working to set up eight new trailers where homeless people who are infected with COVID-19 can get medical help without putting other campers in danger.
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Update: Berkeley closes dog parks, East Bay parks require dogs on leash
New rules for dog owners are now in effect to maintain safe social distancing.
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Here’s what we know about N95 masks
Where can you donate N95 masks? Should you be wearing one yourself? Here are your top questions answered.
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You probably can’t get tested for COVID-19 in Berkeley. But here’s how it works
Hospitals have strict procedures on who should be tested.
