The Bay Area is being hit yet again with another storm and high rise buildings in San Francisco are once again seeing cracks in window panes. This time, the storm brings strong winds, downpours, lightning and even hail. The last thing crews working on the Pajaro River levee need is more rain. Only temporary measures are being put in place until long term repairs are expected to start. With all the soil saturation, we're already worried about the stability of hillsides and trees and then this morning, Mother Nature threw us a series of quakes along the San Mateo County Coast and Peninsula. A 3.5 quake usually doesn't rattle nerves, but so many of us are already suffering from storm anxiety.
RSV, it’s a nasty, even potentially deadly upper respiratory virus we’ve been telling you about lately, mostly impacting newborns and toddlers. However, RSV has also been targeting older adults during a late winter, early spring time spike.
The climate does not care about what your calendar says and this winter has had a special bite. A bill that attempts to limit spiking gas prices in California has quickly passed the legislature and is now awaiting the governor’s signature. Doctors in Contra Costa County have a new contract which will help in hiring much needed additional doctors. The Oakland Zoo has lost one of its older residents, a 46 year old elephant named Lisa had to be euthanized.
The National League of cities is meeting in the nation's capitol right now, What are the more than 25 hundred attendees from across the country talking about? With the financial sector still in turmoil two weeks after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, but a South Bay lawmaker is pushing for a legislative fix.