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Recommended reading • The annual, post-holidays spike in health food purchasing has persisted amid a pandemic-driven boom in comfort food, reports Janelle Bitker. “As it turns out, health-minded Bay Area residents continued to buy green juices and macro bowls in droves.” On a similar note, Esther Mobley writes that the perception that people are drinking more during the pandemic didn’t translate into bigger wine sales, according to new statistical data. So... the doomtweets are exaggerating? Who’d have thought? … [Read more...] about Why my list of best Bay Area restaurants is now the Top 25

A few moments later, the driver of that motorcycle tried to leap his vehicle from one direction of the bridge to the other — where the two directions of the bridge overlap near the tunnel — and avoid capture. But the bike didn’t make it over, and the cyclist who had become a passenger flew off and was struck by a pickup truck. … [Read more...] about Motorcyclist dies after Bay Bridge chase

Lopez’s son, Santiago, described his father as “someone who loved San Francisco and always considered it home.” Lopez, who was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, opened the first outpost of El Farolito in San Francisco’s Mission District in 1983. The mini-chain, which has 12 locations throughout the Bay Area, has long been considered one of the best taquerias in the region. … [Read more...] about Bay Briefing: New coronavirus variant on rise in California, tied to Kaiser ER outbreak

Right now, he’s fixated on helping a woman he met at the station the day after Christmas. She was gaunt and disoriented, with the leash of her dead dog wrapped around her. He helped her call relatives who live outside the Bay Area. They’d been anxious since the 28-year-old stopped communicating in September, her previously medicated schizophrenia and paranoia seeming to spiral, and felt helpless as they called many city agencies to check on her. … [Read more...] about S.F. BART cop tries to help homeless, mentally ill and drug addicts. But navigating services is daunting

COVID Vaccine Questions Answered: Can You Still Catch Virus After First Dose?eligible to be vaccinated. But, as of this past Tuesday, anyone at least 65 years old or at least 16 years old, with a preexisting condition, have been added to the list. Individual states ultimately make their own decision, and some states are starting to include teachers and first responders as well. The initial rollout has moved more slowly than everyone has hoped for. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that 25 million doses had been shipped to hospitals and pharmacies as of this past Monday. However, not even nine million of those doses have been administered. Read More … [Read more...] about Bay Area COVID-19 Roundup: Virus Variant Discovered In Santa Clara; Chaotic COVID Vaccine Rollout; Billions Lost In Fraudulent EDD Payments