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Bay Area Lab Aims to Distribute Millions of Coronavirus Tests After Creating Their Own
While testing for the coronavirus has been slow and scarce across the U.S., one Bay Area laboratory has created what they say is a faster, more accurate COVID-19 test, which is already attracting long lines of patients hoping to find out if they are infected.
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Why Most of Us Can't Get Tested for Coronavirus
More than a week after Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in response to the global COVID-19 outbreak, California health officials still have no idea how many residents may have been exposed to the coronavirus due to a lack of usable test kits.
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Big Demand, Potential For Fast Money and No Regulations Make Sober Homes a Wild West
Insiders tell NBC Bay Area that the sober living business is in desperate need of oversight. After getting treatment for drug addiction, sober homes are places, usually single-family homes, people can live together and support each other’s efforts to quit drugs and alcohol. But there’s no government oversight, no inspection, no licensing at all in California. State regulators can only...
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State Investigators Question Workers at San Francisco Public Works Amid Probe into Safety Violations
NBC Bay Area has learned an investigator with Cal/OSHA visited San Francisco Public Works on Monday as part of an ongoing state probe into potential safety violations.
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San Francisco's Process for Hauling Away Trash is ‘Flawed' and ‘Dangerous,' Say City Workers
San Francisco’s process for routinely hauling away garbage is inefficient and dangerous, according to whistleblowers, who spoke to the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit. Their concerns come amid a months-long NBC Bay Area investigation, which revealed serious safety violations inside the city’s embattled street cleaning program, including a failure to properly secure loads when transporting garbage across town to...
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California's New School Superintendent to Unveil Bill Requiring Teacher Training on Transgender Issues
The head of California’s public education system, Tony Thurmond, tells the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit he hopes to sponsor new legislation in the coming days that would require additional training on LGBTQ issues for all middle and high school teachers throughout the state.
