Shutdown

AT&T began shutting down its 3G network Tuesday, impacting millions of people who still rely on the service, including seniors whose lives may be put at risk. Bob Redell reports.

AT&T says starting next week it will permanently shut down its 3G network to make room for more 5G spectrum, and that will have a direct impact on more than 2 million users. Bob Redell reports.

Congress passed the bill earlier Thursday, hours before a looming midnight deadline.

In the East Bay, restaurants would normally spend their day preparing for big New Year’s crowds, but this year they’re spending it trying to find ways to be part of the safe at home holiday.

In the East Bay, restaurants would normally spend their day preparing for big New Year’s crowds, but this year they’re spending it trying to find ways to be part of the safe at home holiday. Pete Suratos reports.

A landmark restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown is closing its doors because the owner said he can’t continue to lose money during the shutdown – but city leaders are hoping to help save it.

A landmark restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown is closing its doors while the owner says he can’t continue to lose money during the shutdown. But city leaders are hoping they can help save it. Jean Elle reports.

A San Mateo County supervisor says the county should join others in the Bay Area and not wait for the state’s order to shut down. Jackie Ward reports.

Governor Gavin Newsom had dire words as he rolled out his new stay-at-home order Thursday. “Lives will be lost unless we do more than we’ve ever done,” said Newsom from his home where he is in quarantine. The governor enforced a stay at home order back in March, but this time, you may have noticed the metrics controlling whether...

President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday ruled out a national shutdown, saying, “Every area, every community can be different, and so there’s no circumstance in which I can see that would require a total national shutdown. I think that would be counterproductive.”

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo announced on Thursday the state would institute a two-week pause starting at the end of November to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in the state.

America does not need another large-scale shutdown to contain the surging coronavirus pandemic, the top official coordinating the Trump administration’s COVID-19 testing said on Sunday.

For residents across America’s Sun Belt — business owners and workers, consumers and home buyers —  the past three months have delivered about the scariest ride in memory

Large crowds gathered to protest California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to close beaches in Orange County, Calif., after large crowds were seen at beaches last weekend.

Actress Vanessa Hudgens is facing backlash after she called the coronavirus shutdowns “bull—-” and said people dying as a result of the virus is “inevitable.”

Last week, Congress ended the federal shutdown — at least for now — slowing the daily flow of stories about furloughed workers who cannot pay their rent, work but have no savings, or are insured but cannot afford their medication. But while those workers have returned to their jobs, NBC News reports, the problems that come with economic insecurity remain...

Seth Meyers takes a closer look at President Donald Trump’s speech about the government shutdown and the deal he offered that both Democrats and hard-line conservatives have rejected.

Senate leaders agreed to hold votes this week on dueling proposals to reopen shuttered federal agencies, forcing a political reckoning for senators grappling with the longest shutdown in U.S. history: Side with President Donald Trump or vote to temporarily end the shutdown and keep negotiating. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. set up the two showdown votes for Thursday, a...

Just two months after a wildfire wiped out Paradise, California, officials are gearing up for this year’s fire season and fear the government shutdown could make it even more difficult than one of the worst in history. The winter months are critical for wildfire managers who use the break from the flames to prepare for the next onslaught, but much...