A ransomware gang has struck gold again, this time for more than $1 million.The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) announced on June 26 that it paid $1.14 million to a ransomware group.“We … made the difficult decision to pay some portion of the ransom, approximately $1.14 million, to the individuals behind the malware attack in…
Reopening Santa Clara County schools this fall not guaranteed, officials say If you cannot view this on your mobile device. Click here. California Governor Gavin Newsom provides an update on the COVID-19 response on June 30 at noon PT. He will discuss the state’s initiative to secure hotel and motel rooms to protect homeless individuals…
California recorded its highest daily coronavirus count for the third time in just over a week on Monday with 8,000 infections while also surpassing 6,000 deaths, officials said.The uptick comes as the virus continues to make a resurgence after months of unprecedented orders to combat its spread. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that hospitalizations have…
Three months after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an unprecedented statewide stay-at-home order designed to stem the spread of the coronavirus, California recorded its highest single-day count of COVID-19 cases. Monday’s tally of more than 8,000 infections broke the state’s daily record for the third time in eight days.On Tuesday, the state was faced with a…
A colleague texted Dr. Erica Pan, the health officer for Alameda County, a photo of the yard sign. It showed a photo of her with the words “Financially destroyed families and businesses” and “#A--holeMD.” “I’m getting antagonism in all sorts of ways,” said Dr. Pan, who has been trolled on social media, received threats to…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…