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Stay-at-home order issued for San Francisco Bay Area, ahead of state mandate



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California Street, usually filled with iconic cable cars, is seen mostly empty in San Francisco, California on March 17, 2020.Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty ImagesSan Francisco Bay Area health officials announced on Friday that they would implement California’s new stay-at-home order early, even though they haven’t reached the state’s threshold triggering the new restrictions.”Today is a really tough day,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed said during a press briefing. “Our hospitalization rates are rising locally, especially in our ICU right now. And just as importantly, hospitalizations are rising everywhere, so if we run out of beds, there won’t be another county …

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