Even before getting out of bed, 97-year-old Elaine LeLanne begins her morning exercises, which continues to the bathroom sink, and into her home gym. “Twenty minutes a day gets me on my way,” LeLanne told The New York Times.

In the mid-1940s, Elaine moved to San Francisco dreaming of a career in entertainment. She moved her way into television, she eventually became a producer and co-host of a live daily variety show. As a then 27-year-old divorced, single mother with a demanding job, Elaine “smoked cigarettes, ate candy bars for lunch and, like most Americans of the time, didn’t devote much thought to exercise and nutrition.”

Then in 1951, Jack LeLanne, a local body builder and gym owner, did push-ups throughout an entire 90-minute program while the hosts carried on as usual. Soon after meeting, Jack chided Elaine for smoking and eating a donut. Elaine responded by blowing smoke in his face. But eventually, not only did Elaine warm up to Jack, but also his beliefs about food and exercise.

With Elaine’s experience in television and Jack’s charisma, the two launched an entertainment empire that went on to include a TV show, dozens of fitness gadgets, supplements, as well as a gym chain with over 100 locations worldwide. Elaine managed the busines while Jack rose to fame, only occasionally stepping into the limelight as Jack’s co-host

(Michael Tyrone Delaney/NYT)

LaLanne told The New York Times that her life has been built on the importance of positive thinking. Like she would train her muscles, she trained her mind to look for silver linings almost by force of will.

For more advice from Elaine LaLanne on aging well and what she’s up to next (Hint: Mark Whalberg has singed on to play Jack on the big screen), check out her profile by Danielle Friedman for The New York Times here.

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The coronavirus test positivity rate in San Francisco, which tracks the percentage of tests coming back positive for COVID-19, topped 14% on Wednesday, according to city data. That is the second-highest rate the city has reached to date.

“Cases are high — they are still high — although they are lower than during the omicron surge of BA.1 this winter,” said Dr. Susan Philip, the city’s health officer during a health commission meeting Tuesday.

The seven-day average climbed up to 18.9% this January during the winter surge before dropping to 2.4% in mid-March. It has been rising steadily since and is now far higher than the statewide average of 8.9%.

A rule of thumb among infectious disease experts is that 5% is considered “too high,” according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

San Francisco reached a pre-omicron peak of 13.4% in April 2020.

Medical Assistant Cindy Mont, left, administers a COVID test on Victor Torres, a food delivery driver who delivers food to people under quarantine, at a community testing site managed by Unidos En Salud in the Mission District of San Francisco, California Friday, Jan. 7, 2022.

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Alongside Santa Clara and San Mateo, San Francisco is the county with the highest coronavirus infection rate in the state. It reported an average of 57 cases per 100,000 residents as of Friday, the most recent day with confirmed data. That is up from about 43 per 100,000 a month ago. And that number is likely an undercount since many people now rely on at-home tests that don’t usually get reported or added to official case counts.

George Lemp, an infectious disease expert who is retired from the University of California, said in an email to The Chronicle that case numbers may be four times higher than what is reported.

“It is unfortunate that current cases of Omicron BA.2/BA.2.12.1 are highly underreported,” he said. “This makes it very difficult to track pandemic trends and to assess current prevention efforts. We are somewhat limited to tracking hospitalizations, deaths, and to conducting wastewater surveillance. In other countries, such as England, large population-based sampling serosurveys have provided much more information on the scope and trends of the epidemic.”

The uptick comes as San Francisco’s new budget eliminates funding for multiple community coronavirus test sites in the Mission and Bayview districts, some of the city’s hardest-hit neighborhoods by the coronavirus.

“Our health programs would close in the next 30 days,” Ivan Corado-Vega, manager for the Latino Task Force, told ABC. His organization has tested more than 90,000 people and vaccinated more than 60,000 since establishing the sites, which employ nearly 200 people.

Community leaders say with the city experiencing another surge of cases and hospitalizations, the results of the cuts could be devastating. There were 86 people in the hospital with COVID in San Francisco as of Wednesday — a nearly 50% increase in the past month.

“At our testing sites, we are seeing double-digit positive rates. At both of our sites here in the Mission. For the Excelsior site, we are seeing positive rates in the 20s, so COVID is here,” said Corado-Vega.

San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton said shutting down the testing sites is “devastating to our communities of need.”

Mayor London Breed’s office blamed state and federal officials for the lack of resources.

“There will be less funding overall for our COVID response in our upcoming budget,” it said in a statement. “But the mayor’s budget still includes $57 million for San Francisco’s ongoing COVID response in the upcoming budget, including $3 million for community hubs.”

Five Bay Area counties — Marin, Napa, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma — are in the highest risk category as defined by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And Alameda County became the first in the state to reinstate a local indoor mask mandate, largely in response to spiking COVID hospitalizations.

Health officials in San Francisco and other Bay Area counties have so far resisted reimposing any mitigation measures, despite waning vaccine immunity and the rapid emergence of multiple coronavirus variants.

“Severe disease resulting in hospitalizations is not as high as during the winter surge, fortunately,” Philip said. “We now have readily available high-quality masks like N95s, KN95s and KF94s. Most importantly, we have among the highest rates of vaccination in the world in our city.”

Aidin Vaziri (he/him) is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: avaziri@sfchronicle.com

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About 200 employees at a major hospital in San Francisco and the University of California, San Francisco’s health system, most of them fully vaccinated, tested positive for the coronavirus this month and most had the highly contagious Delta variant, according to a hospital official.

Some of the cases were asymptomatic, most included mild to moderate symptoms, and two required hospitalization, officials said. The infections were found to be Delta-related because most of the samples in San Francisco were tested for the variant that is now prevalent in the city.

About 75 to 80 percent of the 50+ infected employees at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital are fully vaccinated, said Dr. Lukejohn Day, the hospital’s chief physician, in an interview on Saturday. The University of California, San Francisco, in a statement released Friday, said 153 of the 183 cases were reported in their hospitals, clinics and on campus was fully vaccinated. [Update: On Aug. 2, the university clarified that 146 of the cases were among staff members in its health system, and that 37 were among U.C.S.F. researchers, other university staff and students. It also reported that, of the two people hospitalized, one was vaccinated and the other was not.]

None of the infected San Francisco General staff members were hospitalized, and most had mild to moderate symptoms, said Dr. Day. The asymptomatic cases were discovered through contact tracing.

With no vaccinations, said Dr. Day, the hospitalization rate would be much worse.

“We’re worried right now that we’re seeing an increase here in San Francisco and the Bay Area,” said Dr. Day. “But what we’re seeing is exactly what the vaccine data showed us: you can still possibly get Covid. But when you get it, it’s not serious at all. “

On July 11, San Francisco ordered that workers in high-risk workplaces, including hospitals, should be vaccinated by September 15. This includes that all employees and trainees must adhere to the new UC system-wide Covid-19 vaccination mandate, with limited exceptions for medical or religious exceptions. ”

Staff at both hospitals continue to wear personal protective equipment, said Dr. Day. But the number of personal infections reported in July is about as high as it was during the height of the winter wave.

“We are nervous that we could possibly exceed it,” said Dr. Day.

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The man and woman are Kaua’i residents who tested positive during pre-travel screenings prior to their United Airlines flight from SFO over the weekend.

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The two cases have increased the total number of currently positive cases on the island of Kaua’i from 15 to 17. The cumulative number of cases on the island is 131.

Starting Wednesday, all travelers arriving in Kaua’i will be subject to a 14-day self-quarantine, regardless of the tests.

Our sister broadcaster KGO-TV contacted United Airlines and returned the following statement:

“The health and safety of our employees and customers is our top priority. This is why we have implemented various policies and procedures as part of a layered approach to creating a safer travel environment. Before traveling, all United customers are required to complete a checklist for the Complete Flight Readiness Level confirming no diagnosis of COVID-19 has been made in the past 14 days. We are investigating this matter further to assess the ability of these passengers to fly United in the future. ”

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Just before 1 a.m. in Washington early Friday morning, the President of the United States sent a tweet that quickly sent shock waves around the globe.

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus. The president tweeted that he and the first lady would “begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately.”

[Read the story: “Trump and first lady test positive for the coronavirus” in the Los Angeles Times]

His positive test came just hours after the White House announced that Senior Adjutant Hope Hicks tested positive for the virus after several trips with the president this week, including the first presidential debate in Ohio on Tuesday and a campaign rally in Minnesota had Wednesday. Vice President Mike Pence tested negative on Friday morning.

The president traveled to New Jersey for re-election Thursday and appeared at a fundraiser at his Bedminster Golf Club. According to the New York Times, White House officials have been aware of Hicks’ likely diagnosis since Wednesday night, though she reportedly didn’t receive her positive test until Thursday.

News of Trump’s diagnosis comes just a month before the US presidential election and seven months into a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans and changed almost every aspect of life across the country. The president has repeatedly downplayed the severity of the coronavirus threat and refused to adhere to public health guidelines.

Trump is 74 years old and has a higher risk of serious complications from the coronavirus. According to the Associated Press, this is the most serious known public health fear a sitting US president has encountered in recent history. Several other world leaders, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, have previously contracted the coronavirus.

And now this is happening across California:

Dangerously dry and windy conditions will challenge the crews battling the glass fire in California’s wine country in the coming days as officials warn that gusts of wind could potentially drive the fire towards communities in Napa County. Los Angeles times

Disney’s Bob Iger resigns from Governor Gavin Newsom’s task force as tensions mount over theme park closures: the Los Angeles Times

California Adds a COVID-19 Equity Requirement: California’s major counties will only be allowed to further open their economies if they reduce coronavirus infections in the hardest-hit locations where poor, black, Latin American and Pacific islanders live. Los Angeles times

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LA STORIES

Mega donors and police unions have poured nearly $ 12 million into the LA District Attorney’s race. Incumbent Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey’s campaign was largely backed by law enforcement unions, while wealthy lawyers primarily focused on the Bay Area provided much of the funding for challenger George Gascón. Los Angeles times

After a disastrous election in March, LA County faces a “major challenge” in November. It will be the first choice since the troubled debut of the county’s new $ 300 million electoral system that officials have been trying for months to fix. Los Angeles times

In these Koreatown stores, kimchi is everything and more. Independent kimchi stores try to focus on quality and specific flavor in order to stand out from the crowd. Los Angeles times

Traditional Baechu Kimchi and Baek Kimchi surrounded by a range of raw materials from Kae Sung Market in Koreatown.

(Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)

[See also: “Your guide to the must-try kimchis of L.A.” in the Los Angeles Times]

Dodgers Advance: The Dodgers battled the Milwaukee Brewers in the best-of-three wildcard round at Dodger Stadium and moved to the National League Division Series to face either the St. Louis Cardinals or the San Diego Padres . Los Angeles times

POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Trump’s war on electoral integrity “follows a racist playbook used in Orange County in the 1980s.” Columnist Gustavo Arellano advocates historical comparisons. Los Angeles times

The government has attempted to intimidate the department into keeping a Foster Farms poultry factory open despite the coronavirus outbreak at the facility, according to the Merced County’s director of public health. CBS News

CRIME AND COURTS

A federal appeals court upheld Newsom’s coronavirus restrictions on indoor worship during the pandemic. A majority in the U.S. 9th appeals court said California’s church health ordinances did not discriminate against religious expression. Los Angeles times

HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

One reason for the terrible fire season in Northern California? Less rain than in Southern California. Los Angeles times

A ranger station in Sequoia National Forest was wrapped in foil like a “big baked potato” to protect it from wildfire. “Only one chimney stuck out, making the structure look like a big, badly wrapped Christmas present.” Fresno bee

CALIFORNIA CULTURE

California’s Deepening Crises: Santa Cruz County Lost Nearly 1,000 Homes To The CZU Lightning Complex Fires. The real estate crisis is now worse than ever. San Francisco Chronicle

The workers quietly come back to the offices in Southern California. About 25% of the country’s employees already come to the office regularly – not five days a week, but at least two or three days, according to research by Newmark Knight Frank broker Ryan Harding and his colleagues. Los Angeles times

Alexandra Rousso, foreground, left, and Carly Kinnan, background, left, receptionists at Hudson Pacific Properties, a large Los Angeles office rental company, work behind security partitions to protect themselves from the coronavirus.

(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Desperate for art and culture IRL? Here are six shows in Southern California to see in person. Los Angeles times

A poem to start your Friday: “Pan Dulce” by Jose Hernandez Diaz. Poetry Foundation

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CALIFORNIA ALMANAC

Los Angeles: sunny, 96. San Diego: sunny, 84. San Francisco: partly sunny, 78. San Jose: partly sunny, 93. Fresno: sunny, 98. Sacramento: sunny, 100. More weather is here.

AND FINALLY

Today’s California memory comes from Hap Freund:

In 1978, Claudia, the woman I eventually married, I moved from a house in eight acres of woodland and pasture overlooking Puget Sound to Santa Monica while she was attending law school in Los Angeles. I started my job in Ventura and commuted on the Pacific Coast Highway for the first few weeks. Every morning I was excited to see little black figures in the water as I drove north; I came home every evening to tell Claudia about the seals I saw. Until I finally discovered, embarrassed, that they were surfers in wetsuits.

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