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Bay Area Headlines: Thursdays, 12/02/21

The first case of the Omicron variant in the US was detected in California, and state officials are urging the unvaccinated to get the shot / Amid growing concerns about retail theft, a San Francisco supervisor is proposing a new law to enact a permitting process for street vendors / Children’s Hospital received $17 million in grants to launch a four-year study into the causes sickle cell disease / Officials in Berkeley could soon convert free parking to paid spots in two residential areas near the UC Berkeley campus, but some local merchants argue it could hurt their businesses

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Kevin Vance created a program of folk music for KALW, A Patchwork Quilt, in October 1991. He grew up in Berkeley during the 1960s and '70s and spent his years learning in public schools, community colleges, bookstores, libraries, and non-commercial radio stations, as well as from the people around him. When he's not on the radio, then he's selling books, taking care of his family, listening to music, entering stuff into a computer, or taking a class.