 The Chronicle began covering the coronavirus crisis before the first cases were reported in the Bay Area and a pandemic was declared. We reorganized the newsroom to dedicate nearly every resource to stories focusing on the health and economic disasters. Every day we have published live updates to reflect the most critical local, national and global updates on COVID-19, and this news is free of charge in an effort to keep our community safe and informed. Read the previous batch of updates from Aug. 17-18. See the full timeline. Updates from Thursday, Aug. 20: 3:33 p.m. Schools disappointed as SF remains on coronavirus watch list: Hopes were dashed for some businesses and private schools that had hoped for a faster path to reopening after Gov. Gavin Newsom predicted San Francisco would come off the states coronavirus monitoring list on Thursday. Instead, the city remained on the list, having missed state-required benchmarks toward progress on case rates and availability of ICU beds. 3:28 p.m. James Beard awards canceled this year: The James Beard Foundation, whose prestigious awards regularly honor Bay Area restaurants, will discontinue the rest of its awards announcements in 2020 due to the pandemics impact on the... 