SF City Guides
8 Stunning Free Bay Area Park Zoom Backgrounds
Bay Area Updates Take your Zoom call from boring to soaring by transporting you and your video-chat-mates to sites around the Golden Gate National Parks such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the calming greenery of Muir Woods, or the refined masonry of Fort Point. Download these beautiful Bay Area Backgrounds You can now download free more...
Whole Foods To Give Free Face Masks To All Shoppers
COVID-19 Updates, Freebies Thank you, Nexstar for letting us know that Whole Foods Markets across the country will provide free masks to all customers starting next week – along with requiring customers to wear masks. Amazon-owned Whole Foods announced on their blog on April 30, “To help protect the safety and health of our more...
SF’s Updated Map for New Car-Free Streets
Bay Area Updates The SFMTA’s new “Slow Streets” program is designed to limit through traffic on certain residential streets and allow them to be used more as a shared space for foot and bicycle traffic. The implementation has already begun and this map will show you the progress so far. When will these changes more...
SF’s “How Weird” Festival Goes Online May 3 w/ Six Simultaneous Live Streams
Bay Area Updates, Community San Francisco’s 2020 festival season sure is weird! The How Weird Street Faire would have had its 21st event on Sunday, May 3, 2020. The faire is known for bringing many people together creating a very diverse community. During the pandemic, art and culture and community are still needed. Since people more...
Cirque du Soleil 60-Minute Special Premiere
Virtual Events Cirque Du Soleil debuts its new 60 minute special unlike any other. On Friday, May 1st at noon, Cirque du Soleil presents thrilling acts from One Night for One Drop, an annual spectacular show imagined by Cirque du Soleil and presented by MGM Resorts in support of One Drop. Tune more...
Moraga Man’s Epic Daily Teddy Bear Window Scenes
Artsy Fartsy, Uplifting We love the adorable viral Teddy Bear Hunt that’s been popping up all over The Bay and around the world. Inspired by the book, “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,” communities all across the globe are bringing the story to life by placing teddy bears and other stuffed animals in their front more...
SF Golf Course Re-Opens May 4th. No Longer Public Park
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open It was a short, great ride. During the initial part of the shutdown, the 145-acre Presidio Golf Course was turned into a public park open for families, walkers and joggers. Just announced on April 30th, the Presidio course will re-open for golf on May 4th with the state and city’s approval. So more...
California Will NOT Be Closing Beaches Statewide (For Now)
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open Nothing has been made official yet, but according to many media reports (Fox News, NBC, CBS), Governor Newsom is expected to announce a statewide closure of all California beaches and state parks effective Friday, May 1st. Update: Beaches across California are not being closed state-wide. The only beaches being closed are more...
$2 Million of Wagyu Steaks Donated to SF Food Banks
Uplifting Thanks to ABC7 for the wonderful news that Snake River Farms of Idaho donated 35,000 American Wagyu steaks to SF worth $2 million. Snake River Farms of Idaho is trying to show compassion in this trying time. Snake River Farms usually sells to San Francisco’s fine restaurants. But with most restaurants closed, the more...
Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum’s YouTube Space Concert
Uplifting Join the National Air and Space Museum for a YouTube concert event, sharing songs about space and isolation to celebrate how extreme situations can bring out the very best in us all and why there’s no challenge we can’t face together. The concert will be hosted by Tested’s Adam Savage, will more...
The Shins “Oh, Inverted World” Ballet on YouTube for Just 48 Hours
Bay Area Updates Thanks to SFWeekly for letting us know about The Shins Ballet “Oh, Inverted World” streaming for 48 hours on YouTube. Smuin Contemporary Ballet presents Trey McIntyre’s hit Oh, Inverted World as the next installment of its Hump Day Ballets series. An intoxicating pop ballet is set to music by influential indie more...
Teddy Bear Hunt Perks Up The Bay Area + SF’s Map of Where to Find Them
Uplifting Teddy Bears never fail to give us this warm fuzzy feeling. Everyone loves a stuffed animal; we’ve all had one at some point in our lives. Some of us might still have one – a cute, furry friend that has been with us through thick and thin. Inspired by the book more...
Bolinas Tests All 1,800 for COVID-19. But No One Tests Positive.
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates Last week, (April 20-23) one Bay Area city attempted to become among the first towns in the world to test every resident for COVID-19 and then formulate a plan to contact trace and quarantine to fight the virus. 1844 residents and first responders were tested in the secluded North Bay town more...
San Francisco Abandons Plan to Give All Students “A’s”
Bay Area Updates Thanks to the SF Chronicle for letting us know that last night the San Francisco school board officially abandoned its attempts to give students (Grades 6-12) automatic A’s for this semester and instead will use a credit/no credit policy. The change was adopted the Board of Education meeting on April 28th after more...
Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Now Open at Alameda County Fairgrounds
COVID-19 Updates Thanks to ABC7 for sharing the good news that a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site opened at Alameda County Fairgrounds on Monday. Effective April 27, Stanford Health Care – ValleyCare (SHC – VC) in coordination with the cities of Pleasanton, Livermore, and Dublin and the Alameda County Fairgrounds will be operating a more...
