SF City Guides
Oakland Zoo’s “Glowfari” Lantern Festival is Back (Feb. 5)
Get Out: Events, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open After a nearly two month closure, the Oakland Zoo’s Glowfari festival is coming back with an extended run now that the stay-at-home order has been lifted. The new lantern festival was originally supposed to run from November 20 to January 17th, but was cut short in early December due to the more...
Oakland Zoo Set to Reopen February 3
Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open After a nearly two month closure, the Oakland Zoo is planning on reopening to the public on February 3rd for daytime visits and its popular “Glowfari” Lantern Festival will reopening for evening visits starting February 5th Online reservations / ticketing system for daytime reservations will be live on Monday, February 1st more...
SF Temps Dipped Into the 30s This Morning
Storm Watch, Wow Yes, it really was that cold this morning in advance of the big “atmospheric river” storm that’s expected this evening. According to weather.com, certain parts of San Francisco (at least where we are in Duboce Triangle) dipped as low as 39° Fahrenheit on Tuesday morning with a wind chill making it more...
How San Francisco is Prepping for Major Storm
Bay Area Updates, Storm Watch San Francisco Stepping Up Efforts to Prepare for Stormy Conditions This Week COVID-19 Command Center, SFPUC, Public Works increasing storm prep operations while reminding residents of the efforts they can take to get ready San Francisco, CA–In anticipation of heavy wind and rain this week, San Francisco’s COVID-19 Command Center and City more...
Major “Atmospheric River” Coming Tonight to Bay Area: How to Prepare
Bay Area Updates, Storm Watch The National Weather Service sent an update this morning saying that after a brief period of calm, now “is the time to prepare” for the “Atmospheric River” of rain and strong winds which they project to affect the Bay Area on Tuesday evening. Related: How San Francisco is Prepping for Major more...
1 Million Vaccines by July 4: Contra Costa County’s Goal
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Uplifting, Vaccines Contra Costa County has set lofty vaccination goal to vaccinate nearly the entire county’s population (of those 16+) by the 4th of July.* Similar to San Francisco’s goal of vaccinated the entire city by June 30 (and President Biden’s goal of 100 million doses during the first 100 days of his more...
Alameda County Opens Outdoor Dining “Immediately”
Bay Area Updates, Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Due to long-term projections for ICU bed availability and with the state’s Stay-at-Home order rescinded and the county being placed in the purple tier, Alameda County today said that activities and businesses may “resume operation immediately.” Read the full press release. That means outdoor dining is back throughout Alameda County effective today. @AlamedaCounty more...
Outdoor Dining is Back in San Francisco On Thursday
COVID-19 Updates, Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco To Reopen Some Activities In Response To State Lifting Regional Stay At Home Order With the State lifting the Bay Area Regional Stay at Home Order, San Francisco on January 28 will reopen key sectors allowed by the State’s purple tier, with some additional safety precautions given the City’s more...
California Ends 10pm Curfew, But SF Keeps It
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Reopening In big news this morning, Monday, January 25, California has announced that its lifting the regional Stay at Home Order for all regions across the state. Along with this news, California has also ended its 10 pm curfew. UPDATE: According to Eater SF, San Francisco will keep the 10pm curfew for more...
Bay Area ICU Capacity Tops 23%
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates Some positive news to start the week, the Bay Area has had a massive upswing in ICU capacity. Thanks to CBS Bay Area and KRON4 for sharing the uplifting news. As of Saturday, Bay Area’s ICU availability has reportedly experienced a significant increase in the past several weeks, jumping from just more...
San Francisco Reopening Outdoor Dining
Bay Area Updates, Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Following the news that the statewide “Stay-at-Home” order has been lifted, San Francisco Mayor London Breen tweeted that San Francisco will be moving forward with limited re-openings including outdoor dining and personal services (such has salons and barbers) as soon as San Francisco enters the “Purple” tier. UPDATE: San Francisco Will more...
California Lifts Stay-at-Home Order: What’s Next?
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open As new cases and hospitalizations decline, the state of California announced on Monday morning that the stay-at-home orders for all regions across the state have been lifted. Read the Press Release This means the easing of restrictions will no longer be based strictly on regional ICU capacity or projected 4-week ICU capacity, more...
Contra Costa County Has Vaccinated 6.7% of Population So Far
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines Contra Costa County has launched a brand new COVID vaccine dashboard so you can track how many people have been vaccinated. Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the new of the new live dashboard for the county. So far (as of January 22), 62,594 residents in the county have received their first dose more...
East Bay City Gives $1 Million to Its Restaurants & Bars
Bay Area Updates, Getting Help, Support the Bay The pandemic has hit restaurants hard, but one East Bay city is trying to help. Walnut Creek has just announced their new Restaurant Grant Program which will give $1 million to its local bars and restaurants who are struggling to stay afloat. Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news and the details more...
Oakland’s Drive-in Warriors Watch Party
Bay Area Updates, Drive-In Movies, Support the Bay We love this. So, when’s the next one? Warriors fans came together on Wednesday, January 20 for a socially-distanced drive-in watch party at Oakland’s Liberation Park. Oakland Forever#DubNation came together tonight for watch party at Liberation Park. pic.twitter.com/IfotNp5LDv — Warriors In The Community (@DubsCommunity) January 21, 2021
