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SF Updates Vaccine Plan for People 65+ This Week
COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that California has opened up eligibility for the COVID vaccine statewide for people 65 and over. Previously the state had only been vaccinating frontline health care workers and staff/residents of long-term care facilities. Learn more about the COVID vaccine in San Francisco. The roll more...
Vaccine Information & Sign Up for Alameda County
COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines Wondering when you’ll be eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine? If you’re an Alameda County resident, make sure you sign up for the Alameda County Resident Vaccine Notification Form to be notified when a vaccine is available for you. You’ll receive information with details on location and timing.
SF’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout FAQ – When Can I Get It?
COVID Testing, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines SF COVID-19 Vaccine Frequently Asked Questions Updated 1/15/21 – Please note information may change. See updates at sf.gov/information/about-covid-19-vaccine COVID-19 vaccine is here The vaccine is one of the most important ways to end the pandemic. Two vaccines have been authorized in the US. Supplies are limited. Sign Up for Alerts: Get Notified beginning January 19th The more...
SF Wants Your Input: Shared Scooter Permits Expire April 2021
Bay Area Updates The SFMTA is seeking public input as we prepare for the next round of Powered Scooter Share Program permits. We are holding an online meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 14th and also have an online survey (open until January 29) for feedback. The current permits for Scooter Share expire in April 2021. We expect more...
SF Man’s Christmas Tree Trick Shot Goes Viral
Wow With over 1.5 million views on YouTube, one local resident has gone viral for his Christmas tree trick shot. Instead of lugging his Christmas tree down several flights of stairs, he decided to chuck his Christmas tree out of his third story window where it landed perfectly on the ground.
Giants, 49ers, A’s Stadiums Might Become Mass Vaccination Centers
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines California is expanding its vaccination efforts, and Bay Area teams including the A’s, Giants, 49ers and Sharks have proposed the possibility that their stadiums become mass vaccination centers. San Francisco Chronicle noted that the A’s and 49ers’ stadiums have large parking lots which could work well to handle a large turnout. more...
Local Oakland Middle School Jazz Band Plays in Pixar’s “Soul”
Adorable, Uplifting Some very lucky Oakland middle schoolers just got their big break. Oakland’s Edna Brewer Middle School Jazz Band is featured in Pixar’s newest movie, Soul, which tells the story of a middle school band teacher who grapples with his purpose after a near-death experience. Luck would have it that Pixar Producer Dana Murray more...
Check Out Tahoe’s New Majestic Outdoor NHL Ice Rink
Wow NHL finally released a rendering of the new ice rink on the 18th hole at the Edgewood Tahoe Resort golf course in Lake Tahoe. The League announced the two-game series, NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe, which will feature two regular-season games against the backdrop of the beautiful Sierra Nevada mountains. Although there more...
SF Announces New $62 Million Relief Plan for Small Businesses
Bay Area Updates Mayor London Breed Announces New $62 Million Relief Plan for Small Businesses Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Combination of grants and loans will triple San Francisco’s total direct financial support for small business during the pandemic San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed today announced a new plan to provide immediate financial relief more...
No New Charges for Oscar Grant Murder: Live Press Conference Today
Causes BART Directors, Oakland City Councilmember To Hold In-Person Press Conference Condemning DA Nancy O’Malley’s Decision Not To Prosecute Officer In Oscar Grant Murder, Call For Further Action OAKLAND, CA – BART Directors Bevan Dufty and Lateefah Simon and Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor will hold an in-person press conference to condemn more...
SF Has Highest Price of Gas in the Nation
City Insight, Only in San Francisco Unfortunately, CBS SF announced the upsetting, but not terribly surprising news that the cost of gasoline in San Francisco is now the most expensive in the country, topping even Hawaii. The price of gasoline across the US over the past 3 weeks jumped up an average of 9¢ a gallon to more...
SF Prepared for Pro-Trump Protest at Twitter HQ, But No One Showed Up
Bay Area Updates, Election Although, San Francisco police were prepared for a big protest planned at Twitter’s HQ today, no one showed up. San Francisco police were tipped off that a pro-Trump rally was planned for today, Monday, January 11 outside the Twitter headquarters on Market Street in response to Twitter’s ban of Trump. On more...
$30K Raised for Japantown’s Cherry Blossom Trees After Vandalism
Bay Area Updates, Support the Bay, Uplifting At the start of the year, two of Japantown’s Cherry Blossom trees in front of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California were destroyed, down to their trunks. “This was not simply a passerby trying to break a branch off for fun. Someone took their time to break off more...
SF Reverses Decision: Allows Sundance Film Festival Drive-In Despite City Ban
Drive-In Movies, Things to Do, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to KQED for letting us know that the Sundance Film Festival’s Drive-in screening will be allowed to take place in San Francisco once again. San Francisco city officials previously had stated that drive-in theaters would not be allowed under the current stay-at-home orders in the city, despite the fact that more...
Lemur Theft Suspect Ordered to Stay Away from SF Zoo
Bay Area Updates, Jerk Alert Thanks to SFist for letting us know that the suspect in the Lemur-napping case from the San Francisco Zoo back in October has been ordered to stay away from the Zoo pending his trial. On October 14th, the San Francisco Zoo reported “Maki” a 21-year-old ring-tailed lemur was discovered missing from more...
