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Trader Joe’s Now Pays $4/Hr Hazard Pay
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Groceries / Supermarkets, Support the Bay Thanks to Tampa Bay Times for sharing the news that Trader Joe’s will now pay their all of their front-line employees $4 per hour hazard pay across the country. While many cities and counties around The Bay are trying to pass emergency ordinances for hazard pay (like Oakland recently passed), Trader more...
Oakland Mandates $5/Hr Hazard Pay for Grocery Workers
Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Groceries / Supermarkets, Support the Bay Thanks to KTVU and KRON4 for sharing the news that Oakland just passed an emergency ordinance that mandates hazard pay for grocery workers. The new ordinance requires large grocery chains that are over 15,000 square feet and more than 500 employees to pay their employees an additional $5 per hour. The pay more...
SF’s Chinese New Year Ox Sculpture Hunt
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Celebrations, Lunar New Year, Only in San Francisco, Things to Do Gung Hay Fat Choy. Chinese New Year will look a little different this year, but San Francisco is doing something new to spark joy. This year, San Francisco is debuting the Year of the Ox on Parade. A tradition in the making, 11 life-sized Oxen will be publicly displayed across San more...
Seattle’s Famous “Piroshky Piroshky” Bakery Pops Up in SF
Eat & Drink Seattle’s incredibly popular Piroshky Piroshky Bakery located in Pike Place Market is popping up in San Francisco on Valentine’s Day. They’re bringing with them their famous piroshkies, which are Russian filled pasties, that come stuffed with either savory and sweet fillings. They’ll also have a few other favorites like Russian Borsch, Pelmeni, more...
East Bay’s Free Mini Take-Home Art Gallery
Adorable, Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Community, Freebies, Uplifting Over in the East Bay, Concord’s aRt Cottage just debuted their brand new Free Mini Art Gallery. Best of all, the art is yours to take home. It’s kind of like the little free libraries you may have seen before, but this time it’s for art. The Concord Art Association members more...
SF’s Nearly Car-Free “Slow Streets” May Become Permanent
Bay Area Updates, City Insight, Only in San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco is eyeing making three “Slow Streets” permanent: Page Street, Shotwell Street, and Sanchez Street. SFMTA implemented their “Slow Streets” program during the pandemic to limit through traffic on certain residential streets and allow them to be used more as a shared space for foot and bicycle traffic. Due to the program’s success, more...
Great America Announces 2021 Reopening Date
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Fun & Games, What's Closed / What's Open California’s Great America becomes the first theme park in the state to announce their reopening date for 2021, after being closed for all of 2020 due to the ongoing pandemic. Thanks to OC Register for sharing the news. On January 28, the park announced that their 2021 Opening Day will be May more...
Get $100 for Visiting CA’s Central Coast
Brand New, Deals, Travel About now, everyone could use a little break. One small town in California wants to give you a $100 voucher to explore their region for a couple of nights. Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the details of this fun promotion from Santa Maria Valley. The town, which is about 30 minutes south of more...
SF’s DNA Lounge Lawyers Up Against Copycat DC Venue
Only in San Francisco, Support the Bay A new DNA Lounge is opening in Washington D.C., but the one — and hopefully only — DNA Lounge, right here in San Francisco, is pissed. Thanks to SFGate and Eater for spilling the tea about the drama unfolding over the name. When word got out about the copycat venue on U more...
SF Opens 1st Neighborhood COVID-19 Vaccine Site
Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Only in San Francisco, Vaccines San Francisco announced today the opening of a new neighborhood COVID-19 vaccine site at 24th Street and Capp Street in the Mission District. The 24th Street site, which will be followed shortly by a neighborhood vaccine access site in the Bayview, is the first of a number of neighborhood sites that more...
San Francisco Zoo Reopens (Again)
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Things to Do, What's Closed / What's Open Good news, the San Francisco Zoo is open once again after nearly two months of closure. Unfortunately, the zoo had to shut down once again on December 7, 2020 for the latest Stay-At-Home order. SF Zoo has once again re-opened and similar to how you visited in 2020, you will be more...
Cannabis Superstore & Smoking Lounge Likely Coming to Mission Dist.
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, City Insight Thanks to SFist for sharing the news that San Francisco is getting its first Cannabis Equity Marketplace inside a new mega cannabis dispensary. The Planning Commision just approved a brand new cannabis dispensary, poised to be one of the biggest in the City. The proposed business, 560 Valencia, will take over more...
18 Hour Rescue Effort Saves Horse & Pony from Mudslide
Bay Area Updates, Storm Watch Thanks to 23ABC News for sharing the news about the trapped horse and pony who were stuck in a dangerous mudslide in Monterey County. Many local firefighter agencies, in coordination with SPCA Monterey County, worked for 18 hours to rescue the animals after the Atmospheric River stormed its way through California. After more...
30+ Streets in San Francisco Closed for Outdoor Dining
Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco reopened outdoor dining on January 28th and many of the “Shared Spaces” streets (closed to vehicle traffic) are back on helping give restaurants space to set up tables in the street. Related Stories San Francisco Outdoor Dining Guide: 320+ Patios & Restaurants “HellaSecret” Outdoor Comedy is Back SF Outdoor Comedy & Cocktail more...
Huge Chunk of Big Sur’s Highway 1 Falls Into Ocean
Bay Area Updates, Storm Watch, Travel, What's Closed / What's Open, Wow Sadly, a massive chunk of Highway 1 fell into the ocean during this week’s stormy weather. California Highway Patrol noted that the landslide occurred near Rat Creek, by Mile Marker 30 near the Big Creek Bridge, according to KTVU. Thankfully, no one was injured as there were no cars on the road more...
