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Record High Temperatures Set in Oakland & Richmond on Thursday
Bay Area Updates, Wow Thursday, October 15 was a scorcher across in The Bay. It was unusually hot for an October day; five record highs were set or tied across the Bay Area. Downtown Oakland set a new record high for 92° F; the previous record was 90°F set in 1974. Richmond hit a new more...
Bay Area Bakery’s “Pain Doughlorian”: Life Size Star Wars Bread Sculptures
Adorable, Artsy Fartsy, Wow Benicia bakery, One House Bakery, has constructed life size Star Wars sculptures made out of bread based on characters from Disney+’s hit show The Mandalorian. One House Bakery constructed their outstanding sculptures for Downtown Benicia’s annual Scarecrow Contest. They created 3 incredible scarecrows including Pain Doughlorian, whose armor is made completely more...
SF’s “Museum of Craft and Design” is Back Oct. 16 w/ MOTO MMXX
Museums / Cultural Institutions, What's Closed / What's Open The Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) reopens to the public on Friday, October 16 welcoming visitors to MOTO MMXX, a show-stopping custom motorcycle exhibition guest curated by co-founder and director of Untitled Motorcycles, Hugo Eccles. Originally slated to open in May of 2020, MOTO MMXX was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. MOTO MMXX showcases twenty category-defying motorcycles from more...
SF Opens Four “Weather Relief” Centers (Oct. 15-16)
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco The National Weather Service is heat advisory warning, predicting above normal temps in San Francisco, October 15-16, with afternoon temperatures peaking in the high 80s to low 90s. Even during heat waves, we must continue to protect ourselves and our community from COVID-19. Stay home when possible. If it feels too more...
SF’s “Legion of Honor” Set to Reopen October 30th
Museums / Cultural Institutions, What's Closed / What's Open Following the reopening of the de Young Museum on September 25, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the “Museums”) announced the reopening of the Legion of Honor. The museum has been closed since March due to San Francisco’s shelter-in-place order. The Legion of Honor will open to the public on Friday, more...
Last Chance: 2020 U.S. Census Deadline is Tonight
Bay Area Updates Thanks to NPR for letting us know that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Trump administration request to end counting in the 2020 census. In response, the U.S. Census Bureau announced it will accept responses online at My2020Census.gov through Oct. 15 until 11:59 p.m. Hawaii time. (That’s 2:59am Friday in the more...
SF Officially Reopens 180+ Outdoor Playgrounds
What's Closed / What's Open Mayor London Breed Announces Reopening of Playgrounds in San Francisco Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Playgrounds are now open with new signage and public health guidelines Mayor London N. Breed, San Francisco Recreation and Park Department General Manager Phil Ginsburg, and Director of Health Dr. Grant Colfax today announced the City’s outdoor playgrounds are more...
Pinnacles National Park is Free Through the End of 2020
Freebies, Outdoorsy Pinnacles National Park, known for its rare talus caves, beautiful wildflowers and the chance to spot the critically endangered California Condors, is opening its gates and offering free admission through the end of 2020. The park is located 2 hours south of San Francisco and is very popular for rock climbing. Normally, more...
Oakland Zoo Cares for Mountain Lion Cubs Rescued from Wildfire
Adorable, Uplifting Thanks to KRON4 and CNN for letting us know that the Oakland Zoo taken in two rather adorable mountain lion cub rescues who were displaced from the Zogg wildfire in Shasta county. Dr. Herman and her vet staff examined the cubs and thankfully, both of these cubs appear to be in more...
“House of Prime Rib” Tops 3,000 Reservations in Two Days
What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that SF’s House of Prime Rib has finally started taking reservations and reopens on Thursday, October 15th at 25% capacity for indoor dining. As of Tuesday morning, they’ve already received 3,000 reservations for people booking all the way through January. Related: SF’s “House of more...
SF’s Famous “City of Paris” Rotunda Closes Indefinitely
Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to SFGate and Hoodline for letting us know that the Rotunda restaurant atop the Neiman Marcus department store in Union Square (and its famous “City of Paris” stained glass ceiling dating back to 1909) has closed indefinitely. The upscale and popular spot for afternoon tea with amazing views of the more...
SF-Marin Food Bank Needs 1,000 Volunteers
Community, COVID-19 Updates, Healing Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know that the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank is in desperate need of volunteers. Because of increased need during COVID, the food bank is currently serving about 60,000 households a week. But the food bank says it’s only about to fill about half of their needed more...
Dolores Park Clean-Up Day + Free Ice Cream
Causes, Community Be a local hero. Clean up litter. Earn local rewards. Dolores Park needs your help, but thankfully a new app called Rubbish has an idea to combat trash, support local businesses, and reward you all in one. That’s right, just by helping volunteer to clean up the park for about 15 more...
SF’s Animal Care & Control Joins A&E’s “Live Rescue” TV Show
Bay Area Updates San Francisco Animal Care & Control announced today that it has joined A&E’s live original documentary series, “Live Rescue,” which airs Friday and Saturday nights at 9pm PT. Hosted by Matt Iseman (America Ninja Warrior), “Live Rescue” follows EMTs, paramedics and fire fighters across the country as they bravely put their more...
“Karla The Fog” Rolls Into SF After “Karl” Goes Silent
Bay Area Updates With 355,000 Twitter followers and a sassy take on San Francisco weather, @KarlTheFog has gone mysteriously silent since January of 2020 right around the time the 49ers were in the Super Bowl and when COVID started to dominate the news. After 10 months of silence, a new twitter voice of the more...
