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20ft Big Waves Coming to Bay Area Beaches
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy Thanks to SFGate for tipping us off that big swells are expected to pound the shores along the Central Coast on Thursday. It’s the first big swell of the season, and Bay Area beaches are expected to have waves up to 20-ft, starting on Thursday night, 9/24 until Friday, 9/25 at more...
de Young Museum’s “Free Saturdays” Return Sept. 26
Museums / Cultural Institutions, What's Closed / What's Open COVID-19 Update – Free Saturdays are back as of September 26, 2020. Timed tickets will be required. Reserve in advance online, or limited number of tickets may be available the membership desk the day of. Review updated social-distancing rules Things may change – Check the de young site and social for latest updates Website | Instagram | Facebook Every Saturday, the de Young more...
Huge Bridge Protest Planned for Thursday Night
Bay Area Updates, Causes In response to the results of Wednesday’s grand jury results in the Breonna Taylor case, a huge car caravan protest is planned for three Bay Area bridges on Thursday evening. Please note details may change. See the latest updates at @wallofmany, @vigilfordemocracy, @bayarea.protests According to the organizers, the intention is the drive more...
2020 Census Deadline Is Sept. 30: What’s at Stake for SF?
Bay Area Updates San Francisco Launches “Census Week of Action” September 24-30, 2020 Citywide effort is underway to count every resident in advance of September 30th deadline. Census Week of Action includes safe community outreach events, phone banking, and public service announcements from the San Francisco Giants and Golden State Warriors. Mayor London N. Breed on Wednesday launched more...
Twin Peaks Overlook Reopens to Cars at Night
City Insight, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, What's Closed / What's Open SF Rec and Park just announced that Twin Peaks will be reopening for cars to access the overlook. From 6pm to midnight, the Portola Gate will now be open to vehicles. However, during the day, the gate will remain closed to vehicles for safe, socially-distanced recreation on this scenic route. Related Stories: Twin more...
SF Has Lowest COVID Death Rate of Any Major U.S. City
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates Thanks to SFGATE for letting us know why SF has the lowest COVID-19 death rate of any other major city. Dr. Bob Wachter, the Chairman of UCSF Dept of Medicine shared the latest chart of the Morbidity and mortality from Covid-19 in selected cities from the United States. The chart shows that more...
SF’s Chinatown Grant Ave. Outdoor Dining Now Thru December
Eat & Drink, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open The event San Francisco Chinatown’s iconic Grant Avenue will be closed off to traffic and cars for a pleasant open walkway under vibrant red lanterns every weekend from July through December. Enjoy a historic street stroll, outdoor dining, and an Asian shopping experience. Update: Originally scheduled to end on September 20th, the more...
5G and Seamless WiFI Coming to BART by 2023
Bay Area Updates Thanks to CNET for letting us know the latest updates about BART looking to get a serious connectivity upgrade with 5G and “seamless” WiFi coming to its tunnels and underground stations within the next three years. Earlier this year, BART unanimously approved a plan to improve cell phone connectivity across the more...
Muni’s Fare Inspectors Are Back This Week
Bay Area Updates The SFMTA announced that Muni’s transit fare inspectors will return to service, but with new approach. They’ll start with educating people on social distancing and mask policies, then move to doing fare inspections and issuing warnings and phase three later in 2020 will be returning to issuing citations. Rather than focusing more...
“The Great Food Truck Race” Returns to SF
Get Out: Events The Food Network returns to SoMa StrEat Food Park this week (September 22-23) to film an “All-Star Season” of the food truck series The Great Food Truck Race. The very best trucks from the last 12 seasons are rolling into SF to slice, dice, bbq, and fry their way to the more...
Rare Southwest Flight Deal: Free Companion Pass After 1 Flight
Deals, Freebies, Travel Southwest Airlines has an incredible deal on right now, for those that are ready to travel. If you book a flight before September 24, you’ll earn a free companion pass valid for two months. If you fly between September 22 and November 15, and you’ll earn a free promotional companion pass, more...
Free National Parks Day on “National Public Lands Day”
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open Sometimes you’ve just got to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city to enjoy the serenity of a national park. In normal times, on certain “fee-free” days throughout the year, enjoy free entry to all national parks and monuments including Muir Woods and Yosemite National Park and free admission aboard all more...
Movie Theaters Reopen in Marin County
What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to KPIX5 for letting us know that movie theaters have reopening in Marin County. Marin County announced last week that it was moving to “Tier 2, “or red status which allows movie theaters to open indoors with 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer. Read the full press release from County more...
Amazon’s New Huge Fulfillment Center Comes to Bay Area
Bay Area Updates, Brand New Amazon is opening a brand new 150,000 sqft. fulfillment center in east Contra Costa County in the city of Oakley. The City of Oakley announced that Amazon will be the first tenant of the new Contra Costa Logistics Center Complex which will have five buildings, totaling 2 million-square-feet, will house a more...
SF’s Toy Boat Dessert Cafe Reopens as “Toy Boat by Jane”
Brand New, Eat & Drink, What's Closed / What's Open Thank you SF Chronicle for letting us know that SF’s nostalgic Toy Boat Dessert Cafe has reopened with baked goods from Jane the Bakery. Amanda Michael, the owner of Jane the Bakery, reopened the SF’s Toy Boat Dessert Cafe as “Toy Boat by Jane” on Saturday, September 17. Toy Boat has been a more...
