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Five Free Food Pantry Trucks Vandalized in Bay Area
Jerk Alert Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know the upsetting news that five Bay Area food pantry trucks were vandalized on Monday preventing them from getting to their location at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Marin City where 60 people waited for groceries. The fuel tanks of of the trucks had more...
SF’s Michelin-Starred “State Bird Provisions” Back After COVID Scare
COVID-19 Updates, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open After closing down temporarily on July 30th due to a possible exposure to COVID-19, State Bird Provisions is back open this week from Thursday to Sunday, August 6-9 for to go orders. Pickup hours are Thursday to Sunday, 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Order at statebirdtogo.com. Masks required for pickup. The schedule for more...
Outdoor Street Dining Coming Next to 18th St. in The Castro?
Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to KTVU for letting us know that it’s expected that the city this week will approve a request by the Castro Merchants Association for two blocks on 18th Street in the Castro to be closed to vehicle traffic and open for outdoor dining. SFMTA is expected to approve the plan more...
SF Renters May Finally Have More Negotiating Power
City Insight, Housing Thanks to KPIX for letting us know that the COVID rental market has shifted things in the Bay Area and that the rental market has “come back to earth.” “The balance of power has absolutely shifted” – Jeff Tucker, economist, Zillow According to Zillow, current lease holders and renters have more leverage more...
Brand New Curbside Pickup Comes to SF Public Libraries
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, What's Closed / What's Open The San Francisco Public Library is launching their SFPL To Go service which will enable San Francisco Public Library cardholders to pick up and return their materials at select library locations throughout the City. SFPL To Go is a service that safely delivers requested library materials to patrons at select library more...
SF Building Temporary Hospital to Free Up Beds for COVID Patients
COVID-19 Updates Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know that San Francisco is building a temporary hospital in The Presidio to free up beds for COVID patients. City officials are predicting a large surge in coronavirus cases. So to get ahead of the curve, San Francisco announced it was building a new temporary more...
SF’s Adorable 3 Fish Studios Moving Away from the Bay
Artsy Fartsy, Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know the sad news that Outer Sunset art gallery 3 Fish Studios will be closing their San Francisco storefront at the end of August. Thankfully the husband and wife team, Annie Galvin and Eric Rewitzer, behind the studio won’t stop making their adorable and more...
New Professional NBA Team Coming to Walnut Creek
Bay Area Updates, Brand New Walnut Creek, California is trending on Twitter today. News broke this morning that a new professional basketball team is coming to the Bay Area. The brand new NBA G League team‘s home is expected to be at the Ultimate Fieldhouse sports complex in Walnut Creek, which is where Warriors allstar Steph Curry more...
Hey Bay Area, It’s National Farmers Market Week (Aug 2-8)
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open Let’s celebrate Farmers Markets! National Farmers Market Week (August 2-8, 2020) is a great opportunity savor summer’s bounty, support local farmers and food makers. As COVID-19 crisis has proven, farmers markets are essential to supporting community health and resilient local food systems, now and in the long term. Related: Yes, Most Farmers Markets more...
This Bay Area Rapper Is Working on a COVID Vaccine
COVID-19 Updates, Uplifting, Vaccines Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know about Ruby Ibarra, a Filipino American rapper whose day job is as a scientist for a Bay Area tech company working in quality assurance on COVID-19 test kits and a possible vaccine. That’s her day job. For her “night” job, Ibarra is a more...
AMEX Gives You $50 to Shop Small
Freebies, Support the Bay Thanks to The Points Guy for tipping us off that Amex has brought back its popular Shop Small promotion. Typically, the Shop Small program kicks off on Small Business Saturday, which is held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, encouraging customers to do their shopping with small, local businesses instead of big more...
UCSF Starts 1st-in-the-Nation COVID Testing at 24th St. BART
COVID Testing Thanks to Mission Local and KRON4 for letting us know that UCSF and the Latino Task Force has launched a first-in-the-nation low barrier testing site at a transit hub at 24th Street BART. UCSF and the Latino Task Force launched a COVID-19 Testing site every Wednesday and Friday at the 24th more...
SF May Close 42 Streets for Outdoor Dining
Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to SFGATE for letting us know that 42 San Francisco streets have been requested to be closed to traffic for outdoor dining. As part of the city’s Shared Spaces program, restaurants and bars across San Francisco have filed requests for at least 42 street closures. Restaurants are requesting to add more...
San Francisco Priest Claims COVID News is “Largely Unreal”
COVID-19 Updates Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that a San Francisco pastor has claimed that “news reports on COVID are largely unreal.” The Rev. Joseph Illo of Star of the Sea Catholic Church on Geary and 8th Ave. in the Inner Richmond wrote in a church website bulletin (which has more...
SF Jury Trials in Federal Courts Postponed Until October
City Insight Thanks to the SF Chronicle for letting us know that the recent surge in COVID-19 cases has prompted the San Francisco federal court to postpone jury trials until October. Jury trials in civil cases have also been postponed. But, if both sides agree, judges can conduct trials remotely without a jury. While more...
