SF City Guides
A List of 6 Emergency Grants for Bay Area Artists
Uplifting Thanks to Broke-Ass Stuart and The Intersection for the Arts for sharing a list of sources that Bay Area artists to use to apply for emergency grants. In the midst of the pandemic, it is very heartwarming to know that there are organizations offering emergency funds and aid supporting Bay Area more...
Free Produce Boxes for Food and Beverage Workers
Support the Bay, Uplifting CUESA and the USBG SF are collaborating on a new project called Feed Hospitality to provide free boxes of fresh, healthy produce to members of our hospitality community who are out of work while supporting local farmers who have lost high-volume restaurant business. Support our hospitality community and local farms through more...
The Stud “Bottle Shop” 5-Hour Sale of All Their Booze
Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open The Stud might be closing its doors and as they bid farewell let’s get you drunk again, for the last time for a lil bit! Support their one-day-only bottle shop as they sell off the rest of their booze. They are open on May 29th from 2 pm to 7 pm more...
Fireworks Over Pleasanton For 2020 Graduates
Celebrations, Uplifting Congratulations to our 2020 graduates! If you live in Pleasanton, be sure to step outside your home and look up on Friday, May 29. To honor the class of 2020 graduates, Pleasanton is lighting up the night sky with a big fireworks display. This is a no spectator event; fireworks more...
Free Whopper at Burger King
Freebies Burger King is celebrating National Burger Day (May 27) all week long by giving everyone a free Whopper. How do I get a free Whopper? Sign in to the Burger King app and look for trending offers. Find National Burger Day and enter the promo code LUCKYWHOPPER and voila – free whopper. The more...
Fairyland’s “The Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe” is Now Wearing a Mask
Bay Area Updates Children’s Fairyland in Oakland (which helped inspire Walt Disney to make his theme parks) is a magical fantasy world for young children to create, imagine, play, and learn. There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She didn’t want to give or get COVID-19, so what did she do? She wore more...
Zeitgeist Reopens Patio for To-Go Cocktails (May 30-31)
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open This coming weekend 5/30 + 5/31 from noon to 5 pm each day, our favorite SF beer garden, Zeitgeist is testing out a take-out menu. Grilled cheese sandwiches, margaritas and our bloodies, ready-to-drink (elsewhere) or as a mix for later. Looking at their to go menu, beer is $2.50, grilled cheese more...
SF Restaurants Can Open for Indoor Dining July 13th
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco announced that Phase 2C is scheduled to begin on July 13th, which includes allowing the reopening of indoor dining (with modifications) along with hair salons, barbershops and real estate open houses). UPDATE: On July 7th it was announced that San Francisco would not be reopening indoor restaurants on July more...
Outdoor Dining Comes Back to SF on June 15th
Bay Area Updates, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco announced that Phase 2B is scheduled to begin on June 15th, which includes allowing the reopening of outdoor dining, most indoor retail, summer camps and pro sports (without spectators). This all assumes that COVID-19 stats continue to improve and expect rules for face masks to be tightened. Read about the more...
SF’s New Reopening Timeline: Major Changes Coming June 15
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open Mayor London Breed Announces Timeline and Plan for Safely Reopening San Francisco Thursday, May 28, 2020 Plan formulated by the Economic Recovery Task Force allows outdoor dining, indoor retail, and certain outdoor activities to resume on June 15th, assuming they are allowed by the State; additional activities will be permitted to resume more...
SF Children’s Book Artist Turns Windows into Cartoons Every Day
Community, Uplifting Thank you SF Gate for sharing the story about a Cow Hollow children’s book illustrator that turns his windows into storybook scenes. Rob Sayegh Jr, is a former toy designer turned author/illustrator specializing in children’s books. He loves making artwork & stories for kids both big & small. Rob is still relatively more...
This is BART’s New Seat Layout Being Tested
Bay Area Updates To welcome riders back and regain confidence in public transit, BART is taking the following 15 steps while continuing to explore new measures and technologies that could assist in a safe recovery. Here are two of the new updates. New Seat Configuration Being Tested Unlike the old cars, the layout of BART’s more...
SF’s “Fugly” Geary Pedestrian Bridge Demolished This Weekend
Bay Area Updates Thanks to Broke-Ass Stuart for letting us know that the pedestrian bridge at Geary & Steiner was successfully demolished. To improve crosswalks and medians the circa-1962 pedestrian overpass at Geary and Steiner was permanently demolished last Memorial Day weekend. The view at Geary and Steiner looks different this week—over the weekend the more...
Napa County First in Bay Area to Allow Opening of Barbershops & Salons
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open Thank you SF Gate for letting us know that there is only one Bay Area county (so far) that is allowing the reopening hair salons after Governor Newsom’s announcement. The city of San Francisco is not yet opening As of today, only Napa County has modified its stay-at-home order to give barbershops more...
SF’s Fishing Industry Devastated by Pier 45 Warehouse Fire
Bay Area Updates, Healing Thankfully no one was injured or killed, but SF Gate and KRON4 reported the sad news that the Warehouse fire has left San Francisco’s fishing industry devastated. The massive fire erupted before dawn Saturday on San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf wiped out the warehouse the size of a football field near the end more...
