SF City Guides
BART’s Brand New San Jose & Milpitas Stations Open June 13
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open On Saturday, June 13, 2020, BART service will finally connect to San Jose, the most populous city in the Bay Area as two new stations will open – Milpitas and Berryesssa/North San Jose. BART opened for service in 1972 and with the opening of these two new stations will have 50 more...
SF’s New Updates on Childcare & Summer Camps Coming Friday
Bay Area Updates Thanks to ABC7 for letting us know that the Mayor of San Francisco will be providing updated on San Francisco’s childcare and summer camp options this Friday. San Francisco Mayor London Breed gave an update on the coronavirus pandemic. She said that the city was preparing to announce new childcare and more...
Napa County 1st in Bay Area to Reopen Dine-in Restaurants
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to ABC7 for letting us know that, effective immediately, Napa County is the first county in the Bay Area that is allowing restaurants to open for dine-in service as long as they have made adaptations that meet state guidelines. So that means restaurants in cities like Napa, St. Helena, Yountville, more...
19 Free Pop-Up Food Pantries in San Francisco
Groceries / Supermarkets, Resource Guides, Uplifting If you’re in need, the SF-Marin Food Bank is here to help with 19 pop-up pantries in San Francisco and 5 in Marin County to offer you free groceries to as many people as they can help. This can help bridge the gap while you apply for CalFresh or other benefits. more...
SF Aiming for Next Reopening Phase in 2-4 Weeks
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to ABC7 for letting us know that the city may be just a few weeks away from the next phase of reopening according to the Mayor. San Francisco’s Mayor London Breed and Dr. Grant Colfax, the director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health with Dr. Susan Philip had more...
Today Only, Free Krispy Kreme “Graduate Dozen” For Class of 2020
Bay Area Updates, Freebies Thanks to CNN for letting us know that Krispy Kreme is giving away free donuts to graduating seniors dressed in their caps and gowns on May 19th. Find a Krispy Kreme new you. Krispy Kreme has something sweet for high school and college seniors who are unable to celebrate graduation by more...
Big Crowds Outside Bars in SF on Friday
Bay Area Updates Thanks to local journalist David Lytle (via Eater) for letting us know that this past Friday night, that some of the bars on Chestnut Street in the Marina had large crowds outside during that definitely didn’t look like there was much social distancing was going on (and not many masks). According more...
Watch This Parrot’s Impromptu Sing Along at Oakland Zoo
Bay Area Updates Thanks, KRON4 for letting us know that an adorable little parrot performed an impromptu sing-along at Oakland Zoo with a local bluegrass band. Dirty Cello is a bluegrass band that gets your heart thumping and your toes tapping – no matter how many toes you have. When asked to play for more...
SF’s North Beach Open Air Street Dining in the Works
Bay Area Updates, Outdoor Dining Funcheap Needs Your Help Our goal is to stay open during the crisis and, more importantly, when we come out of this. If you love Funcheap, can you help us stay alive? Learn more at GoFundMe Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know that restaurants in North Beach in San Francisco are more...
Specialty’s Cafe & Bakery Closing This Week After 33 Years
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open Sad news courtesy of SF Gate, Specialty’s Cafe & Bakery will close all 50 locations due to the financial strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic. We will surely miss their delightful (but rather expensive) fresh-baked cookies. Specialty’s Café & Bakery announced on their website that they are closing after 33 years of more...
Amazing Oakland Teacher Featured on Ellen. Gets $50,000 Donation
Bay Area Updates, Community, Uplifting Funcheap first featured Peter Limata back in April, the amazing first-grade teacher from Oakland who does a live streaming storytime every day at 10:30am. He’s now back on the spotlight as a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Ellen surprised Limata of Emerson Elementary School, and he talked about how he more...
New Drive-Thru COVID-19 Test Site Opens in East Oakland Today
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates Thanks to NBC Bay Area for letting us know that a new drive-through COVID-19 testing site opens in East Oakland. The first drive-through testing location in East Oakland opens on Monday, May 18th. Testing will be available to all community members by appointment at no charge, regardless of insurance or immigration more...
Food Pantry Drive-Thru Helps 5,000 in Oakland and SF
Bay Area Updates, Uplifting Thank you KTVU for the wonderful news about the food distribution drive-thru held in San Francisco and Oakland. Do you need help?: Check out SF’s Food Resources Map with free, low-cost groceries, free meals and food pantries. With the help of over 200 volunteers, this past Saturday, The Salvation Army passed more...
Help Bars & Restaurants in SF Get New Pop-up Parklets
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco still may be many weeks away from allowing bars and restaurants to have any indoor customers, so Sean Mason started a petition to make it easier for local businesses to fast track outdoors pop-up parklets to best serve customers safely, outdoors and in a socially-distant manner. The Pop-Up more...
Marin County Opens Up Some Parks & Trails Starting May 18
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open Thank you SF Gate for letting us know that Marin County has loosened some restrictions on park access starting this week Previously the county had a wide ban on parking at parks and trailheads. Starting May 18th, except for a few high-traffic parks and areas (like Muir Woods, Point Reyes and more...
