SF City Guides
Happy 93rd Birthday SFO!
City Insight Happy Birthday to SFO! San Francisco International Airport (SFO) was commissioned on May 7, 1927. As the Bay Area’s largest airport, nearly 58 million guests travel through the airport each year. It offers nonstop flights to more than 49 international destinations on 41 international carriers and connects nonstop to 83 cities more...
Free Ice Cream Pint Delivered via Postmates
Freebies If you act quickly, you can get a free pint of ice cream delivered to you for free via The Ice Cream Shop through Postmates. Use the promo code “SENDAPINT” at checkout. Terms and Conditions: Offer valid in select areas, for a limited time only, while supplies last. Please note that this offer more...
SF Plans Limited Reopening of Business for May 18th
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open Mayor London Breed Announces Next Steps for Reopening Businesses in San Francisco Thursday, May 07, 2020 If progress continues on reducing the spread of COVID-19, the City anticipates allowing some businesses to do storefront pickup as soon as Monday, May 18th San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed and the Director of more...
California Reopens Partially on Friday: Stage 2
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the first stages of “Stage 2” of the state reopening was planned to begin on Friday, May 8th with a full roadmap of which business and can open he Governor laid out the plans for May 8th stage 2 reopening for the state with curbside more...
It’s SF Hottest Day of the Year So Far
Bay Area Updates It’s officially hottest day of the year so far in San Francisco with the weather reaching 79 degrees according to AccuWeather and the “RealFeel” temperature making it “feel” like 85 degrees. Across the Bay Area, the North Bay is hitting the low 90s. The normal high for May 7 in San more...
SF’s Oldest Ice Cream Parlor May Have Served Its Last Scoop
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open Hat tip to SFGate for letting us know that the SF’s oldest ice cream parlor might have to close for good. The 102-year old ice cream parlor and diner “St. Francis Fountain” has been serving the Mission since 1918. Sadly the iconic landmark, beloved diner, candy shop, and soda counter at more...
Here’s Why SF Gives Free Drugs to Homeless in Hotel Quarantine
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates Thanks to KTVU FOX 2 for letting us know about the controversial plan of providing free alcohol, drugs and tobacco for recovering homeless addicts “in limited quantities” who are being housed in San Francisco hotels during the COVID-19 epidemic. The city has faced some backlash as the Public Health Department confirmed more...
Watch Live: Newsom Announces CA’s “Stage 2” Reopening Plan
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to announce the full details of the state’s “Stage 2” reopening during a live press conference on Twitter and Facebook at Noon on Thursday, May 7th. Watch live at Noon on 5/7: Facebook | Twitter | Read Press Release (will be posted after press conference) While details more...
Power Outage Hits 5,600 Residents in Lower Haight & Castro
Bay Area Updates The power is out for some San Francisco residents this evening, May 6. PG&E has reported that there’s an outage for 5,646 residents in Lower Haight and Duboce Triangle. Residents have been without power since 4:24 pm; PG&E expects the power to be restored by 7 pm. The cause is unknown. more...
Thank You Nurses! Here are 7 Awesome Freebies & Deals
Freebies National Nurses Week is celebrated internationally each year, which starts with International Nurses Day on Wednesday, May 6, and ends on May 12th, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Every year, companies offer freebies and deals to thank our healthcare workers. This year, especially, lots of companies are thanking our healthcare heroes with free more...
Only 19 Bay Area Wendy’s Still Serving Beef (Updated 5/6)
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open “Where’s the Beef” is the cry among many Wendy’s fans as meat shortages become a reality across the country. Many Wendy’s have taken beef off their menu. We checked every Bay Area Wendy’s location we could find with online ordering and found that currently (as of May 6, 2020) that the more...
The Last “Supermoon” of 2020 is Here
Bay Area Updates Thanks to an optical illusion in the sky, the moon will appear bigger and brighter than normal in the San Francisco Bay Area in the night, during what astronomers call a “supermoon.” Because the sun is about 50,000 miles closer to the earth than at its furthest point – and it’s more...
BART Shutting Down Orinda Station This Weekend
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open To help make your ride, safer, smoother and quieter, BART is moving forward with a track replacement project near the Orinda Station, which will require five-weekend track shutdowns. During the work, there were be no BART service between Lafayette and Rockridge stations. This will add 3,000 feet of new rail, more...
SF Queer Nightlife Fund Raises $160K for LGBTQ Workers
Bay Area Updates, Uplifting Thank you SFist for the wonderful news that the SF Queer Nightlife Fund Raiseed $160K, and will start delivering grantss. With the community’s overwhelming support and generous donations, SF Queer Nightlife Fund was able to raise $160K grant to aid LGBTQ nightlife workers. This includes entertainers, DJs, bartenders, and nightclub employees. more...
Free Starbucks for Healthcare Workers & 1st Responders Now Thru May 31
Freebies Starbucks is doing their part to keep our healthcare workers and first responders fueled at this critical time. If you’re a front line responder, stop in for a free brewed coffee (hot or iced). >> Update – This offer has been extended through the end of May. Since March 25, Starbucks has more...
