SF City Guides
Winchester Mystery House Free Livestream Tours
City Insight Sarah Winchester was a master at social distancing. In the spirit of Sarah, on select days, Winchester Mystery House is hosting live tours on their Facebook page. Follow their Facebook page to find out the next time they go live. Take a virtual field trip to the Winchester Mystery House – more...
32 Places in SF & Oakland Where Kids Can Get Free Meals
Brand New Many Bay Area students typically get their meals at school. But during the shutdown, sometimes there is no place for kids to get affordable meals. Starting last week students were offered free “grab and go” breakfast and lunch that they can take home with them. Schools worked with other community partners and more...
The “Great American Takeout Day” is 3/24
Eat & Drink Today is The Great American Takeout Day. Everyone is encouraged to order delivery or takeout on 3/24 to help save our restaurants. Plus, if you share a tweet today with #thegreatamericantakeout, Smithfield Foods will make a $5 donation to help support the employees of food and beverage industry, up to $100,000. Takeout for more...
450 Free Ivy League Online Classes
Brand New Not all people are fortunate enough (or smart enough) to go to an Ivy League school. Thankfully, Class Central offers about 450 free online classes from awesome schools like Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania. Check out the Free Ivy League Course List Class Central, founded more...
SF’s 420 Party in GG Park is Canceled for 2020
Celebrations Due to the ongoing concerns around COVID-19 the annual 420 Hippie Hill celebration on April 20, 2020 in Golden Gate Park has been officially cancelled by the city. This is to minimize social gathering and potential spread of this virus in the community. It’s probably no use, but let’s hope everyone more...
Caltrain No Longer Raising Fares on April 1
Brand New A few weeks ago, Caltrain announced they were going to raise their prices on April 1st. But given recent developments, Caltrain changed its mind and decided to scrap the price increase (for now). In light of economic challenges facing the Bay Area as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Caltrain is more...
1,500 Movies Now Free for Everyone on Sling TV
Brand New Starting to feel cabin fever or have you finally watched everything on Netflix? Thankfully, TechCrunch let us know about SlingTV’s new free streaming service “Stay in & SLING.” While normal SlingTV is a pay service with tons of options, the new service is fairly limited with their free content, but still more...
Free Ballet Classes On Instagram and YouTube
Brand New The San Jose New Ballet presents online classes free of charge to our community, during this exceptional time, as well as private Zoom classes and events for enrolled students. “Connecting with our community and dancing together during this time is our top priority.” If you are not already an enrolled student and more...
NYC’s The Met Opera Has Free Nightly “Live in HD” Shows
Brand New During this extraordinary and difficult time, the Metropolitan Opera in New York hopes to brighten the lives of the audience members while their stage is dark. Each day a different encore presentation from the company’s Live in HD series is being made available for free streaming on the Met website. Each performance more...
Enjoying SF’s Parks… From Home
Outdoorsy As we all shelter-in-place and enjoy getting deeply acquainted with our home spaces and our family members, Shaping San Francisco offers some ways to learn more about the history behind our parks and open spaces without having to navigate a safe distance among the surprising throngs of people. Shaping San Francisco more...
SF Rec and Park Reminds “All Playgrounds Are Closed”
Brand New San Francisco Rec and Park has sent out a reminder via Twitter that all playgrounds in the city are closed. You can still go outside for walks and exercise with your family during “Shelter in Place,” but SF Gate reports that health officials advise against using playgrounds and playground equipment. Reminder: San more...
SF’s New “Arts Relief” Program: $2,000 Grants for Artists
Artsy Fartsy Mayor London Breed Announces Arts Relief Program $2.5 million in support will go to working artists and arts and cultural organizations financially impacted by COVID-19 Mayor London N. Breed on Monday announced an Arts Relief Program to invest directly in working artists plus arts and cultural organizations financially impacted by COVID-19. The investment more...
$1m+ Donations to SF’s COVID-19 Charity Fund
Brand New Mayor London Breed Announces Major Contributions to Give2SF Fund, Priority Areas for Supporting San Franciscans Give2SF COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund will provide San Franciscans with food security, access to housing, and security for workers and small businesses The Hellman Foundation is contributing $1 million; Ann and Gordon Getty are contributing $1 more...
California’s New “Soft Closure” of State Parks & Beaches
Brand New Following big weekend crowds outdoors at parks and beaches across California, Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday ordered the immediate closure of parking lots at many of the state’s most popular parks and beaches to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Read more at Mercury News The parking lot closures currently just affect more...
SF’s Parks May Close Soon if People Continue to Act Stupid
Brand New San Francisco Mayor London Breed has stern warnings during a press conference Monday afternoon for the residents of SF warning that if people continued to flout social distancing guidelines, the city may have to close its public parks. Read the full article at SF Gate “Sadly, in some of our parks and more...
