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SF Hires 82 New Nurses… 140 More Coming
Brand New Mayor London N. Breed Announces Hiring Of 82 Nurses In Effort To Strengthen City’s Response Capacity To Coronavirus City hires 82 qualified nurses who can start immediately to serve patients affected by COVID-19 Mayor London N. Breed announced on March 23, 2020 that San Francisco hired 82 qualified nurses this weekend as more...
“Chalk Your Walk”: Uplifting Colorful Chalk Art Trail
Fun & Games There’s an uplifting viral trend doodling across the world (and right here in The Bay) called “Chalk Your Walk.” The idea is to add some positivity to your neighborhood with colorful words of hope. Just grab some chalk and scribble encouraging messages on your sidewalk or driveway. It’s a great way more...
Yale’s Popular “Happiness” Course is Now Free Online
Brand New Thanks to CNN for tipping us off that Yale’s super popular “The Science of Well-Being” course is now available free online through Coursera. About The Science of Well-Being: In this course you will engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits. As more...
Someone Made SF’s DNA Lounge in The Sims 4… and It’s Insane
City Discoveries So we’re all cooped up inside with nowhere fun to go at night. So one rather bored DNA Lounge employee, Jun Shéna decided to keep herself occupied and recreate the venue in The Sims almost entirely from memory thanks to ADHD hyperfocus and a Red Bull-fueled craze which resulted in more...
Trader Joe’s & Walgreens Now Offer Senior Hours
Brand New It took a while, but both Trader Joe’s and Walgreen’s have followed the lead of most other major stores and will start to offer “senior hours” starting this week. Trader Joe’s – NEW – Effective Monday March 23rd Trader Joe’s will implement senior hours every day between 9am and 10am (store more...
Bay to Breakers 2020 Officially Rescheduled for Sept. 20
Fairs & Festivals The 109th running of Bay to Breakers, originally scheduled for May 31, 2020, has been officially pushed back to September 20. Read more. Following further discussions with the City and County of San Francisco surrounding the escalating COVID-19 outbreak, we have made the decision to postpone Bay to Breakers to September more...
It’s National Puppy Day! How to Foster a Doggy
Brand New Prepare yourselves for an overdose of cuteness, because March 23rd is National Puppy Day. Established in 2006, National Puppy Day is a paw-some day for all dog enthusiasts to celebrate unconditional love and fawn over the undeniably cute furballs that bring so much happiness into this world. While we’re all softies more...
SF’s Huge New Live Online Speaker Series
City Discoveries Unprecedented LIVE online gathering of civic leaders continues Manny’s tradition as a place for community building and civic engagement w/ guest speakers like Secretary Madeleine Albright, Golden State Warriors President Rick Welts, District Attorney Chesa Boudin, Author Michael Pollan, SF Giants CEO Larry Baer, Former Presidential candidate Tom Steyer and more...
All Marin Parks Now Closed Due to Large Crowds
Outdoorsy All Marin Parks to be Closed Amid COVID-19 Spread Public Health issues order to stem influx of visitors San Rafael, CA – The Public Health Division of Marin County Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an order March 22 for the immediate closure of all Marin parks to stem the more...
Every Bay Area Grocery Store with a “Senior Hour”
City Insight Since our seniors are our most vulnerable community members these days, many grocery stores have stepped up and created “seniors only” shopping hours in the morning. Here’s the current list with many thanks to SF Gate, Eater, and USA Today for their initial research and many help from our followers on more...
Free Cheesecake Slices from The Cheesecake Factory
Freebies The Cheesecake Factory is teaming up with its exclusive delivery provider, DoorDash, to offer free slices of cheesecake at lunch. Monday through Friday, through March 25, guests will be treated to one slice of any of The Cheesecake Factory’s more than 30 legendary flavors of cheesecake with their Cheesecake Factory lunch more...
Rainbow Trail Scavenger Hunt
Fun & Games When it rains, look for rainbows… We love this positive viral trend (#rainbowwalk / #rainbowhunt / #rainbowwindows) we’ve seen online. People around the world are putting up rainbows in their windows and it looks like the Bay Area is onboard too (we’ve spotted some in our neighborhood). Locally, East Bay blog 510Families more...
Costco Finally Starts “Senior Hours”
Brand New It took corporate a little longer that other markets, but a big thanks to Costco for finally implementing senior hours at most of their stores. Costco Senior Hours Beginning March 24, 2020 Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Special operating hours for members who are 60 and older. The pharmacy will also more...
Bi-Rite Starts “Senior Hours” on Monday
Brand New Starting Monday (March 23rd) both Bi-Rite markets in San Francisco are implementing senior hours from 8:30am to 9am (Monday to Friday)- and limiting just 10 people in the store at a time so that they have time to shop. Bi-Rite Markets – 550 Divisadero St., SF – 3639 18th St., SF
One of SF’s Oldest Bar Starts Cocktail Delivery Tonight
Brand New Now that the state of California has relaxed their booze delivery rules, one of SF’s most historic bars has announced they will start cocktail delivery tonight (3/21/20). Elixir, on the corner of 16th an Guerrero has served its neighbors from this location since at least 1858. Starting Saturday, March 21, 2020 they more...
