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California Restores Up to 80 Hours for COVID Paid Leave
COVID-19 Updates, Getting Help By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation California’s full-time workers will have access to up to 80 hours of COVID-specific paid sick leave through the end of September under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday. The policy, which state lawmakers approved earlier this week, requires businesses with more than 25 more...
SF Beer Week Returns for 2022 (Feb 11-20)
Eat & Drink, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates SF Beer Week is back February 11-20 to celebrate independent craft beers and those who brew them. Events, activities and at-home offerings await from dozens of bars, restaurants and breweries, including members of the Bay Area Brewers Guild, producer of this much-loved tradition. New in 2022, too, are five opening night more...
SF Plans to Convert Downtown Hotel Into Housing Shelter
Bay Area Updates, Housing, San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved leasing a hotel Tuesday in the city’s downtown area to convert it into a semi-congregate shelter to help people exit homelessness. The vote will allow the city to lease the Ansonia Hotel at 711 Post St., transforming it into a semi-congregate shelter with 123 units more...
BART to Restore Service to Pre-Pandemic Levels on Feb. 20
Bay Area Updates, Transportation Later this month, BART will restore service to pre-pandemic levels by running trains until midnight every day of the week. Since the beginning of the pandemic, BART closed at 9 pm. Sundays to work on rebuilding projects. Starting Feb. 20, Sunday service will run from 8 a.m. to midnight, BART more...
Oakland to Close (Or Merge) Nearly a Dozen Schools by 2023
Bay Area Updates, East Bay, Goodbye, Oakland The Oakland Unified School District Board of Education narrowly approved a measure to close or merge nearly a dozen schools during a contentious meeting that began Tuesday night and lasted into the early morning hours Wednesday. The measure is an effort to confront an expected budget deficit and has brought protests more...
Oakland Hit a Record-Breaking 78 Degrees Yesterday; Record High Temps to Continue
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy Three high-temperature records were set Wednesday in the Bay Area and more records could be coming soon. Record highs were recorded in Oakland at 78 degrees, breaking the 74 set in 2006; in Salinas, where it was 83, breaking the 2018 record of 81; and Richmond tied the record 75 set more...
SF’s Rossi Pool Reopens After $15M Renovation
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, San Francisco The newly remodeled Angelo J. Rossi Pool will welcome back community members Saturday with a celebratory free swim in its modern facility, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today. The Feb. 12 free swim will be held from noon to 3:30 p.m. with intermittent breaks at Rossi Pool, located more...
SF to Officially Lift Mask Mandate February 16
Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Masks In alignment with the State, the Bay Area counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley will lift universal mask requirements for most indoor public settings beginning Wednesday, Feb. 16. Unvaccinated individuals over age 2 will continue to be more...
Dolores Park Playground Finally Reopens After Renovations
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Reopening, San Francisco Dolores Park’s Helen Diller Playground has finally reopened. The playground was closed in June 2021 which was supposed to be a 3-month closure for repairs, but the renovations took longer than expected, Mission Local notes. San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department took to Twitter to announce the reopening and thanked everyone for more...
Dolores Park Cafe Opens in SFO’s Terminal 2
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Travel Dolores Park Cafe has a brand new location, and it’s at San Francisco International Airport. Next time you fly, you can find tasty sandwiches, salads, pastries, coffees, and juices in Terminal 2 near Gate C. The original Dolores Park Cafe is a neighborhood cafe located right across the street from Dolores Park. more...
How to Get a Free $50 Bart Card
East Bay, Transportation BART is offering a special promotion to try to boost ridership. Pledge to commute by BART at least one day a week and get $50 in Clipper funds. The Jumpstart Your BART campaign says: Pledge to ride BART at least one day a week in place of a drive-alone trip and you could more...
Brand New Roller Rink Opens in Emeryville
Brand New, East Bay, Fun & Games Thanks to 510Families for sharing the news that a brand new roller rink has opened in Emeryville. Aloha Fun Center is located at 5625 Bay St. across from H&M in the former Old Navy spot. The new roller rink has an arcade and live DJs. Skate admission is $15, but the more...
California Ends Mask Mandate Feb. 15 (But Will SF Follow?)
COVID-19 Updates, Masks By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation California will roll back its mask requirement next week for vaccinated residents in most indoor spaces, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday. The state implemented the mandate in mid-December as COVID-19 cases began to spike due to the highly infectious omicron variant, requiring residents to wear more...
Two Banks Got Robbed in The Mission on Saturday – Just Two Hours Apart
Bay Area Updates, Crime, San Francisco Police in San Francisco are investigating two separate bank robberies that happened on Saturday just two hours apart. According to the police, officers first responded to a report of a robbery around 10:05 a.m. at a bank in the 4000 block of Mission Street. At the scene, officers learned a male more...
Bay Area Figure Skater Drops Out of Olympics Due to Positive Covid Test
Bay Area Updates By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Foundation U.S. Olympic figure skater Vincent Zhou, who was born in San Jose and grew up in Palo Alto, has tested positive for COVID-19 and dropped out of the men’s individual competition at the Beijing Winter Games. The 21-year-old announced his withdrawal Monday via Instagram. He more...
