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CHP to Massively Increase Presence at Major Retail Areas
Bay Area Updates, Crime In response to a recent increase in organized retail theft activities across the state, Governor Gavin Newsom has directed the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to increase their presence near major retail sites and announced a proposed increase in the 2022-2023 state budget to combat retail theft. “The level of organized retail more...
Alameda’s 9-ft Colorful Lego Menorah Lighting Celebration (Nov. 28)
Celebrations A community Hanukkah celebration in Alameda on Sunday evening will feature a 9-foot Menorah made from Lego bricks. The Festival of Lights celebration will be Alameda’s fifth public Menorah lighting, according to Chabad Alameda. The colorful Menorah was built with 3,750 Lego bricks by the Alameda Jewish Kids Club, according to more...
Free Uber/Lyft/Cab Rides Home on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving, Transportation Law firm GJEL Accident Attorneys “Drink and Alive Free Cab Program” is reimbursing cab/ Uber/ Lyft rides for Thanksgiving to help keep the roads safe. All you have to do is make the right choice to take a cab ride, Uber, or Lyft home if you’ve been drinking. Pay for the more...
San Francisco Declares Water Shortage Emergency
Bay Area Updates, Green, San Francisco San Francisco Public Utilities Commission declared a water shortage emergency and approved measures aimed at further conserving and reducing water usage across the SFPUC’s service territory in response to exceptionally dry weather conditions that have affected the entire state over the past two years. As a result of the emergency measure, more...
Food Trucks Coming to SF’s Great Highway
Brand New, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department today announced the launch of a three-month pilot program for food trucks on the Upper Great Highway during days the roadway is closed to vehicle traffic, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today. Viva Vegan, a plant-based burger truck, began serving its more...
SF’s Interfaith Winter Shelters Open Through March 26
Getting Help, Housing, San Francisco San Francisco announced the opening of its Interfaith Winter Shelter program. Now in its 33rd year, the Interfaith Winter Shelter program opens Sunday, November 21, 2021, increasing shelter capacity for people experiencing homelessness during the particularly difficult winter season. This year, the shelter will transition among four religious facilities with more...
Walnut Creek to Close Broadway Plaza to Traffic Through the Holidays
Bay Area Updates, East Bay, Transportation, What's Closed / What's Open By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Foundation The dozens of looters who rushed Walnut Creek’s Nordstrom on Saturday night made off with between $100,000 and $200,000 worth of merchandise, Walnut Creek police said Monday. Lt. Hollie Connors said up to 80 masked bandits blocked the street up and down Broadway Plaza with more...
East Bay Park District’s “Free Park Day” for ‘Green Friday’ (Nov. 26)
East Bay, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches For the past seven years, the East Bay Regional Park District has celebrated Green Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, as a healthy outdoor alternative to Black Friday holiday shopping. To encourage time in nature, the Park District is again making Green Friday a free park day, meaning all district fees are more...
Gang of 80 Thieves Loot Walnut Creek Nordstrom
Crime, East Bay Police on Sunday are reviewing surveillance footage in hopes of tracking down more suspects involved in what authorities described as an organized looting at Walnut Creek’s Broadway Plaza on Saturday night. Three suspects were arrested shortly after the mob descended on a Nordstrom department store about 9 p.m., police said. An 18-year-old more...
Oakland’s “Safe Exchange Zones” for Buying/Selling Online Goods
Bay Area Updates, Community, Oakland By Victoria Hsieh, Bay City News Foundation The Oakland Police Department offers its community members two Safe Exchange Zones during the holiday season in front of the department at 455 7th St. The zones are intended to be an alternative to meeting in an unfamiliar location for buying and selling online more...
Union Square Closing Streets for the Holidays
Bay Area Updates, Crime, San Francisco Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that after the recent brazen looting incidents, San Francisco announced that it will be limiting vehicle access in Union Square. The news was shared during a joint press conference with Mayor London Breed and the San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott. Breed announced that, more...
SF City Hall Lights Up for Thanksgiving (Nov. 25-27)
San Francisco, Thanksgiving San Francisco’s City Hall and its 220+ state-of-the-art LED lighting fixtures will illuminate in beautiful shades of amber in celebration of Thanksgiving, November 25-27, 2021. It’s a great photo opportunity to capture San Francisco’s iconic dome lit up for the occasion. The schedule is always tentative for the holiday lighting and subject to change when there are special events and the more...
BART’s Late Night New Year’s Eve Service Returns
Bay Area Updates, New Year's Eve, Transportation BART’s late-night service for New Year’s Eve returns this year. For New Year’s Eve we will run standard Friday service but with an extended closing time to allow people to enjoy fireworks in San Francisco or other festivities ringing in the New Year. The regular last trains of evening (Yellow, Blue, and more...
UC Berkeley Says Goodbye to Admission Tests for Good
Controversy, Goodbye By Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters The University of California will not require any kind of admissions test for students trying to gain entry as undergraduates, system leaders reiterated Thursday. Though the system voted last year to do away with requiring the SAT and ACT admissions tests, still up in the air was whether more...
19 Bay Area Festive Concerts & Performances for the Holidays 2021
Celebrations, Christmas, Get Out: Events By Sue Gilmore, Bay City News Foundation It’s shaping up to be a happy hybrid holiday this year, given that quite a few of the celebratory events in the music, dance and theater worlds that were strictly digital in 2020 now will be offering both in-person and online options. And the lineup more...
