Bay Area Updates
Sonoma County’s Hood Mountain Regional Park Gets 120 Acre Expansion
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy By Katy St. Clair, Bay City News Foundation Sonoma County Regional Parks officials have announced the acquisition of 120 acres on the western flank of Hood Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve near Santa Rosa. The area, known as Cougar Landing, will preserve wildlife habitat, offer new recreation opportunities and support more...
Oakland Moves One Step Closer Toward New A’s Waterfront Ballpark
Bay Area Updates, Oakland By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Following a recommendation by the Oakland Planning Commission on Wednesday evening, the City Council will consider whether to certify an environmental report for a new Oakland A’s ballpark in the city. The City Council likely will consider whether to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report at more...
World Class 15,000-Seat Cricket Stadium Coming to San Jose?
Bay Area Updates, Brand New Major League Cricket (MLC) and the County of Santa Clara announced the approval of an exclusive negotiating agreement (ENA) to move forward with lease negotiations and design approvals to develop a world class cricket stadium on a 14-acre parcel of the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds site in San José. The more...
Oakland Zoo Celebrates 100th Birthday in 2022
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Celebrations, East Bay, Oakland Oakland Zoo is celebrating 100 years this year. 1922 was quite the year. You could buy a brand-new car for about $1,000, automated telephone service just began, the White House installed its first radio, Betty White was born, and five zoos opened worldwide. One of those was the Oakland Zoo. This is the more...
SF Spruces Up Chinatown For Lunar New Year
Bay Area Updates, Celebrations, Lunar New Year, San Francisco Public works crews will be sprucing up San Francisco’s Chinatown District over the next few weeks to help usher in the Year of the Tiger for the Lunar New Year, which begins Feb. 1. The Dragon Gate at Grant and Bush streets is being power-washed, the Broadway Tunnel is being spiffed more...
Sunday BART Trains Now Run Until Midnight Starting Feb. 20 (Finally!)
Bay Area Updates, Transportation BART’s schedule will change on Monday, February 14, 2022, with significant improvements to Sunday service. With this schedule change, BART will operate midnight service every night of the week. Highlights include: Extend service to midnight on Sundays Run 5-line service every day (except for single-tracking Sundays) until about 9pm Consistent 3-line service every day more...
San Jose to Require Vaccine Booster for Indoor Events (Feb. 4)
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation People attending events at facilities like the SAP Center and San Jose Convention Center will soon be required to show proof that they have received a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose following a vote Tuesday by the San Jose City Council. The ordinance, which the council more...
SF’s MLK Jr. March & Parade Cancelled
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Festival Updates The annual march and parade in San Francisco honoring the late Martin Luther King Jr. has been cancelled for 2022 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. The website of the San Francisco-based Northern California Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Foundation has an alert postponing until 2023 the parade and more...
Sonoma County’s New Ban on Large Events & Voluntary Stay-At-Home Order Thru Feb. 11
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation In response to the increasing transmission of COVID-19 throughout the county, Sonoma County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase on Monday issued an appeal for community members to stay at home voluntarily for the next month. Mase recommends residents to only leave their house for necessary more...
SF Cuts Hours at 4 City COVID Test Sites
Bay Area Updates, COVID Testing, San Francisco Four COVID-19 testing sites in San Francisco are temporarily reducing hours due to staffing shortages and increased demand on laboratories, health officials said Monday. The new hours will mean 250 fewer tests per day, or about 4 percent of the average 6,000 tests now being administered daily by sites affiliated more...
Bay Area “January 6th Candlelight Vigil for Democracy” Rallies
Bay Area Updates, Causes One year after the attack on the capitol, Americans across race, place, party, and background are holding candlelight vigils and voter actions to urge Congress and the President to pass federal legislation to protect our right to vote and our democracy Bay Area January 6th Rallies (2022) Dates/times/locations subject to change See the more...
Every Free COVID-19 Testing Site in San Francisco
Bay Area Updates, COVID Testing, COVID-19 Updates Anyone living or working in San Francisco can get tested for coronavirus at various locations in the City. There are 23 sites in San Francisco where you can get tested for no charge. Updated January 7, 2022 – Please note this list can change rapidly. Check sf.gov for updates. Some places offer more...
SF’s AIDS Mural in Castro Defaced. Will Cost $50k to Fix
Bay Area Updates, Crime, Jerk Alert, Murals Thanks to KTVU for sharing the news that sadly, Castro’s beloved large-scale mural at the corner of Market and 16th Street has been defaced by large black graffiti. The 23-year old mural, entitled Hope for the World Cure, honors those lost to the AIDS crisis. The beloved artwork created in 1998 more...
You Can Now Buy Fresh Off-the-Boat Dungeness Crab at SF’s Fisherman’s Wharf
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, San Francisco A new pilot program will allow local fishers to directly sell freshly caught Dungeness crab to the public at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf starting on Wednesday, December 29, officials with the Port of San Francisco said. The one-year pilot program was approved by the Port Commission last month and authorizes “off-the more...
Walnut Creek Debuts Awesome Huge New Flower Mural
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Murals Walnut Creek has a brand new mural entitled “Flowers for Walnut Creek” outside the former home of Mel’s Diner located at 1394 North Main Street. The huge bright mural is painted by Berk (Berkvisurals) and features images of iconic Walnut Creek public artworks like the controversial love-it-or-hate-it Fountainhead, Hand of Peace, more...
