Bay Area Updates
SF’s Late Night Muni Subway Service Returns October 2
Bay Area Updates, Transportation By Mariana Maguire, SFMTA The SFMTA plans to extend Muni Metro service in the subway to midnight as part of our ongoing rail recovery and COVD-19 Muni service expansion starting Saturday, October 2. Monday through Saturday, last trains will depart their terminals before midnight and will reach the end of the subway more...
SF Recreation Centers Reopen w/ Vaccine Proof (Sept. 7)
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, Vaccines San Francisco Recreation and Park Department recently announced that the majority of their Recreation Centers will reopen on weekdays beginning on Tuesday, September 7. Note that the Harvey Milk Photo Center will reopen on September 15, the Randall Museum on October 2, and the Golden Gate Park Senior Center on more...
Muni Gets $288 Million in Covid Relief Funds
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Transportation San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will receive $288.2 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Thursday. The newly announced funding comes from the more than $30 billion that’s been allocated to public transportation nationwide under the American Rescue Plan Act, which was signed into law more...
SF’s Cable Cars Resume Revenue Service on Sept. 4
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open By Pamela Johnson, SFMTA All aboard? Ding! Ding! A familiar sound is in the air again. It’s time to experience San Francisco once more with a ride on one of the city’s landmark cable cars. When was the last time you were on board? Shop, dine, and visit your favorite destinations more...
Berkeley Requires Vaccine Proof for Indoor Businesses Starting Sept. 10
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Indoor Dining, Vaccines Starting next week in Berkeley, patrons of restaurants, gyms and large indoor events will need to show proof that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. A health order issued Wednesday by Berkeley’s health officer also requires, starting Oct. 15, that employees of those businesses and other specified facilities to be vaccinated more...
BART Gets First of 41 Brand New Clean Escalators in SF
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Transportation Riders can now enjoy the benefit of the largest investment BART has made in escalators in decades. The first of the new escalators that is part of a massive overhaul opened for service on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 with a ribbon cutting attended by BART and City officials. The first of more...
Oakland Mandates Covid-19 Vaccine for City Employees
Bay Area Updates, Oakland, Vaccines To provide a safe and healthy workplace for City employees and their families, protect the public we serve, and reduce the risk of community transmission—and in alignment with public health guidance—today City Administrator Ed Reiskin released a draft Mandatory Vaccination Policy to the City’s union labor partners for their review and comment. Under more...
SF’s 153rd Italian Heritage Parade Returns to North Beach (Oct. 10)
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Reopening One of the San Francisco’s oldest celebrations of heritage and the longest-running Italian-American parade in the nation returns October 10, 2021. Thanks to The Chronicle for breaking the news it’s the first major parade to return to San Francisco since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Serving as the Grand Marshall is Graziano Cerchiai, owner of the historic more...
80% of Eligible San Franciscans Are Vaccinated
Bay Area Updates, Vaccines As of Sunday, 80 percent of eligible San Francisco residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Mayor London Breed said. “This a major milestone but we still have work to do to make sure that all of us are protected,” the mayor posted on her Twitter account. “Now is the time more...
SF Beaches & Lookouts Might Start Charging $3/Hr Parking in 2022
Bay Area Updates, Have Your Voice Heard, Parks & Beaches The National Park Service on Friday announced plans to add new parking fees at sites in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco and Marin County and begin a new fee for after-hour tours at the Point Bonita Lighthouse. The proposed fees, for sites that are currently free, include more...
Alcatraz Night Tours Return in September (Finally!)
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Evening tours at Alcatraz Island are back after having been temporarily suspended for the first time in more than a year, Alcatraz City Cruises announced this week. The night tours return beginning Sept. 9, and will be offered Thursdays through Mondays with ferries leaving from San Francisco’s Pier 33 at 6 more...
Oakland Postpones 2021 Chinatown Street Fest
Bay Area Updates, Festival Updates, Oakland Sadly, the Oakland Chinatown StreetFest has been postponed. We look forward to when we can announce the festival’s return. Out of an abundance of caution due to rising COVID cases, the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce has made the difficult decision to postpone this year’s Oakland Chinatown 33rd StreetFest originally scheduled more...
SF is No Longer the Priciest Place to Rent in USA (Barely)
Bay Area Updates, Good News, Housing San Francisco just got demoted. Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that San Francisco is no longer the most expensive city for rent in the United States. According to data from the August 2021 Zumper report, New York just edged out San Francisco to take the number 1 spot with the more...
BART Gets $331 Million COVID Recovery Windfall
Bay Area Updates, Getting Help, Transportation Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that the U.S. Department of Transportation just granted BART $330.8 million from the American Rescue Plan funds. The funds were granted to help BART recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. More than $30 billion dollars of the American Rescue Plan Act budget has been reserved more...
SF’s New 18-Story 100% Affordable Housing in SOMA Breaks Ground
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Housing Mayor London N. Breed today celebrated the groundbreaking of a new 18-story 100% affordable housing complex in the South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood. The development at 921 Howard Street will be one of the largest affordable housing projects seen in San Francisco in the last decade, with 40% of the more...
