Bay Area Updates
Caltrain Gives Free Rides to Vaccination Sites
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Freebies, Support the Bay, Vaccines Beginning Monday, March 22, Caltrain will provide free train rides to and from coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination sites for people living or working along the corridor within San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. For people interested in the free train rides, passengers going to and coming from a vaccination site more...
Oracle Park Hosts SF Pride Outdoor Movie Night
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Celebrations, Only in San Francisco, Pride San Francisco Pride is back this year for some limited in-person events. Unfortunately, the big parade and massive street festival won’t be happening in 2021, but some smaller, more intimate socially-distanced affairs are in the works, with more to be announced soon. One of the first announced in-person events is Pride Movie Night more...
SF Expands Its Street Violence Intervention Program
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, City Insight, Community, Getting Help, Healing, Only in San Francisco, Stop Asian Hate, Support the Bay San Francisco just announced that it will expand the Street Violence Intervention Program in partnership with API non-profit organizations with new community safety teams in several neighborhoods, and extend a program to accompany seniors to medical and personal appointments. San Francisco just announced new efforts to advance public safety in San more...
Golden Gate Park’s New 34,000 sqft Plant Nursery to Open in 2022
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy San Francisco Botanical Garden is getting a brand new plant nursery which will open in Spring 2022. They just released the renderings of the new plant nursery and gave a brief announcement on Facebook: After years of hard work, a new plant nursery is finally underway at the Botanical Garden. Scheduled to more...
All of SF’s Indoor Pools to Open by Mid-June
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, Swimming / Waterparks, What's Closed / What's Open Splish splash…San Francisco’s indoor swimming pools are opening soon. San Francisco’s arrival in the state’s Orange Tier means a return to limited indoor lap swimming with prior reservation, as well as some other programs. San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department are currently coordinating staffing and programming in an effort to get more...
Bay Area Might Host 2026 World Cup
Bay Area Updates Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that the Bay Area has moved one step closer to hosting the 2026 World Cup. On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, the Bay Area Host Committee participated in the Infrastructure Workshop phase of the host city selection process for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and more...
Free Period Products Coming to Santa Clara County Restrooms
Bay Area Updates, Freebies, Getting Help Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that menstrual products will now be provided for free in all Santa Clara County facilities. The Santa Clara County supervisors voted unanimously to approve the plan on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, which will provide the free products in all public access and employees bathrooms more...
40% of San Franciscans (16+) Are Vaccinated
Bay Area Updates, City Insight, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines Mayor London Breed announced today, March 25, 2021, that over 300,000 San Franciscans have received at least one dose of a vaccine. This is approximately 40% of SF residents over 16 years old. Will SF meet its lofty goal to vaccinate every resident before June 30th? That’s 900,000 residents 16 years or more...
Contra Costa Opens Vaccines To Ages 50+
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines Thanks to an increase in supply of COVID-19 vaccines, Contra Costa County is extending vaccine eligibility to anyone who is 50 and older and lives or works in the county, regardless of whether they have an underlying health condition. The move comes as the county has begun receiving additional vaccine from more...
Indoor Concerts Are Finally Coming Back
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, What's Closed / What's Open Oakland’s Fox Theater just announced their first new concert to be scheduled since the pandemic started. March 13, 2021 marked one year since stages across California went dark. Jungle is scheduled to perform October 26, 2021. Presale begins March 31. There’s a handful of shows that have been rescheduled to new dates more...
Oakland’s Brand New Universal Income Program
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Causes, Getting Help Thanks to ABC7 for sharing the news that Oakland is launching a universal income program, Oakland Resilient Families. In partnership with Family Independent Initiative and Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, Oakland Resilient Families will be among the nation’s largest efforts to determine the effectiveness of monthly unconditional payments to residents to more...
SF Officially in “Orange” Reopening Tier (March 24 at 8am)
Bay Area Updates, Get Out: Events, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco Reopens And Expands Businesses And Activities As It Moves Into The State’s Orange Tier Beginning Wednesday, March 24, San Francisco will reopen indoor offices, outdoor bars, and indoor recreation, as well as expand outdoor entertainment, and a number of activities in accordance with State restrictions and additional local limits San more...
Cherry Blossoms Are Blooming in SF’s Union Square
Bay Area Updates, City Insight, Outdoorsy, Wow Spring has sprung in San Francisco. See Union Square’s beautiful Cherry Blossoms have started blooming now, but the peak is yet to come. Spring has Sprung in Union Square 🌸🌸🌸 Cherry blossom season is here- our little trees are still young and blooming so peak blossoming is yet to come. pic.twitter.com/3k6K58PjVN — Union more...
SF To Enter “Orange Tier” March 24. Here’s What Can Reopen
Bay Area Updates, Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open If San Francisco enters the orange tier on March 24th as expected, the city announced that they are reopening more and loosening more restrictions including a further expansion of indoor and outdoor dining and outdoor bars (even without serving food) will be allowed to open for the first time in more...
SF Chinatown’s Walkway Weekends Extended to June
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open Enjoy a historic street stroll, under vibrant red lanterns, at San Francisco Chinatown’s Walkway Weekends — now through June 2021. Every Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 5pm, experience car-free Grant Ave. between California and Washington streets — open for exploring, snacking, dining and shopping in the heart of America’s oldest Chinatown. View more...
