Bay Area Updates
SF’s 1st Black, Woman-owned Dispensary Opens
Bay Area Updates, City Discoveries, Only in San Francisco, Support the Bay, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce for sharing the news the the first Black, woman-owned cannabis dispensary has opened in The City. Posh Green Cannabis Boutique, located in Bayview-Hunters Point at at 828 Innes Ave #110, was founded by San Francisco native Reese Benton. Reese created her own CBD more...
Golden Gate Park’s “Lighted Forest” Now Open Until 9:30p
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Things to Do, What's Closed / What's Open, Wow Now that it’s lighter later, COVID numbers seem to be improving and we’re getting into the exhibition’s planned final month, “Entwined” is now open until 9:30pm nightly in Golden Gate Park according to an Instagram post over the weekend by artist Charles Gadeken. The exhibit is currently scheduled to end on more...
Entire Bay Area Now in Red Tier
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Reopening, Vaccines, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to NBC Bay Area for sharing the uplifting news that California has reached a key vaccination milestone: the state has now administered 2 million doses to the residents in the most disadvantaged zip codes. With the key target met, eligible counties are allowed to more into the less restrictive red tier. more...
SF Wants To Make Outdoor Dining & Shared Spaces Permanent
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open Mayor London Breed Announces Legislation to Make Shared Spaces Program Permanent in San Francisco Friday, March 12, 2021 Successful outdoor dining and retail program would continue beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, making permanent changes to streamline curbside, sidewalk, roadway and other permitting process for San Francisco businesses and organizations Mayor London N. Breed today more...
Brand New Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Now at SF Mass Site
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines San Francisco’s first high-volume site to administer 1,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will take place on Friday, March 12, 2021. The high-volume vaccination site at City College of San Francisco’s Ocean Avenue Campus will administer 1,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to individuals who are 65 more...
Twin Peaks’ New Configuration is Now Open
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open This week, Twin Peaks opened its new configuration. Portola gate is now open for vehicle peak access and the Burnett gate is closed for pedestrian and bicycle use only. The pandemic saw many changes to Twin Peaks, which abruptly closed to car traffic at the start of the pandemic to reduce more...
Bay Area Sees Rare Snow: Photos & Videos
Bay Area Updates, Storm Watch, Wow Weird and wild weather was seen all around the Bay Area on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Rare snow was seen as low as 2,500 feet on top of Mt. Diablo over in the East Bay and Mt. Hamilton in the South Bay. While hail pelted down in Alameda and San Jose, more...
SF’s “Walt Disney Family Museum” Reopens (Sort of) on March 19
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open The Walt Disney Family Museum in The Presidio today announced the opening of the new special exhibition, The Walt Disney Studios and World War II, on Thursday, March 18 for museum members and to the general public the following day, on Friday, March 19, 2021. Please note this is part of a more...
Planned Parenthood’s New $22 Million Flagship Opens in SF
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Only in San Francisco Thanks Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing the news that Planned Parenthood has just opened their brand new flagship health center in downtown San Francisco. Planned Parenthood Northern California’s brand new, state-of-the-art $22MM flagship health center, located at 1522 Bush Street, was funded entirely by more than 800 individual donations. It offers access to more...
Alameda County Now In Red Tier
Bay Area Updates, Indoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to the Temescal Telegraph Business Improvement District for giving us the full details that the State of California announced yesterday that Alameda County has met the metrics for the Red Tier for two weeks, and effective today, Wednesday, March 10, activities and businesses permitted in the Red Tier per the State’s Blueprint for more...
SF’s Maven in Lower Haight Closing
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks lowerhaightsf for sharing the unfortunate news that after 10 years in the neighborhood, Maven is closing its doors at the end of the month. Their last service will be Monday, March 29, 2021. Until then, Maven will cook delicious food and spin inspired cocktails with the same passion as when more...
SF Plans New “Crisis Team” Ambulances for Summer 2021
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Getting Help, Police Reform San Francisco has a new type of ambulance; it’s specifically for the Street Crisis Response Teams, which launched in November 30, 2020. And thanks to Jacob Ward with NBC News, now you can get an inside look at the team in action. There’s currently two teams that respond to 911 calls more...
Ocean Beach Fire Pits Are Back
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Ocean Beach’s fire rings are back. They’ve just been reinstalled following changes to public health guidelines. Fires are only allowed between 6am-9:30pm in the 16 provided fire rings between Stairwells 15 and 20. The rings are available to visitors for free on a first-come, first-served basis. PS: This is an old photo more...
Palace of Fine Arts Swan ‘Blanche’ Returns Home
Adorable, Bay Area Updates, Uplifting Some good news… Blanche, the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts swan, is heading home. Thanks to San Francisco Recreation and Park Department for sharing the uplifting news and showing the cute video of her waddling back home after a clean bill of health. Unfortunately, Blanche and her partner Blue Boy were both more...
Goodwill Closing 8 Bay Area Stores
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open Sadly, KTVU just shared the news that Goodwill is closing 8 stores around the Bay, and laying off 61 employees due to the ongoing pandemic. Throughout most of the pandemic, the nonprofit second hand stores have been closed. Employees that have been let go received a severance package of week of more...
