Bay Area Updates
East Bay City Says “Nope” to Chick-Fil-A
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink Chick-fil-A wanted to open a new location in the East Bay in Castro Valley but the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council and Alameda County rejected the proposal. Thanks to SFGate for sharing the news and the council’s report that stated “With regard to the General Plan policies for Castro Valley’s Central more...
6 SF Spots Make Esquire’s “100 Restaurants America Can’t Afford to Lose”
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to SFGate for letting us know San Francisco is well featured in Esquire’s 100 Restaurants America Can’t Afford to Lose round up, including two classic Chinatown restaurants. The Esquire editors focused on restaurants that are the essence of America and our communities; they note “We’re raising a toast to these more...
SF’s Dungeness Crab Season Finally Begins
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to CBS5 for letting us know that after a long delay to the commercial Dungeness crab season in the Bay Area, the season has finally begun. But fisherman report that the initial catches have been disappointing. Typically crab fishermen will see 10-25 crabs per pot, but so far this year more...
SF Wants Your Input: Shared Scooter Permits Expire April 2021
Bay Area Updates The SFMTA is seeking public input as we prepare for the next round of Powered Scooter Share Program permits. We are holding an online meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 14th and also have an online survey (open until January 29) for feedback. The current permits for Scooter Share expire in April 2021. We expect more...
Giants, 49ers, A’s Stadiums Might Become Mass Vaccination Centers
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines California is expanding its vaccination efforts, and Bay Area teams including the A’s, Giants, 49ers and Sharks have proposed the possibility that their stadiums become mass vaccination centers. San Francisco Chronicle noted that the A’s and 49ers’ stadiums have large parking lots which could work well to handle a large turnout. more...
SF Announces New $62 Million Relief Plan for Small Businesses
Bay Area Updates Mayor London Breed Announces New $62 Million Relief Plan for Small Businesses Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Combination of grants and loans will triple San Francisco’s total direct financial support for small business during the pandemic San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed today announced a new plan to provide immediate financial relief more...
SF Prepared for Pro-Trump Protest at Twitter HQ, But No One Showed Up
Bay Area Updates, Election Although, San Francisco police were prepared for a big protest planned at Twitter’s HQ today, no one showed up. San Francisco police were tipped off that a pro-Trump rally was planned for today, Monday, January 11 outside the Twitter headquarters on Market Street in response to Twitter’s ban of Trump. On more...
$30K Raised for Japantown’s Cherry Blossom Trees After Vandalism
Bay Area Updates, Support the Bay, Uplifting At the start of the year, two of Japantown’s Cherry Blossom trees in front of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California were destroyed, down to their trunks. “This was not simply a passerby trying to break a branch off for fun. Someone took their time to break off more...
Lemur Theft Suspect Ordered to Stay Away from SF Zoo
Bay Area Updates, Jerk Alert Thanks to SFist for letting us know that the suspect in the Lemur-napping case from the San Francisco Zoo back in October has been ordered to stay away from the Zoo pending his trial. On October 14th, the San Francisco Zoo reported “Maki” a 21-year-old ring-tailed lemur was discovered missing from more...
Californians Asked To Stay Within 120 Miles Of Home
Bay Area Updates, Reopening Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know that the California Dept. of Public Health has issued updated travel restrictions which include advising Californians to avoid traveling more than 120 miles from one’s home for “non-essential” travel. For context, Tahoe is approximately 200 miles from San Francisco. Find cities within 120 miles of more...
SF Art Institute May Sell 1931 Diego Rivera Mural
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Updates Thanks to artforum for letting us know that the cash-strapped San Francisco Art Institute is exploring selling its iconic 1931 Diego Rivera mural The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City. The mural was commissioned by SFAI President William Gerstle (1930–1931), and was completed by Rivera in the more...
SF’s Exodus: U-Haul Traffic Out of Bay Area Soared in 2020
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye The COVID-19 pandemic has coincided with more do-it-yourself movers leaving densely populated U.S. areas, specifically New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area, according to a U-Haul special report analyzing migration trends from 2020. U-Haul transaction data also reveals Americans are moving again in growing numbers, and have been since more...
Caltrain Now Has On Demand Bike Parking for 5¢ / Hour
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Travel The Caltrain Board of Directors voted today, January 7, 2021, to make changes to the agency’s bike parking fees and the price of the 2021 Go Pass that will make the system more accessible and equitable. Caltrain is in the process of installing electronic bicycle lockers throughout the system. The standard more...
“Stay-at-Home” Order Likely Extended, But No Official Word Yet
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open The three-week “Stay at Home” order that was triggered for the Bay Area on December 18 after ICU capacity for the region fell below 15% was originally supposed to be revisited starting January 8th, but there has been no official word from the State of California. A region is supposed to more...
BART Stops Adding New Trains for at Least 3 Months
Bay Area Updates Thanks to the Mercury News for letting us know that BART has paused their delivery of new “Fleet of the Future” trains due to software glitches and reliability issues putting it’s $2.6 billion effort to swap out a decades-old fleet of trains on hold. Thanks to glitches in the on-board automatic more...
