Bay Area Updates
SF & Oakland to End Verily COVID-19 Testing Sites
Bay Area Updates, COVID Testing Two of the most populous counties in California, San Francisco and Alameda counties, will be ending their partnership with Verily, Google’s health-focused sister company, who promised to vastly expand Covid-19 testing across the state. Verily’s platform screens symptoms, books appointments and reports test results. California spent $55 million in contracts more...
SF Taxpayers on $30 Million Hook to Fix Tilting Millennium Tower
Bay Area Updates Thanks to the SF Chronicle for letting us know that fixing the tilting Millennium Tower, which has vexed the city and lowered property values of the buildings residents, will cost taxpayers $30 million. The $30 million share from the taxpayers is just a portion of the overall settlement of $100 million from more...
SF Extends Outdoor Dining to June 2021. Could it Be Made Permanent?
Bay Area Updates, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open More than 1,800 individual operators and counting are making the Shared Spaces Program a successful part of San Francisco’s economic recovery. Permits originally set to expire at the end of December may now be extended through June 30, 2021 and new applications are welcome. Shared Spaces allow merchants to use sidewalks, full or partial streets, and other more...
20-Year Wind Event Causes East Bay Parks to Close
Bay Area Updates, Fire Updates, Outdoorsy, What's Closed / What's Open Regional parks in the East Bay are closing in advance of the expected high winds for Sunday night. SF Gate reports that the wind event will likely be the biggest of the year with continual winds up to 35mph, with some gusts reaching 70mph. Take caution; the risk across the entire more...
SF Breaks 128 Year Old Heat Record
Bay Area Updates, Wow Last week San Francisco saw above-average temperatures due to offshore winds pushing warm air over from the inland valleys. The City experienced 3 days in a row of unusually high temperatures. It was in the low 90s Thursday through Saturday, October 15-17. Even more impressively, SFGate reported that on Friday, October 16, more...
SF Announces Lots of New Updates for Reopening
Bay Area Updates, Indoor Dining, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco Continues Reopening with Expanded Business Operations and Activities Tuesday, October 20, 2020 Now that San Francisco is assigned to the State’s Yellow tier, the City will move forward on reopening offices and expanding capacity at business, including fitness, dining, places of worship, personal services, recreation, and more Mayor London N. Breed more...
Driverless Vehicles (Without Any Humans) Coming to SF
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicles will be soon be cruising the streets of San Francisco – sans humans. The California DMV issued a permit on Thursday, October 15, to allow their vehicles to drive without any human backup drivers. Cruise expects their cars to be on the roads driving solo by more...
Record High Temperatures Set in Oakland & Richmond on Thursday
Bay Area Updates, Wow Thursday, October 15 was a scorcher across in The Bay. It was unusually hot for an October day; five record highs were set or tied across the Bay Area. Downtown Oakland set a new record high for 92° F; the previous record was 90°F set in 1974. Richmond hit a new more...
SF Opens Four “Weather Relief” Centers (Oct. 15-16)
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco The National Weather Service is heat advisory warning, predicting above normal temps in San Francisco, October 15-16, with afternoon temperatures peaking in the high 80s to low 90s. Even during heat waves, we must continue to protect ourselves and our community from COVID-19. Stay home when possible. If it feels too more...
Last Chance: 2020 U.S. Census Deadline is Tonight
Bay Area Updates Thanks to NPR for letting us know that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Trump administration request to end counting in the 2020 census. In response, the U.S. Census Bureau announced it will accept responses online at My2020Census.gov through Oct. 15 until 11:59 p.m. Hawaii time. (That’s 2:59am Friday in the more...
SF’s Animal Care & Control Joins A&E’s “Live Rescue” TV Show
Bay Area Updates San Francisco Animal Care & Control announced today that it has joined A&E’s live original documentary series, “Live Rescue,” which airs Friday and Saturday nights at 9pm PT. Hosted by Matt Iseman (America Ninja Warrior), “Live Rescue” follows EMTs, paramedics and fire fighters across the country as they bravely put their more...
“Karla The Fog” Rolls Into SF After “Karl” Goes Silent
Bay Area Updates With 355,000 Twitter followers and a sassy take on San Francisco weather, @KarlTheFog has gone mysteriously silent since January of 2020 right around the time the 49ers were in the Super Bowl and when COVID started to dominate the news. After 10 months of silence, a new twitter voice of the more...
SF’s 150-Foot Ferris Wheel Opens October 21
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open A huge observation wheel intended to be a centerpiece of Golden Gate Park’s 150th Anniversary celebrations on in April has sat dormant after being partially constructed at the beginning of COVID-19. The 150-foot, illuminated Observation Wheel in Golden Gate Park will be ready to ride starting Wednesday, October 21. The wheel, more...
Muni Says 90% of Riders Wear Masks
Bay Area Updates Thanks to ABC7 for letting us know that despite push back from some riders, Muni reports that 90% of riders comply with mask rules. For Muni in San Francisco, the rules are simple. No mask, no entry. While mask compliance is high, Muni says that there are reports of operators being verbally more...
AC Transit Resumes Fare Collection on Oct. 19
Bay Area Updates AC Transit will resume fare collection on Monday, October 19. Fare collection was suspended because of COVID-19. AC Transit introduced multiple changes in the wake of COVID-19. They included rear-door boarding and no fare collection in order to facilitate social distancing and help protect the safety of riders and operators. In addition, more...
