Bay Area Updates
California Reopens Partially on Friday: Stage 2
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the first stages of “Stage 2” of the state reopening was planned to begin on Friday, May 8th with a full roadmap of which business and can open he Governor laid out the plans for May 8th stage 2 reopening for the state with curbside more...
It’s SF Hottest Day of the Year So Far
Bay Area Updates It’s officially hottest day of the year so far in San Francisco with the weather reaching 79 degrees according to AccuWeather and the “RealFeel” temperature making it “feel” like 85 degrees. Across the Bay Area, the North Bay is hitting the low 90s. The normal high for May 7 in San more...
SF’s Oldest Ice Cream Parlor May Have Served Its Last Scoop
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open Hat tip to SFGate for letting us know that the SF’s oldest ice cream parlor might have to close for good. The 102-year old ice cream parlor and diner “St. Francis Fountain” has been serving the Mission since 1918. Sadly the iconic landmark, beloved diner, candy shop, and soda counter at more...
Here’s Why SF Gives Free Drugs to Homeless in Hotel Quarantine
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates Thanks to KTVU FOX 2 for letting us know about the controversial plan of providing free alcohol, drugs and tobacco for recovering homeless addicts “in limited quantities” who are being housed in San Francisco hotels during the COVID-19 epidemic. The city has faced some backlash as the Public Health Department confirmed more...
Watch Live: Newsom Announces CA’s “Stage 2” Reopening Plan
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to announce the full details of the state’s “Stage 2” reopening during a live press conference on Twitter and Facebook at Noon on Thursday, May 7th. Watch live at Noon on 5/7: Facebook | Twitter | Read Press Release (will be posted after press conference) While details more...
Power Outage Hits 5,600 Residents in Lower Haight & Castro
Bay Area Updates The power is out for some San Francisco residents this evening, May 6. PG&E has reported that there’s an outage for 5,646 residents in Lower Haight and Duboce Triangle. Residents have been without power since 4:24 pm; PG&E expects the power to be restored by 7 pm. The cause is unknown. more...
Only 19 Bay Area Wendy’s Still Serving Beef (Updated 5/6)
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open “Where’s the Beef” is the cry among many Wendy’s fans as meat shortages become a reality across the country. Many Wendy’s have taken beef off their menu. We checked every Bay Area Wendy’s location we could find with online ordering and found that currently (as of May 6, 2020) that the more...
The Last “Supermoon” of 2020 is Here
Bay Area Updates Thanks to an optical illusion in the sky, the moon will appear bigger and brighter than normal in the San Francisco Bay Area in the night, during what astronomers call a “supermoon.” Because the sun is about 50,000 miles closer to the earth than at its furthest point – and it’s more...
BART Shutting Down Orinda Station This Weekend
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open To help make your ride, safer, smoother and quieter, BART is moving forward with a track replacement project near the Orinda Station, which will require five-weekend track shutdowns. During the work, there were be no BART service between Lafayette and Rockridge stations. This will add 3,000 feet of new rail, more...
SF Queer Nightlife Fund Raises $160K for LGBTQ Workers
Bay Area Updates, Uplifting Thank you SFist for the wonderful news that the SF Queer Nightlife Fund Raiseed $160K, and will start delivering grantss. With the community’s overwhelming support and generous donations, SF Queer Nightlife Fund was able to raise $160K grant to aid LGBTQ nightlife workers. This includes entertainers, DJs, bartenders, and nightclub employees. more...
SF Now Has 49 Free Public Toilets Staffed 24/7
Bay Area Updates Mayor London Breed Announces Expansion of 24-Hour Pit Stops to Increase Sanitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Tuesday, May 05, 2020 18 existing Pit Stops will now be open around the clock during the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the total number of staffed 24-hour restroom locations in the City to 49. San Francisco, CA —Mayor more...
UCSF Tested 3,000 for COVID-19 in the Mission District
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates Last week, through a partnership between UCSF, the Latino Task Force for COVID-19, and SF Department of Public Health offered free COVID-19 testing for all persons age 4 years and older in part of the Mission. See the results of the UCSF study On Monday, UCSF announced results from initial coronavirus testing more...
This Guy Delivers Free Fresh Pineapples to SF
Bay Area Updates, Community, Uplifting Bored stuck at home and missing going out to brunch? That’s where “The Pineapple Guy” (aka CapriKid) comes to the rescue. Normally, D’marc Williams (and his security dog, Benzo) runs pop-up bars all over San Francisco, serving up a mix of fresh-fruit tropical cocktails along with drinks made with CapriSun pouches. more...
SF May Resume Street Sweeping Tickets Again. And Soon.
Bay Area Updates Back on March 17th, the city of San Francisco put a temporary moratorium on issuing parking tickets for street sweeping in order to help out people who were isolating at home or not able-bodied enough to move their cars each week. But that “free pass” on street cleaning day may be more...
Dolores Park May Be Shut Down if Crowds Continue
Bay Area Updates In a Monday afternoon press conference, San Francisco Mayor London Breed hinted that the city may have to temporarily shut down Dolores Park if park goers don’t maintain social distancing in the future. Here are some photos from May 3rd from SF Gate. “If we see that that behavior has not changed, more...
