Bay Area Updates
Free Unlimited “Bay Wheels” Bike Rides for Healthcare Workers Thru 5/31
Bay Area Updates Good News! LyftUp Scooter Critical Workforce Program that was originally set to end on April 30 is extended until May 31st. Lyft tweeted yesterday that an additional month of will be given to first-responders, healthcare workers, and transit workforce with free Bay Wheels trips as they serve the public on more...
San Francisco Sheriffs Hand Out 750 Free Face Masks
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Uplifting Thank you to KRON4 for sharing the positive news about the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office deputies handing out face masks this weekend. As early as April 18, SF required wearing of face masks in public. Though face coverings do not need to be N-95 or surgical masks, several options for face more...
Twin Peaks Now Has a Permanent Car-Free Road
Bay Area Updates Thanks to the SF Bike Coalition for letting us know something that slipped under our radar last week – after a 4-year pilot program, the SFMTA unanimously approved the permanent closing of the Eastern half of Twin Peak Boulevard to cars. The dedicated eastern road is now permanently an open space more...
A 145-acre Golf Course in SF Has Been Turned into a Public Park
Bay Area Updates, Community, New Parks Thanks to Business Insider for sharing the news that a closed public golf course in SF was turned into a public park to open more outdoor space. The 145-acre Presidio Golf Course was ordered to closed during the region-wide shelter-in-place order. Last weekend, the closed golf course instead served as a more...
Castro Theatre’s Boarded-Up Box Office Is Now a Mural Honoring Frontliners
Bay Area Updates, Murals, Uplifting Thank you Datebook for letting us know about Castro Theatre’s boarded-up box office which has been painted to show appreciation to frontline workers during the pandemic. Award-winning Bay Area artist Mace did a fantastic job with Castro Theatre’s box office murals with coordination from @MissionArt415. He painted images representing gratitude to more...
What Will Re-Open First? Likely More Access to Parks & Outdoors
Bay Area Updates With an updated public health order coming this week that are expected to extend “stay-at-home” guidelines through the end of May, will also come a few easing of restrictions. So far, the 6-county Bay Area alliance (Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo and San Francisco, plus the city of more...
SF Had the 1918 Flu Under Control. Then It Lifted Restrictions
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates Thanks to NBC News for reminding us about the 1918 San Francisco flu and the possible danger of celebrating too early and lifting restrictions too soon. Over 100 years ago, San Francisco officials ordered everyone to wear face masks and banned public gatherings amid soaring Spanish Flu infections. The restrictions seemed more...
San Francisco Park Goers “Try” To Socially Distance
Bay Area Updates Thank you KRON4 for letting us know that San Francisco park-goers are “trying” but often times falling short of following the social distancing orders, especially in the parks on sunny days. After more than a month of being sheltered in place, the sunny and warm weather this Saturday brought people out more...
SF Frees Up $138 Million For 100,000+ For Food, Rent & Utilities
Bay Area Updates Mayor London Breed Announces Plan to Free Up $138 Million to Support Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Tuesday, April 28, 2020 $138 million from SF City Option Medical Reimbursement Accounts will become available for over 100,000 San Francisco employees to use for food, rent, utilities, and other basic needs Mayor London N. Breed more...
San Francisco “Crushing the Curve” vs. COVID-19 Hot Spots
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates Thanks to the SF Chronicle for letting us know how the Bay Area is doing well relative to many other cities in the U.S. Compared to coronavirus hot spots across the country, the Bay Area seems to have made great progress in “flattening the curve”. Many may have thought that the more...
SF Bans Cars From Golden Gate Park’s JFK Drive
Bay Area Updates San Francisco Closes Golden Gate Park’s JFK Drive and McLaren Park’s Shelley Drive to Vehicles to Support Physical Distancing Monday, April 27, 2020 Road closures will help people maintain required physical distance when walking, running, or biking in Golden Gate Park and John McLaren Park. Mayor London N. Breed today announced that beginning more...
San Francisco Moves to Ban Rent Hikes
Bay Area Updates Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, led by Supervisor Aaron Peskin, passed an emergency memorandum canceling rent increases across the city due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Board of Supervisors finds it is essential not just to suspend evictions for non-payment but also to impose a temporary moratorium on rent more...
First Bay Area Easing of Restrictions Coming This Week
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates The Public Health Officers of the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara as well as the City of Berkeley will later this week issue revised shelter-in-place orders that largely keep the current restrictions in place and extend them through May. What Might Change? According more...
SF’s Epic Social Distance Wedding in an “Empty” Church
Bay Area Updates Thanks to ABC7 for sharing this story of a Bay Area couple getting married in an “empty” church, but still filled with people during the Coronavirus outbreak. It was a very special day for Parris Khachi and Emily Manashi last Sunday. Engaged for a year, the Bay Area couple got married more...
SF “Very Likely” To Extend Shelter-in-Place Beyond May 3
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates Thanks to SFGate letting us about Mayor Breed’s press conference on Friday. San Francisco Mayor London Breed said in a press conference that the public health order to socially distance and shelter in place, currently set to expire May 3, is “very likely” to be extended. According to the Mayor, It could more...
