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Rainbow Grocery Launches Brand New Curbside Pick Up Today
Brand New, Groceries / Supermarkets, Only in San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Rainbow Grocery has just launched curbside pick up beginning February 22, 2021. Their curbside pickup will be available 4 days a week, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Rainbow Grocery’s Announcement: Here at Rainbow, we’ve been working hard to create better ways for our loyal customers to be able to shop at Rainbow while more...
Filipino Fast Food Chain Jollibee Returning to SF
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Eat & Drink, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco will once again have a Jollibee, the world famous fast food chain that hails from the Philippines. Its previous SF location, near Moscone Center, closed in 2011. With roughly 1,300 restaurants worldwide and over 40 in the US, the chain is famous for its unique comfort food favorites, like more...
SF Wants You to Join Its “Monuments & Memorials” Advisory Board
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Have Your Voice Heard, Only in San Francisco The San Francisco Arts Commission is seeking qualified candidates to participate in the Monuments and Memorials Advisory Committee (MMAC), a body that will host hearings with community members and establish the criteria and guidelines by which to determine the future of historic monuments in the City’s art collection. The MMAC’s charge more...
Contra Costa Now Vaccinating Essential Workers
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines Contra Costa Health Services today updated its eligibility policy for COVID-19 vaccine to extend vaccination eligibility to residents who work in the education and childcare sector, food and agriculture workers, and emergency services workers as defined by California’s vaccination plan Phase 1B . Residents in these groups, as well as county more...
Santa Clara County Expands COVID-19 Vaccines for Essential Workers
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines Santa Clara County officials announced today that healthcare providers across the County will expand access to COVID-19 vaccination to workers in education and childcare, emergency services, and the food and agriculture industries, starting February 28, 2021. As vaccine access expands to these additional groups, focusing vaccination efforts on the most impacted more...
Clipper Card is Going Mobile (Finally)
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Travel Bartable just announced on Twitter this morning that Clipper is going mobile. A new Clipper app will be released on Apple Pay and Google Pay in the spring. No further details have been released yet, so we’re not entirely sure what the app will be capable of. Will you load your more...
Oakland’s Historic Parkway Theater May Become Huge “Cannabis Lounge”
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to Biz Journal for sharing the news that Oakland’s historic Parkway Theater might be become an entertainment center that’s not only a theater, but also a restaurant and cannabis lounge. Oakland’s City Planning Commission will have a hearing next week to determine approval of the high-density assembly use permit for more...
CA Expands Vaccine Eligibility to Adults w/ Underlying Health Conditions
Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines Thanks to ABC7 for sharing the news that California has just expanded who will be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine. Starting March 15, adults aged 16-54 with underlying health conditions will be eligible for the vaccine. Vaccine Prioritization (as vaccine supply allows) 1) Currently vaccines may be distributed to populations identified in Phase more...
Brand New Robin Williams Mural Pops Up in East Bay
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Murals A beautiful new mural has popped up in the East Bay dedicated to the late comic Robin Williams. Thanks to SFGate for sharing the news of this beautiful tribute which you can find in the Bay Street Shopping Center in Emeryville in the former Old Navy location. The mural was commissioned by more...
Check Out SF’s Amazing New Chinatown Playground
Brand New, City Insight Newly Renovated Willie “Woo Woo” Wong Playground and Clubhouse Opens in Time for Lunar New Year Friday, February 12, 2021 New open space in Chinatown will provide safe, clean place for kids and their families to play, and newly renovated clubhouse will operate as a Community Hub in March Mayor London N. Breed today announced more...
20mph Speed Limit Coming to All of Tenderloin
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, City Insight, Only in San Francisco The Tenderloin will become first entire neighborhood in San Francisco with a 20mph speed limit. The SFMTA is undertaking two new traffic safety improvements as a part of the Tenderloin Traffic Safety project: (1) prohibiting vehicle turns on red at approximately 54 intersections (2) reducing vehicle speed limits to 20 miles per hour on more...
Chinatown’s Lunar New Year Mural Scavenger Hunt
Brand New, Celebrations, Lunar New Year, Murals, Only in San Francisco, Things to Do Celebrate Lunar New Year by hunting for murals throughout Chinatown. There’s 12 murals hidden throughout Chinatown, each one depicting one of the Chinese Zodiac animals. Find and snap of photo of each one, and share to Instagram to be entered to win their raffle. Chinatown Mural Hunt SF Chinatown Up through the end of more...
SF Honors Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks w/ Muni Plaque
Brand New, Causes, Only in San Francisco In honor of Rosa Parks on the Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, SFMTA just unveiled a plaque in honor of Rosa Parks. 66 years ago, Rosa kept her seat on a Montgomery bus, was jailed and fined $10, thus sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. A catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement, more...
Brand New Mural of Bernie Meme Pop Ups in Oakland
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Murals A brand new mural has popped up in Oakland and it might look a little familiar. From real life, to internet meme…to now a beautiful mural, check out chilly Bernie chillin’ in Oakland. Thanks to Three Thirty Three Arts for sharing the awesome mural by artist 3nolam that you can peep at more...
SF’s Chinese New Year Float On Display
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Only in San Francisco, Things to Do For the first time in the Chinese New Year Parade history, you can see one of the shimmering floats up close. The big Southwest Airlines float will be on display at Pier 27, Cruise Terminal Plaza, from noon to 8 pm for two weekends. Southwest Airlines Float Display Pier 27, Cruise Terminal Plaza – more...
