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SF’s Brand New $3 Million Fund for Music Venues
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, City Insight, COVID-19 Updates, Getting Help, Support the Bay The Music and Entertainment Venue Recovery Fund will offer grants of at least $10,000 to every eligible entertainment venue in San Francisco, which have been struggling to remain in business as a result of COVID-19 Mayor London N. Breed today announced the City’s Music and Entertainment Venue Recovery Fund will begin more...
Meet the Navy’s Brand New “USS Oakland”
Brand New By Keith Burbank, Bay City News The third Navy ship named after Oakland will be commissioned Saturday, Apr 17th at the Port of Oakland, Navy officials said. The USS Oakland will be commissioned at 10 a.m. in a private ceremony but will be livestreamed. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker will deliver more...
Check Out Berkeley’s Colorful Southern African “Super Bloom”
Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Outdoorsy, Spring Flowers, Wow By Victoria Franco – Bay City News Foundation The University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley has reopened to the public with a special attraction, a Southern African “Super Bloom” consisting of plants from South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, and Namibia. Thousands of yellow, purple, orange, fuchsia and white flowers have created more...
Bay Area Plans 75% Reduction in Homelessness by 2024
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Getting Help By Jana Kadah – Bay City News Foundation Local and state leaders, housing experts, businesses and social justice advocates from all nine Bay Area counties have united to create a Regional Action Plan that aims to house 75 percent of the area’s homeless population by 2024. After a year of more...
Alameda County Fair Returns October 22-31
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open The Alameda County Fairgrounds, known for hosting the annual Fair every June, will reschedule its traditional celebration to October. The Fairgrounds continues to support the community by serving as the host site for COVID-19 vaccines and County food distribution in eastern Alameda County. Both operations are expected to run through the more...
San Francisco’s New “H Mart” Opens April 21
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Groceries / Supermarkets Welcome to the new H Mart San Francisco, a 42,000 square foot location at 3995 Alemany Blvd, San Francisco. H Mart San Francisco host its Grand Opening on April 21st, 2021 at 10am. (please note the opening is on April 21, not April 17 as was previously listed) The supermarket is also expected more...
Caltrain Launches New 20% Off Monthly Pass Deal
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Deals, Travel Caltrain wants to get you riding again, so they’ve launched a special limited time promotion. They’re offering 20% off their monthly passes, valid through September. Benefits 20% off Caltrain Monthly Pass (promotion valid April – September) Unlimited trips between all zones on weekends and holidays Touchless payment Free or Discounted transfers to VTA, SamTrans, SFMTA, more...
SOMA’s New Park + Secret Oasis Opens This Weekend
Brand New, City Discoveries, Community, New Parks, What's Closed / What's Open Once a parking lot, this brand new Filipino-inspired art & wellness pop-up and free garden for the community opened on April 14th and celebrates is grand opening weekend on April 16-17. Built by 350 volunteers during the depths of the pandemic, Kapwa Gardens is the newest attraction in San Francisco’s Filipino more...
Oakland’s Tallest Mural (190-Feet) Unveiled This Week
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Murals By Keith Burbank, Bay City News The tallest mural in Oakland will be completed Thursday to bring attention to hunger, which the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated all over the world. The 190-foot-tall mural by artist Victor Ash is being painted on the side of the Oakland Marriott City Center at 1001 Broadway. Food more...
SF’s Indoor Concerts Are Back + 11p Dining Curfew Ends
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Festival Updates, Indoor Dining, Only in San Francisco, Reopening Beginning Thursday, April 15, San Francisco will resume indoor live-audience events, performances, meetings, and receptions with capacity limits and following other protocols, and will expand existing guidelines for outdoor live-audience events, performances, and other activities. San Francisco will reopen and expand additional activities that are allowed by the State for counties more...
SF Is Opening Its First “Drug Sobering Center” in SoMa
Brand New, City Insight, Getting Help San Francisco city officials on Wednesday announced plans to move forward with opening a “drug sobering center” under a pilot program for people under the influence of drugs such as methamphetamine or fentanyl. The lease for the new Howard Street location will first need to be approved by the San Francisco more...
San Jose to Open City’s First Park Honoring Filipino-Americans
Brand New, What's Closed / What's Open By Jana Kadah Bay City News Foundation The San Jose City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved naming a new park Delano Manongs as a tribute to the city’s Filipino American community and farmworker justice movement. Delano Manongs Park, on Gimelli Way near North Capitol Avenue in East San Jose, is the first more...
SF’s Mission Bay Will Have 3 Huge Breweries By Year End
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open With both the Giants and Warriors playing in the neighborhood, breweries are betting big on Mission Bay. Thanks to Eater for sharing the news that Mission Bay will have three massive breweries by the end of the year. Colorado’s New Belgium Brewing just opened on April 9 coinciding with Giants’ Opening Day. The more...
SF’s First Indoor Pools Re-Open April 20
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Reopening, Swimming / Waterparks, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco just announced that the first of its indoor pools are set to reopen. Plus, SF Rec and Park intends to reopen all pools citywide by summer. Two of San Francisco’s indoor pools are poised to welcome back lap swimmers with reservations and all pools will re-open by mid-June, the San more...
SF Expands Vaccines to All Adults (In 8 Zip Codes)
Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines In advance of all adults 16+ being eligible for vaccines in California starting April 15, the San Francisco Department of Health announced Friday afternoon that people living in eight “high impact” neighborhoods will have a head start and are eligible immediately for vaccines Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know. People who more...
