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Oakland’s Popular Birria Truck Offers Free Meals For Those in Need
Brand New While a lot of small businesses are suffering, some are going the extra mile to take care of the community and help those in need. Thanks to SF Eater for sharing an uplifting story about La Santa Torta, the popular Oakland based birria food truck, that is paying it forward by more...
Can You Volunteer? Here’s How SF Needs Help
Brand New While everyone is doing their best to curb the spread of coronavirus, a high-risk group such as seniors and people with disabilities are ones more vulnerable and most likely to be affected. In these uncertain times, we should all come together to support each other in both heartwarming and practical ways. more...
SF Now Provides 24/7 Counseling for All Health Care Workers
Brand New Mayor London Breed Announces Expanded Mental Health Resources for First Responders and All Health Care Employees Wednesday, April 08, 2020 The City and County of San Francisco launches “Heal San Francisco” to expand mental health support for all health care workers; increases mental health resources for first responders and City employees San Francisco, more...
Philz Re-opens 27 Bay Area Locations for Coffee To Go
Brand New Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that Philz is re-opening 27 of the 34 Bay Area locations with a a new mobile-only pick-up system to help minimize contact. So the coffee is coming back, but no more cash or credit cards for the time being. Philz Coffee New Mobile more...
Oakland’s New COVID-19 Testing Site for Essential Workers
Brand New Oakland’s newest testing facility, located at the old Kaiser Convention Center parking lot, expands beyond testing our healthcare workers to include more of our essential workers who are also vulnerable, working the front lines. While currently there’s not enough tests for everyone who’d like to be tested, the city’s initial goal more...
Auto Insurance Companies Give Millions Back to Customers
Brand New Our roads are pretty empty nowadays thanks to everyone doing their part to stay home. One positive aspect of the shelter-in-place ordinance means that with fewer cars on the roads, there’s fewer accidents and in turn, fewer auto insurance claims. On Monday, April 6, two auto insurance companies have said they more...
SF’s 15 New Staffed Public Toilets and Hand-Washing Stations
Brand New Mayor London Breed Announces Rollout Of New Staffed Public Toilets And Hand-Washing Stations In High-Need Neighborhoods Bathroom access expanded for vulnerable populations; monitors on site to keep the temporary facilities clean and safe. Mayor London N. Breed and Acting Public Works Director Alaric Degrafinried on April 7 announced the first deployment of more...
SF’s Releases Brand New COVID-19 Data Tracker
Brand New Mayor London Breed Announces New Covid-19 Data Tracker Data will include information about confirmed COVID-19 cases, lab testing and hospitalization rates across San Francisco San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed and the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) on April 7 released a COVID-19 Data Tracker to provide the public more...
BART to Now Run Only Every 30 Minutes (M-F)
Brand New BART to run every 30 minutes Monday-Friday As the Bay Area counties have now extended mandatory shelter in place orders, BART service needs to be reduced to match demand, increase essential rebuilding projects, save costs, and maintain reliable service based on staffing levels. Read the full press release Starting Wednesday, April 8, Monday-Friday more...
Colorful Spring Flowers in Bloom at SF Botanical Garden
Brand New Thanks to ABC7 for letting us know that although the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park is closed during the crisis, Spring is definitely here and that many plants and trees are in full bloom. Spring blooms throughout the collections have stepped right up and are putting on a more...
How to Foster a Dog During the Crisis
Brand New Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know that the SF SPCA is now again looking for people to foster dogs. If you are bored and stuck in quarantine like the rest of the world, fostering is a great way to help our little four legged friends find their forever homes. Where to more...
The Palace of Fine Arts is SF’s Newest Homeless Shelter
Brand New Originally it was planned that the Palace of Fine Arts would be used as daycare for frontline workers who had school-age children. But that plan fell through Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know that Supervisor Catherine Stephanie has announced that instead, the Palace of Fine Arts is being turned into more...
Say Hello to Muni’s New Smaller Map. 70 Routes Eliminated.
Brand New Muni Prepares For Essential Trips Only Thanks to SF Examiner for letting us know that Muni is shutting down almost all of their lines (more than 70) over the next few days. By April 8th, Muni will operate just 17 core lines. Read More at SFMTA In the rapidly changing environment caused more...
New Drive-Thru Test Site at Pier 30/32 for SF’s Frontline Workers Opens
Brand New Mayor London Breed Announces CityTestSF: Covid-19 Testing Site For Frontline Workers Mayor London N. Breed, Director of Health Dr. Grant Colfax, and the Director of the Port Elaine Forbes on Monday, April 6 announced a new dedicated COVID-19 testing facility located at Pier 30-32. The facility will primarily expand testing resources more...
Nancy Pelosi’s COVID-19 Telephone Town Hall for SF
Brand New You are invited to join Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a telephone town hall for San Franciscans on the coronavirus pandemic and Congress’ ongoing response on Monday, April 6, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Learn More. We will discuss passages of the CARES Act, the third coronavirus response package that builds on the more...
