Not all people are fortunate enough (or smart enough) to go to an Ivy League school. Thankfully, Class Central offers about 450 free online classes from awesome schools like Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania. Check out the Free Ivy League Course List Class Central, founded more...

A few weeks ago, Caltrain announced they were going to raise their prices on April 1st. But given recent developments, Caltrain changed its mind and decided to scrap the price increase (for now). In light of economic challenges facing the Bay Area as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Caltrain is more...

Starting to feel cabin fever or have you finally watched everything on Netflix? Thankfully, TechCrunch let us know about SlingTV’s new free streaming service “Stay in & SLING.” While normal SlingTV is a pay service with tons of options, the new service is fairly limited with their free content, but still more...

The San Jose New Ballet presents online classes free of charge to our community, during this exceptional time, as well as private Zoom classes and events for enrolled students.  “Connecting with our community and dancing together during this time is our top priority.” If you are not already an enrolled student and more...

During this extraordinary and difficult time, the Metropolitan Opera in New York hopes to brighten the lives of the audience members while their stage is dark. Each day a different encore presentation from the company’s Live in HD series is being made available for free streaming on the Met website. Each performance more...

San Francisco Rec and Park has sent out a reminder via Twitter that all playgrounds in the city are closed.  You can still go outside for walks and exercise with your family during “Shelter in Place,” but SF Gate reports that health officials advise against using playgrounds and playground equipment. Reminder: San more...

Mayor London Breed Announces Major Contributions to Give2SF Fund, Priority Areas for Supporting San Franciscans   Give2SF COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund will provide San Franciscans with food security, access to housing, and security for workers and small businesses The Hellman Foundation is contributing $1 million; Ann and Gordon Getty are contributing $1 more...

Following big weekend crowds outdoors at parks and beaches across California, Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday ordered the immediate closure of parking lots at many of the state’s most popular parks and beaches to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Read more at Mercury News The parking lot closures currently just affect more...

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has stern warnings during a press conference Monday afternoon for the residents of SF warning that if people continued to flout social distancing guidelines, the city may have to close its public parks.  Read the full article at SF Gate “Sadly, in some of our parks and more...

Mayor London N. Breed Announces Procurement of 1 Million N95 Protective Masks in Effort to Strengthen City’s Response Capacity to Coronavirus City procures one million masks from the state for front line workers Mayor London N. Breed announced on March 23, 2020 that San Francisco is procuring one million N-95 personal protective more...

Mayor London N. Breed Announces Hiring Of 82 Nurses In Effort To Strengthen City’s Response Capacity To Coronavirus City hires 82 qualified nurses who can start immediately to serve patients affected by COVID-19 Mayor London N. Breed announced on March 23, 2020 that San Francisco hired 82 qualified nurses this weekend as more...

Thanks to CNN for tipping us off that Yale’s super popular “The Science of Well-Being” course is now available free online through Coursera. About The Science of Well-Being: In this course you will engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits. As more...

It took a while, but both Trader Joe’s and Walgreen’s have followed the lead of most other major stores and will start to offer “senior hours” starting this week. Trader Joe’s – NEW – Effective Monday March 23rd Trader Joe’s will implement senior hours every day between 9am and 10am (store more...

Prepare yourselves for an overdose of cuteness, because March 23rd is National Puppy Day. Established in 2006, National Puppy Day is a paw-some day for all dog enthusiasts to celebrate unconditional love and fawn over the undeniably cute furballs that bring so much happiness into this world. While we’re all softies more...

It took corporate a little longer that other markets, but a big thanks to Costco for finally implementing senior hours at most of their stores. Costco Senior Hours Beginning March 24, 2020 Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Special operating hours for members who are 60 and older. The pharmacy will also more...