COVID-19 Updates
San Francisco’s Curfew Begins Monday at 10pm
COVID-19 Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Joining most other Bay Area counties, essential businesses and personal gatherings in San Francisco are prohibited between 10 PM and 5 AM beginning Saturday, November 30 at 10 PM. San Mateo County also joins the curfew leaving Marin County as the only Bay Area county exempt. The order will take effect more...
San Francisco Now in “Purple” Tier: Curfew Starts Monday
COVID-19 Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open On Saturday afternoon, San Francisco officially entered the “Purple” tier for COVID which means that the city will implement certain rollbacks of openings as well as institute a curfew. San Mateo also was added to purple, with Marin County being the lone Bay Area hold out still in the “red” more...
San Francisco Stays in Red Tier. No Curfew (Yet)
COVID-19 Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to the San Francisco Chronicle for letting us know that San Francisco did not move into California’s most restrictive “Purple” tier as had been expected today. As of November 24th, San Francisco has 11.3 new COVID cases per day per 100,000 compared to the state’s much higher 24.9 per 100,000. more...
California Orders COVID Curfew for 41 Counties (But Not SF)
COVID-19 Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Non-essential businesses and personal gatherings are prohibited between 10 PM and 5 AM beginning Saturday, November 21 at 10 PM in seven Bay Area counties In light of an unprecedented, rapid rise in COVID-19 cases across California, Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced a more...
Oakland Museum’s Re-opening Postponed Due to COVID-19
COVID-19 Updates, Museums / Cultural Institutions, What's Closed / What's Open On Monday, November 16, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a statement indicating that several California counties, including Alameda County, have moved from the “Orange” Tier to the “Purple” Tier due to the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the state. Due to this shift, the Oakland Museum of California’s plans to reopen more...
California Might Have Statewide “Curfew” Soon
COVID-19 Updates, What's Closed / What's Open UPDATE – On November 19th California announced a month-long 10pm to 5am curfew that affects 41 “purple tier” counties starting on November 21 at 10pm. Thanks to Fox Business from letting us know that California Governor Gavin Newsom announced in a press conference on Monday that the state is “considering” implementing more...
More Rollbacks as SF Now in Red “Substantial” COVID Tier
COVID-19 Updates, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco to Roll Back Select Activities in Response to Assignment to State’s Red Tier Monday, November 16, 2020 Due to a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases across the City and State, San Francisco will roll back non-essential offices and reduce capacity of gyms and fitness centers Mayor London N. Breed and Director more...
Free COVID Test Site Opens at SF’s Alemany Farmers’ Market
COVID Testing, COVID-19 Updates, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco Reallocates Testing Resources to Serve Neighborhoods Most Impacted by COVID-19 Beginning on Tuesday, November 17, the City will offer free, low-barrier testing fives day week at Alemany Farmer’s Market Mayor London N. Breed and Director of Health Dr. Grant Colfax today announced the CityTestSF COVID-19 testing site at the Alemany more...
SF Halts Indoor Dining (Again) Starting Nov. 14
Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Eat & Drink, Indoor Dining, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open Due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, San Francisco will roll back the reopening of indoor dining, reduce capacity of fitness centers and movie theaters, and will pause approval of plans for indoor instruction for high schools. The City will adjust its reopening due to a significant and rapid increase in more...
Stanford Seeks 1,000 for New COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know that Stanford is joining the race to find a COVID-19 vaccine. On Monday, Stanford Medicine announced it has joined a large “Phase 3” clinical trial of an experimental vaccine Stanford Medicine begins enrolling for COVID-19 vaccine trial Stanford Medicine has joined a large, Phase 3 clinical trial more...
SF Pauses More Re-openings Due to Rising COVID cases
COVID-19 Updates, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco to Temporarily Pause on Expanding Activities and Businesses Reopening Friday, October 30, 2020 Due to an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, San Francisco will temporarily pause most planned reopening efforts previously scheduled to resume on Tuesday, November 3rd. DPH will assess situation; and resumption of further reopening is dependent on improvement of more...
Dr. Fauci to Speak w/ Local Leaders About Bay Area COVID -19 Response
COVID-19 Updates, Virtual Events Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and leader on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, is scheduled to speak in Santa Clara at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s Annual Forum on October 30. No two issues more...
SF-Marin Food Bank Needs 1,000 Volunteers
Community, COVID-19 Updates, Healing Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know that the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank is in desperate need of volunteers. Because of increased need during COVID, the food bank is currently serving about 60,000 households a week. But the food bank says it’s only about to fill about half of their needed more...
SF’s “No Fault” Eviction Ban Through March 2021
Community, COVID-19 Updates Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently passed a “no fault” eviction ban. Currently, people in San Francisco are already protected from evictions in the case that they are struggling to pay due to COVID-19-related financial struggles. Related Stories San Francisco’s Eviction “Tsunami” Begins in more...
Oakland Airport Now Has Free Rapid COVID Testing
COVID Testing, COVID-19 Updates While SFO offers tests for $200, thanks to KRON4 for letting us know that Oakland International Airport has begun free rapid COVID-19 testing this week where you can receive your results in 15 minutes. The free tests began on October 6, and you don’t even need a plane ticket to get more...
