What's Closed / What's Open
SF Gives $5,000 to Outdoor Businesses Forced to Close
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Mayor London Breed Announces New Measures to Financially Support Local Small Businesses During the COVID-19 Pandemic Following the most recent Stay at Home Order, San Francisco will defer Unified License Fees, provide up to $1 million in support for operators of Shared Spaces, and release an additional $3.2 million in zero more...
Most Bay Area Gardens Are Still Open
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Things to Do, What's Closed / What's Open While many museums and attractions have had to shut down again due to the current Stay-At-Home orders, thankfully this time around, most gardens are still open. Get some fresh air and stop smell the flowers (through your facemask, of course). Bay Area Gardens Updated 12/7/20 at 10pm Japanese Tea Garden – SF (Golden Gate Park) more...
Shake Shack’s New Oakland Spot Opens Dec. 8
Brand New, Eat & Drink, What's Closed / What's Open Shake Shake is opening their doors in Uptown Oakland on December 8th for takeout only serving up all the classics plus their Bay Area exclusive, the Golden State Double. The new spot is located at 1954 Telegraph Ave. Oakland right next to 19th St. BART and open from 11am to 7pm. more...
SF & Bay Area Full Shutdown Starts Sunday Night, Dec. 6
COVID-19 Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco in tandem with the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara along with the City of Berkeley announced Friday afternoon that they will pre-emptively go into the “Regional Lockdown” even before the State of California requires it. The state was originally going to mandate the lockdown when the more...
4 Bay Area Counties Not Joining Lockdown (Yet)
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open While five Bay Area counties are choosing to impose “Stay-at-Home” orders, four Bay Area counties are sticking to the state’s guidelines which keeps current businesses and restaurants open as long as the ICU capacity in the Bay Area region remains over 15%. Governor Newsom’s new criteria for restrictions, imposing a Regional Lockdown, more...
Drive-in Movies Shut Down in San Francisco
Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open As part of the new shelter-in-place order, drive-in gatherings in San Francisco must cease which including drive-in movies as well as concerts or other entertainment delivered in a drive-in context. While the California shelter in place order specifically allows drive-in entertainment to continue, San Francisco has an amended order that bans more...
Oakland Zoo’s “Glowfari” Shut Down for 2020
Get Out: Events, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open This brand-new, family-friendly experience features hundreds of larger-than-life animal lanterns throughout the Zoo has been forced to close early due to the new shelter-in-place order which begins on Monday, December 7 in Alameda County Dozens of towering and even interactive, glowing lanterns of every order were supposed await to entertain and more...
Last Day for Haircuts in San Francisco (Until 2021)
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open With the new shelter-in-place order starting at 10pm tonight, Sunday, December 6th is your last chance to get a legal haircut in San Francisco. All “personal services” are required to close operations both indoors and outdoors through at least January 4, 2021 – Establishments offering personal care services including hair and more...
California Closing Down State Campgrounds
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that California State Parks announced on Friday they will temporarily close down campgrounds in regions affected by the state’s new stay-at-home order. This shutdown affects only overnight camping. For the time being, “day use” outdoor areas of most state parks (beaches and trails) more...
SF’s “Lucky 13” Dive Bar Closing Down for Good
Goodbye, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to Broke-Ass Stuart for letting us know that according a long-time bar worker, Lucky 13 is closing down for good. Lucky 13, located on Market Street between Sanchez and Church, has been on the chopping block for a while now, with long-standing rumors of being torn down and being replaced more...
New Lockdown Likely for Bay Area “Mid-December”
COVID-19 Updates, Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open In a Thursday press conference, California Governor Gavin Newsom laid out the new guidelines for determine a more restrictive lockdowns inclusion the shutdown of outdoor dining. The Regional Stay Home Order, announced December 3, 2020, will go into effect within 48 hours in regions with less than 15% ICU availability. It more...
SF Mayor London Breed, “This criticism is fair”
COVID-19 Updates, Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open After facing criticism for getting “caught” dining out at French Laundry, San Francisco Mayor London Breed tweeted out on Thursday morning that “This criticism is fair.” The mayor dined out in Napa County on November 7th, when the county was in the Orange tier and both indoor and outdoor dining was more...
More Rollbacks Coming This Week to SF
COVID-19 Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open In a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Mayor London Breed and Dr. Grant Colfax, Director of Public Health disclosed that further rollbacks will be taking place with the first rollbacks likely to be announced as early as Wednesday. Possibilities mentioned include further limiting capacity of indoor activities, further limiting the size of more...
Dungeness Crab Season Delayed (Again)
Bay Area Updates, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season has been delayed (again). The season has a new start date of December 16, 2020 – but even that date is tentative. “Our hope is both quality testing and additional marine life survey data more...
California Offers $500 Million in Grants for Small Business
COVID-19 Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Governor Gavin Newsom said today that a new stay-at-home order is being considered for purple counties if COVID-19 cases continue to surge. In order to help small businesses that may be affected, California is implementing new state-wide programs including $500 million in grants, to help struggling businesses stay afloat. California’s New Financial more...
