San Francisco still may be many weeks away from allowing bars and restaurants to have any indoor customers, so Sean Mason started a petition to make it easier for local businesses to fast track outdoors pop-up parklets to best serve customers safely, outdoors and in a socially-distant manner. The Pop-Up more...

Thank you SF Gate for letting us know that Marin County has loosened some restrictions on park access starting this week Previously the county had a wide ban on parking at parks and trailheads. Starting May 18th, except for a few high-traffic parks and areas (like Muir Woods, Point Reyes and more...

Funcheap Needs Your Help Our goal is to stay open during the crisis and, more importantly, when we come out of this. If you love Funcheap, can you help us stay alive? Learn more at GoFundMe As long as COVID-19 indicators in San Francisco continue to demonstrate progress on slowing the spread more...

It was announced on Thursday that the 83rd Stern Grove Festival has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the continued moratorium on large gatherings. The Bay Area’s original free outdoor music festival was initially scheduled to take place on Sundays from June 14 through August 16, 2020. It is the more...

Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know that San Mateo County will be allowing “vehicle-based gatherings” for graduation ceremonies. This graduation season, the senior high school class of 2020 now have a choice between virtual graduation or drive-in graduations. With San Mateo County’s newly approved order, people are allowed to get more...

On May 13th, Sports Basement announced that all ten of their Bay Area retail stores are reopening on a limited basis. The bike sales, bike shop,  bike rental and nutrition departments are open for shopping. For all other departments you’ll need to order online for their newly-started curbside pickup program After working more...

Thanks to ABC7 for letting us know that Tesla has received permission to reopen its Fremont electric car plant starting Monday, May 18th as long as Telsa adopts extra safety measures for the safety of its workers. Alameda County Update on Tesla, May 12: We received Tesla’s site-specific Fremont COVID-19 Prevention more...

In accordance with the health order from the San Francisco Department of Public Health, the Shelter in Place order was extended through May 31, 2020 but the following updates were made to help clarify which outdoor activities are / aren’t allowed in San Francisco currently. Allowed and open — Athletics — Badminton (singles) — more...

Thanks to ABC7 and SFEater for letting us know that California Gov. Gavin Newsom says to expect restaurant reopening guidelines on Tuesday. Last week, California State officials including Governor Newsom stated that the latest guidelines to allow dine-in restaurants and other businesses to reopen across the state will be released on more...

Well-loved San Francisco indie bookstore Green Apple Books is planning on reopening for curbside pickup on May 18th when the city is expected to allow lower risk businesses (like bookstores) to enter “stage 2” reopening. Please note the reopening tweet was mentioned only on the Inner Richmond stores twitter page, but more...

Calling San Francisco Bay Area Neighbors: Ghirardelli On The Go is now open starting May 8th. Their On-The-Go shop at Ghirardelli Square is now open for to go orders. Enjoy a World Famous Hot Fudge sundae on a walk or in your home. The store is mostly outside now for better more...