Arts & Entertainment SOMArts To Host Live-Streamed, 90s-Inspired Fundraiser and Performing Arts Event in June Wrapped in the current panorama of dystopias and injustices, SOMArts' "Please Stand By Virtual Summer Solstice" event is a welcomed ode to the iconic telethons and infomercials of the 90s that'll offer some much-needed levity later next month.
SF News Bay Area Police Observed Using Excessive Force, Rubber Bullets Against Nonviolent Protesters Episodes of police force used against protesters across the country have been documented across social media — driving debate, outrage, and dialogue on the topic. Though not as common as in other U.S. metros, Bay Area police were seen using tear gas and firing rubber bullets at protesters Saturday.
SF News Sunday Links: Mayor Breed Issues Curfew for Tonight Mayor Breed announced a curfew will be set from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. tonight, Target temporarily closes stores across the country amid nationwide protests, and the SpaceX Dragon crew makes history as the first humans to travel into orbit on a spacecraft built and operated by a private company.
SF News [Updates] Hundreds Rally at UN Plaza To Stand Against Police Brutality; Protesters Continue Crisscrossing San Francisco Hundreds convened at the United Nations Plaza this afternoon to protest the killing of George Floyd and call for an end to police brutality. The nonviolent crowd practiced social distancing — the vast majority wearing face masks — with many protesters still marching through SF.
SF News As Shelter-In-Place Restrictions Relax, Traffic Returns to San Francisco With "Phase 2A" of the City’s reopening plan beginning Monday — after weeks of marginal lifts on its shelter-in-place order — another reality of urban life is slowly, but surely, making a comeback: downtown traffic.
SF News Saturday Links: More Bay Area Protests Planned This Weekend Over George Floyd's Death Several more marches and protests held in the name of George Floyd are expected across the Bay Area this weekend, today marks the start of SF’s more extensive face-covering order, and the Mission District's vibrant shopping scene along Valencia Street continues reeling from COVID-19.
SF News Protest In Oakland Turns Violent, 22 Arrested, Looters Detained, Officers Injured, Federal Officer Killed The scenes of protest followed by some scenes of destruction and confrontations with law enforcement were echoed across the country Friday night. But scenes like this are fairly familiar in Oakland, and not all the vandalism and looting was necessarily done by "protesters," per se.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 30-Year-Old Cyclist Killed Near Golden Gate Park 23 Sonoma County wineries are reopening for visitors this weekend, Marin County is opening beach parking lots and outdoor dining on Monday, and a demonstration against police brutality is happening in San Francisco on Saturday.
SF News Activists Block Highway 101 In San Jose To Protest George Floyd Killing Protesters broke off from a peaceful demonstration near San Jose City Hall Friday afternoon, and a large group marched onto the 101 freeway and halted traffic, holding signs that said "Black Lives Matter" and "I Can't Breathe."
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Live Music Venues and Sports Bars Slowly Adapt to Operate Under Shelter-In-Place Street performances, patio service, and creative use of masks are bringing a little drip of revenue toward the thirsty taverns that serve up SF music and live sports.
SF News Second Protest Planned Friday Evening In Oakland Over George Floyd Death Following a small, peaceful protest in downtown Oakland Thursday night, a second night of protest is taking shape that could be larger, following the chaotic scenes in Minneapolis last night — and following President Trump's outrageous call for the National Guard to shoot looters.
SF News Sonoma County Sheriff Decides to Take Trumpian Stand Against Public Health Orders Because 'Freedom' The sheriff up in Sonoma County would like everyone to know that he stands for freedom, and he's frankly tired of all this science mumbo jumbo that's keeping him from getting a haircut, or whatever.
SF News East Oakland Quickly Becoming Hardest Hit COVID-19 Hot Spot In the Bay Area The Fruitvale zip code, 94601, has one of the highest per capita rates of COVID-19 cases in the Bay Area, and today we learn that 12 workers at the Fruitvale location of Cardenas Markets have tested positive for the virus.
Business & Tech Twitter Doubles Down On Labeling Trump's Tweets After He Suggests Shooting Looters In Minnesota For the second time this week, Twitter has applied its content moderation policies to the president's tweets, this time putting a Trump tweet one click deep behind a warning about glorifying violence.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Pacifica Reopens Beach Parking Lots City College is pulling out of Fort Mason, the Vallejo nursing home outbreak has now killed 16 people, and Gap Inc. is reopening 800 stores this weekend.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Rainbow Flags Return to Market Street An Oakland city audit blasts the police commission, PG&E just had its bankruptcy plan unanimously approved by state regulators, and SF is opening three new COVID testing sites.
SF News Starting This Weekend, San Franciscans Must Wear Masks Everywhere Under the latest health order from the San Francisco Department of Public Health, city residents are being required to wear masks everywhere outside their homes, with few exceptions.
Arts & Entertainment Berkeley Repertory Theater Announces 2021 Season, Banking on Late-Winter Reopening In a video address to theater subscribers, Berkeley Rep Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer announces that the theater has put together its 2021 show season, optimistically hoping that theaters like Berkeley Rep will be allowed to reopen by late winter.
SF Politics SF and Oakland Win Appeal in Global Warming Lawsuit Against Big Oil The multi-billion dollar climate damage lawsuit against BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Shell is back on, as SF, Oakland, and other cities won in a ruling in the 9th Circuit that likely bounces the case back to state court.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Breed Says SF Restaurants Can Resume Outdoor Dining June 15; Bars, Nail Salons and Gyms Can Reopen Mid-August Mayor London Breed laid out specific timeframes for the next phases of San Francisco's reopening of businesses on Thursday, and for the first time restaurants, bars, hair salons, and gyms have some target dates to resume semi-regular business.
SF News Suspect Arrested After Allegedly Trying to Kidnap Two Young Children in the Castro A 44-year-old man was arrested Wednesday evening after he allegedly tried to pull two young boys out of a car in the Castro neighborhood.
SF News New Study Rewrites the Timeline Of When COVID-19 Began Spreading In Washington State Disagreement and uncertainty in the scientific community have been playing out in unusually public ways in these early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. And now we have a study about the timelines of transmission in the U.S. and Europe that upends several previous scientific assertions.
Business & Tech Trump Issues Order to Punish Twitter for Fact-Checking Him; Zuckerberg Says They Shouldn't Be Fact-Checking Him Once again social media platforms are getting dragged onto center stage in the 2020 election, and if President Trump had his way, he'd like to unleash the full wrath of the federal government's regulatory powers on them to keep them doing his bidding.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Pelosi Hasn't Been Tested Over a dozen Indian casinos have opened around California in defiance of state orders, four SF Supervisors held a press conference on the homeless hotel issue, and thunderstorms predicted this weekend raise wildfire fears.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mad Dog in the Fog Becomes Woods Beer Outpost Santa Clara County releases details about each of its COVID deaths, the U.S. has crossed the 100,000 mark in deaths just CA crosses that mark in total cases, and a Noe Valley Whole Foods employee has tested positive.
