SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Biden Moves Up Vaccine Eligibility Timeline to April 19 President Biden is saying states should open vaccine eligibility to everyone by April 19, the SFMTA is still adding more Slow Streets, and Sonoma County is expected to move to the "Orange" tier for the first time today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Coliseum Vaccines To Continue Past Sunday California now has the lowest COVID test-positivity rate of any state in the country, a new cannabis dispensary is headed to Cow Hollow, and Kamala Harris used her Oakland visit to announce that FEMA will keep the Coliseum vaccination site open past Sunday.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hayes Valley Trader Joe's Moves Ahead, But Won't Open Until Late 2022 At Earliest The Trader Joe's that nearly everyone in the Hayes Valley environs is jonesing to shop at will not become a reality until late next year or even possibly early 2023, according to a newly released timeline from the company.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Liholiho Yacht Club Moves Temporarily to Dear Inga Space In the Mission Popular TenderNob Hawaiian restaurant Liholiho Yacht Club is undergoing a renovation, and the owners are relocating the operation temporarily this month to their other restaurant space at 3560 18th Street — which is home to Dear Inga.
SF News Pleasanton Schoolteacher and Her Mother Die After Driving Off Bodega Bay Cliff While Onlookers Watch A bizarre incident happened in front of multiple onlookers at a popular vista point in Bodega Bay on Saturday, and it ended the lives of a 41-year-old teacher from the East Bay and her 64-year-old mother.
SF News SFPD Arrests 24-Year-Old With Ankle Monitor For Attempted Murder In Silver Terrace Road-Rage Shooting A 24-year-old who had previously been arrested for bringing a concealed firearm to the SF Pride celebration in 2019 has been arrested in connection with a road-rage shooting three weeks ago in the Silver Terrace neighborhood that left one man and a juvenile injured.
Arts & Entertainment Chase Center Concerts, Including Rescheduled Phish and Tame Impala Shows, Set to Resume In July With news having arrived on Friday about concert venues and theaters being permitted to resume indoor events later this month at reduced capacity in California, the calendar at the Chase Center is already filling up once again.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: 'Indian' COVID Variant Confirmed In Bay Area VP Kamala Harris is making a quick stop in Oakland today, the Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit brought against Trump over his habit of blocking critics on Twitter, and a new COVID variant has been identified in the Bay Area by researchers at Stanford.
Arts & Entertainment California Will Allow Concert Venues and Theaters to Reopen April 15 With Restrictions State health officials announced Friday that indoor concerts, theater performances, and sports arenas will be allowed to reopen April 15 with restrictions — and capacities will be tied to how many attendees are vaccinated or show a negative COVID test.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink All About the Six Restaurants Debuting at La Cocina's New Tenderloin Food Hall Next Week La Cocina's much anticipated Municipal Marketplace is debuting Monday on one of the rougher corners of the Tenderloin — in the former U.S. post office at the corner of Golden Gate and Hyde.
Arts & Entertainment SF Street Artist Fnnch Paints 'Sister Honey Bear' Mural on SoMa's Powerhouse A new honey bear mural, this one with a nun's habit and white face paint, went up this week on the side of SoMa queer bar Powerhouse at the corner of Dore and Folsom, and it's a tribute to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — with prints being sold to help raise money for them.
SF News Burglaries Were Down Nationwide Last Year; In SF They Went Up 50% San Francisco's no good terrible pandemic year was indeed different, crime-wise, than in most other cities in America. But it was a whole lot less violent, as it turns out.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: CDC Updates Travel Guidance For Vaccinated The Solano County health officer is sounding COVID alarm bells over Easter weekend, dissecting the issues with Alison Collins' school district lawsuit, and the CDC has just announced (in case you were unaware) that vaccinated people can travel without worry.
SF News Day Around the Bay: California Has Given Out 18 Million Vaccine Shots Legal experts weigh in on SF School Board member Alison Collins' lawsuit, there may be rain in the forecast for next (but not much), and Gov. Gavin Newsom joined the 50+ crowd and got his vaccine today.
SF News As Hospitalizations Plateau and COVID Variants Spread In Some Parts of Bay Area, Health Officials Urge Vigilance COVID case numbers have been dropping and so have hospitalizations since January in the Bay Area. But the reason you're still hearing so much conflicting information is that there aren't enough vaccinated people yet to let our guard down.
Business & Tech A Man Sued Facebook For Sending Him an Unwanted Text; Supreme Court Rules Facebook Didn't Break Any Laws Facebook's sending of an automated text message regarding a suspicious login to a person who had not opted in for such messages is not the equivalent of a robocall by a telemarketer, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously today.
SF Politics SF Sup. Dean Preston Doesn't Understand April Fool's, Tweets 'Joke' About Muni Going Fare-Free The worst day of the year on the internet is here, and some people are still acting like it's 2002 and fake news headlines are fun April Fool's jokes. One of them is San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston.
Bay Area Sports Oakland A's to Open Their Season Tonight With 12,000 Fans In the Stands On Thursday night, the Oakland Athletics will become the first professional sports team in the Bay Area to host thousands of fans at a game since the beginning of the pandemic, with Alameda County permitting the Coliseum to operate at 26% capacity.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Giants' Home Opener Cleared to Have 9,200 In Attendance SF is allowing the Giants' home opener to have 22% capacity or 9,200 fans next week, the suspect in the homicide of a Santa Rosa homeless woman has been arrested, and supporters of DA Chesa Boudin have set up a PAC to fight his recall.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Small Blaze Erupts Beneath 101 Overpass In SoMa Four people including an SFPD officer were injured in a multi-car crash on Market Street, a small fire erupted under the 101 overpass in SoMa, VP Kamala Harris is coming back to the Bay Monday, and learn about the upbeat music playlist at the Moscone Center vaccination site.
SF News Dead Gray Whale Washes Up at Crissy Field, Gets Towed to Angel Island for Necropsy It's whale season again, both in the Bay and along the NorCal coast, and unfortunately that also means it's dead whale season — and a deceased gray whale washed ashore at Crissy Field on Wednesday morning.
SF Politics New Poll Finds Newsom Recall Would Fail If It Were Held Today A new poll has found that a majority of Californians would vote against recalling Gavin Newsom as governor if the recall election were held today, and only 40% — mostly Republican voters — would vote in favor.
SF News Cruise Ship Industry Is Pushing to Sail Again in the U.S., But the CDC Says Not 'Til November One year on from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issuing a no-sail order for all ships coming to U.S. ports, the industry is pushing back and saying it's being treated unfairly.
Business & Tech SF-Based Dating App Adds Vaccination Status to Profiles An all-important criterion for singles on the prowl in the coming months will likely be whether or not a prospective mate has been vaccinated against COVID-19. And one San Francisco-based dating app has already added vaccination status as a profile item.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Bay Area Is #1 For Vaccine Demand In the U.S. An Oakland community center is seeking help after a Sunday fire damaged its building, Pfizer says its vaccine works well in kids ages 12-15, and there's more demand and less hesitancy about getting a vaccine in the Bay Area than anywhere in the country.
