SF News Day Around the Bay: 'Black Lives Matter' Painted Down Fulton Street In SF 24-Hour Fitness is permanently closing 11 Bay Area locations including four in SF, the city is allowing offices to reopen with strict guidelines starting Monday, and volunteers are painting Black Lives Matter down Fulton Street near SF City Hall.
SF News Three Dozen Workers Test COVID-Positive at One East Bay Hospital At least 37 healthcare workers at one hospital in Hayward tested positive for COVID-19 in late May, and a majority of them worked together in the same medical/surgical/telemetry unit.
Arts & Entertainment Coachella 2020 Officially Canceled; BottleRock and Outside Lands Still Technically on the Books News that there will in fact be no Coachella in October arrived on Thursday, confirming what had been rumored for weeks. And curiously, Outside Lands organizers have gone another week without addressing the obvious.
SF Politics Hotel Relocations for Tenderloin Homeless Part of Lawsuit Settlement Between City and UC Hastings The relocation of at least a dozen people living in tents on sidewalks on Thursday appears to be part of a settlement just announced between UC Hastings — which sued the city last month over the increasing level of squalor in the neighborhood — and the City of San Francisco.
SF News Santa Cruz Shooting Suspect Preached Libertarian Ideals, Was Pushed Over the Edge By Police Actions Against Protesters, Friends Say The Air Force sergeant suspected of killing a Santa Cruz sheriff's deputy last Saturday, had been ranting on social media and making references to an extremist group that espouses anti-government, anti-law-enforcement views.
SF News BART Service to North San Jose Begins Saturday, Several Decades and $2.3 Billion Later True to form, BART has finally cleared miles of red tape and hurdled past legions of complications to extend train service to San Jose for the first time in the middle of a pandemic when South Bay commuters need it least. But they did it, dammit!
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Kamala Looking Likelier As VP Pick A cliff rescue was underway this morning near the Legion of Honor, a pedestrian was killed near the Bay Bridge toll plaza early today, and Kamala Harris has emerged as the likeliest running-mate pick for Joe Biden.
SF News Day Around the Bay: BART Director Denies That BART Police Murdered Anyone An alleged Chinese spy who infiltrated a lab at UCSF was just arrested, two teens are in critical condition after an Ocean Beach rescue, and rage-inducing BART Director Debora Allen apparently does not know that there were murder charges in the killing of Oscar Grant by BART police.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Restaurants Get Ready for New Al Fresco Era — Here's a Running List Of Who Will Be Open At least two dozen SF restaurants have announced plans to reopen, with a few ready to start taking guests as soon as Friday, June 12. We are keeping a list that will be updated in the coming days.
SF News Homeless Moved Into Hotels In Coordinated City Operation In the Tenderloin SF's Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) and the Department of Public Works were approaching about a dozen homeless people on the streets of the Tenderloin on Thursday, and offering them shuttle bus rides to a nearby hotel.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tiny, Iconic It's Tops Diner Closes on Market Street, Apparently For Good The old-timey Coca-Cola sign was removed and carted away on Wednesday, and it looks like It's Tops on Market Street has served its last 2 a.m. hot cakes.
SF Politics Breed Announces Plan to Remove Police From All Non-Criminal Calls in San Francisco Neighbor disputes, mental health crises, and complaints about the homeless will no longer be part of the purview of the San Francisco Police Department under a new four-point plan unveiled by the mayor on Thursday.
SF News Muni Is Restoring Some More Bus Routes This Weekend and Street Sweeping Resumes Monday Saturday will see the restoration of several bus routes, and increased frequencies on the bus shuttle routes currently replacing Muni Metro service. Also, street cleaning begins again next week, and tickets will start being issued once more.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Zero Bail Ends on June 20 Oakland police tally up the damage from May 29, the SF DA's office is investigating the shoving of a protester by a sheriff's deputy, and Oakland schools are going to remove all cops.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sonoma To Reopen Winery Tasting Rooms This Weekend The suspect in last night's fatal shooting in Vallejo may have targeted the wrong house, PG&E just named a new board of directors, and Sonoma County is letting breweries and wineries reopen this weekend.
SF Politics SF Police Union Now In Twitter War With Muni Over Tweet About Not Transporting Officers to Protests Following some negative social media attention about using Muni buses to help transport cops in riot gear to quell protests, the SFMTA pledged to stop doing that in a tweet. Today, the San Francisco Police Officers Association (POA) told the transit agency to "lose our number."
SF Politics SFMTA Reaches Truce With Supes, Agrees to No Muni Fare Increases for Two Years SF Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Dean Preston held a press conference Wednesday morning to announce that they have reached an agreement with SFMTA leadership to halt all Muni fare increases for two years.
SF News Alameda County COVID-19 Cases Double in One Month As Other Bay Area County Counts Have Slowed As a result of a surge in cases in Alameda County — 100 percent growth in 30 days — health officials are holding off on allowing any outdoor dining for two to four weeks.
SF News Frontline BART Worker Tests Positive for COVID-19 A third BART employee, this time a frontline worker, has tested positive for COVID-19, and BART says that the worker did not interact "closely" with riders, had been masked on the job, and has been sent home to self-isolate.
SF Politics SF Supervisors Extend Eviction Moratorium Indefinitely The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to extend the pandemic-related eviction moratorium for residential tenants in the city past the July sunset timeframe that was initially approved in March. And an SF lawmaker is introducing a similar statewide measure on Wednesday in Sacramento.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Two Women Killed, Three Others Injured In Vallejo Birthday Party Shooting San Jose's police chief has pledged to stop the use of rubber bullets to disperse crowds, Newsom meets with Oakland residents about the police, and a shooting at a child's birthday party in Vallejo left two women in their 60s dead.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Bernal Rock's 'Black Lives Matter' Message Painted Over By Public Works A South Bay man has been charged with COVID-related stock manipulation, SF officials just announced a financial relief package for fishermen impacted by the Pier 45 fire, and artists are repainting 'Black Lives Matter' on Bernal Hill Rock for the sixth time after DPW effed up.
Arts & Entertainment Good News: Falcon Mom Atop PG&E Headquarters Is Expecting Hatchlings Any Day Now Nature! It's still happening around us despite the mess that humans have made of their world. And once again I'd like to point you to the meditative live peregrine falcon cam atop PG&E's Beale Street building, where exciting things may be about to happen.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Beloved Tenderloin Dive Aunt Charlie's Saved By Crowdfunding A crowdfunding campaign that set out to raise $100,000 last week to save Aunt Charlie's Lounge succeeded in reaching its goal within just a week, and on Monday there was a socially distant drag show on the sidewalk outside to celebrate.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink As Outdoor Dining Resumes In SF Friday, Bars Ask City to OK July Reopenings Mayor London Breed gave the green light Tuesday for San Francisco restaurants to begin outdoor, sit-down dining on Friday, three days ahead of the previously announced date of June 15. And a petition by local bar owners is seeking an accelerated schedule for their reopening as well.
