SF News Bayview Grandmother, One of Eight Likely Infected With COVID-19 at Mid-March Funeral, Dies San Francisco's 10-person limit for funerals came after one mid-March funeral that likely produced a cluster of eight COVID-19 cases among congregants in the Bayview, including 83-year-old Tessie Henry.
Arts & Entertainment 4/20 In SF Will Not Be Tolerated, Scofflaw Stoners Will Be Cited "We will not tolerate anyone coming to San Francisco for 420 this year," said Mayor London Breed in a virtual press conference Monday.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: SF Zoo Celebrates Easter With Treats For the Animals The San Francisco Zoo had a ticketed, virtual Easter celebration on Sunday in order to raise funds to make up for lost revenue during the pandemic. And it featured animals getting special Easter treats.
SF News Carjacking Suspect Fatally Shot, Off-Duty SFPD Officer Stabbed In Crazy South SF Rampage Early Sunday morning, a man who allegedly attempted to carjack two different vehicles was shot and killed by officers in South San Francisco after he stabbed two people, got shot once, and tried to drive himself to the hospital.
SF News As SF Coronavirus Cases Approach 1,000, Hospitalizations Remain Low; Homeless Shelter Case Count Hits 91 While the grim milestone of 1,000 cumulative cases will likely be hit by Tuesday in San Francisco, overall numbers have remained encouraging for the city as this crisis unfolds and approaches what will likely be its national peak.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco Caps Commissions for Food Delivery Apps at 15 Percent Amid the pandemic lockdown, food delivery apps have been raking it in. But a new emergency order from City Hall will limit how much these apps can charge to struggling restaurants for as long as we're still sheltering in place.
SF News SFPD and City Attorney Shut Down Underground Nightclub In Bayview Warehouse San Francisco police staked out and then raided a nightclub that appeared to be operating only in the wee hours (2 a.m. to 6 a.m.) and without any kind of license during the coronavirus lockdown.
SF News Monday Morning Links: Warmer Weather Moving In SF public schools are beginning distance learning, the CHP is seeking a freeway brick-thrower who killed a woman, and California may hit its COVID-19 death peak this week.
SF News Day Around the Bay: City Lights Bookstore Raises $300K To Keep Staff Paid, Stay Afloat An initial study of Gilead's drug remdesivir in 53 severe COVID-19 cases found 68 percent clinical improvement, Gov. Newsom hinted at a path to "some semblance of normalcy" in "a few weeks," and a pipe bomb report at an Oakland grocery store turned out to be nothing.
SF News New COVID-19 Cluster At SoMa Homeless Shelter Will Add 70 New Cases to SF Tally Prepare for San Francisco's confirmed coronavirus case count to jump on Saturday as we're now getting word of a 70-person outbreak (and counting) at the city's largest homeless shelter.
SF News Homeless Coalition Calls For Stop To Homeless Encampment Sweeps During Pandemic The city may not be confiscating tents the way they had been before the coronavirus pandemic, but San Francisco authorities are still telling the homeless to move along and forcing the breakdown of encampments, even though this actively violates CDC guidelines for the unsheltered.
Arts & Entertainment This Is Giving Me Life Today: SF Gay Men's Chorus Serenades Healthcare Workers The torrents of bad news and ticking up of death tolls the past few weeks have been met with near equal windfalls of moving human moments, tributes, and applause for the Americans who are out there each day taking care of the sick.
Arts & Entertainment Watch a Virtual Easter Sunday Service at Glide Memorial Church This Weekend For those who have attended an Easter service at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco and were feeling sad they couldn't go this year, and for those who have always been curious but never really wanted to sit in a real church, you can take in this Sunday's service from the comfort of your home.
SF News Some Scientists Suggest Undetected Coronavirus Caused California's Oddly Early 'Flu Season' By now you've likely had a friend on social media talking about how they think they have already had COVID-19, and it happened a month or two before it was declared a pandemic or even known to have reached the U.S.
SF News Oakland Is Shutting Down 74 Miles of City Streets to Make More Room For Runners and Cyclists Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Thursday that the city will be closing 10 percent of its roadways to vehicle traffic during the coronavirus lockdown in order to create more social-distancing space for people trying to stay fit and active.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: CHP Clocks East Bay Driver Going 139 MPH Seven people have now died and 65 have been infected with COVID-19 at a Hayward nursing home, the SF Fire Department is running its holiday toy program early for needy families, and Gov. Newsom is reassuring fishermen that fishing season isn't canceled.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pelosi Still Won't Let House Members Vote Remotely The city of Berkeley has recorded its first COVID-19 death, Eventbrite just laid off 450 people, and the US Postal Service is seeking an $89 billion bailout.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Saison and Angler Team To Launch Saison Smokehouse This Weekend With both restaurants shut down for the foreseeable future, the culinary team behind Angler and Saison is launching a to-go barbecue concept this weekend in the Angler space, using the restaurant's centerpiece hearth and live fire.
SF News Third Suspect Arrested In Chinatown Strong-Arm Robbery Last Summer A third suspect has been arrested in a violent street assault and robbery that happened last July, which sent two men from Chinatown to the hospital.
SF News As Muni Scales Back Service, Healthcare Workers Left Figuring How To Get To Work As the SFMTA shut down all but 17 of its 79 bus and train routes on Wednesday, riders who still need to move around the city — including healthcare and other frontline workers — are bearing the brunt of the cutbacks.
SF News SF Lesbian Pioneer Phyllis Lyon Dies at Age 95 One of the founding members of the Daughters of Bilitis and one half of the first same-sex couple to be legally married in San Francisco in 2004, Phyllis Lyon, has passed away. She was 95, and reportedly died of natural causes early Thursday.
SF News Ghost Ship Defendant Derick Almena Likely To Be Released From Jail Amid COVID-19 Outbreak Derick Almena, who has been in jail for three years in connection with the December 2016 Ghost Ship warehouse fire in Oakland that claimed the lives of 36 people, is likely to be released this weekend as an Alameda County judge has granted his attorneys' request.
SF News Grand Princess Passengers Sue Cruise Line For Negligence The first of what will likely be a tsunami of COVID-19-related lawsuits against cruise ship companies came Wednesday when nine Northern California plaintiffs filed suit against Princess Cruise Lines and parent company Carnival Corp.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Kamala Harris VP Rumors on the Rise The assumption that the coronavirus will abate during summer may be wrong, Santa Rosa-based internet provider Sonic had a major outage last night, and fast-food workers are picketing in the East Bay for more protective gear.
Arts & Entertainment SF Mayor Says Normal Pride Celebration May Not Be Possible After a number of local publications covered the strangely vague stance being taken by SF Pride concerning the late June parade and weekend-long festival, SF Mayor London Breed made a comment Wednesday suggesting that it won't be happening.
