SF News UK COVID Variant Found in Alameda County — In Six Patients It was only a matter of time, but after a couple of weeks in which the more-infectious strain of COVID-19 first detected in the U.K. was found in Southern California, it has been found in six people in the Bay Area.
SF News San Francisco Remains In State's 'Purple' Tier for Reopening, But 'Red' Tier Is In Sight In the week since the Bay Area began reopening businesses again, we can see the SF data skewing further downward, both in daily new cases and the percent-positivity rate, which means the city could reach a new tier in a matter of a week or two.
Business & Tech Uber Acquires Alcohol-Delivery App Drizly For $1.1 Billion Once again showing that the company's priorities have shifted since the pandemic began, Uber has just purchased Boston-based booze-delivery app Drizly, so that you can make sure to get a side whiskey brought to your door with your burger and fries.
SF News While Rents Slid Last Year In SF, Ritzy Zip Codes Saw 46% Bump In Luxury Home Sales The wealthy have largely not suffered in the pandemic, and if anything, the Bay Area wealthy just opted to upgrade their manses or hunker down further in cloistered, expensive homes.
SF Politics Effort to Recall Gavin Newsom Looks Likely To Reach 1.5 Million Signatures; Former San Diego Mayor Jumps In Mix The continuing campaign to trigger a recall election for Governor Gavin Newsom is looking likelier to succeed each day, and the group behind it has reportedly amassed 1.3 million certified signatures from voters, with only 200,000 left to go by mid-March.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Sonoma Cancels Vaccine Appointments For Those Under 75 Sonoma County is trying to prioritize vaccinating the over-75 population and canceling appointments for anyone younger, an appeals court upholds SF's decision to remove an offensive statue, and public health officials warn against Super Bowl parties.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Google Settles Labor Lawsuit Over Female Employees' Pay Google/Alphabet has agreed to pay $1.3 million in back pay to 2,565 female engineers in a pay equity lawsuit from the Dept. of Labor, Biden has issued a federal mask mandate for transit, and the Oakland Zoo's ticketing system crashed due to high demand after reopening.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ten New and Upcoming SF Restaurants to Get You Excited To Eat Out In 2021 Just like birthdays in 2020 didn't count, planned restaurant debuts that were either put on hold or scaled back are all being given do-overs now that we're in a new year. Here are ten spots to be excited about that are either already open, or soon will be.
SF News SF Opens Community Vaccination Site at 24th and Capp Streets A second outdoor, walk-up vaccination site has opened in San Francisco, this one, in the Mission District, intended to increase equity of vaccine distribution in one of the hardest-hit communities in the pandemic.
SF News Cold Front Brings New Round of Rain to the Bay Area Before Another Dry Spell Early February is looking mostly warm, spring-like and dry for much of the Bay Area, but first we have to get past the cold front moving in Monday.
SF News [UPDATED] Private Detective to the Stars Jack Palladino Dies After Attack Outside Upper Haight Home; 2 Arrested Famed local private investigator Jack Palladino was doing what he does best on Thursday afternoon when he was violently attacked by a pair of teens — he was gathering evidence.
SF News Monday Morning Links: Oakland Airport Shut Down Due to Frivolous Bomb Threat The Placer County man's death after receiving a vaccine shot has been determined to not be vaccine-related, Oakland Airport's Terminal 1 was shut down for two hours Sunday due to a bomb threat, and Tony Bennett is reportedly suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
SF News Santa Clara County Sheriff's Deputy Apparently Faked a Hate Crime Against Himself A sheriff's deputy in Santa Clara County has been arrested and accused of fabricating a hate-crime incident last January in which he claimed to have been shot at by suspects in a passing vehicle on a remote road.
Business & Tech Apple's War With Facebook Continues as New Privacy Controls Will Stop Apps From Illicitly Tracking Our Movements Apple issued an 11-page report on Thursday titled "A Day in the Life of Your Data," and announced plans to roll out a new layer of privacy control this spring that will prevent iPhone apps from tracking our movements without our knowledge.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Eagle Bar Passes First Hurdle Toward Landmark Status The SF Eagle is hoping to secure status as the third LGBTQ bar location to receive a landmark designation by the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission. And earlier this week, a Board of Supervisors committee approved a first step toward getting there.
SF News As New COVID Variants Spread, Experts Recommend Double Masks, More Vigilance Everybody including Dr. Fauci is saying that you ought to be double-masking if you don't own a KN95 or high-grade medical mask, due to the higher transmissibility of new variants.
SF News Horse and Pony Rescued From Chest-Deep Mud in Monterey County A mare and a smaller horse who might be her foal were rescued Thursday night after becoming stuck in deep mud in Monterey County — in an area south of Salinas where significant debris flows occurred during this week's storms.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Piece of Highway 1 in Big Sur Falls Into Ocean Rainstorms have caused a collapse of a section of Highway 1 in Big Sur, a PG&E truck was washed off a collapsing road in Aptos, and two men were arrested in Oakland on suspicion of more than a dozen armed robberies at cellphone stores.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Lawsuit Says That NorCal Subway Locations Are Passing Unknown Substance Off as Tuna A Bay Area lawsuit contends that Subway's tuna salad isn't made of tuna or any other fish, state lawmakers have extended the eviction moratorium through June, and a 33-year-old SF man was sentenced for cryptocurrency fraud.
Arts & Entertainment Two Napa Brothers Build Mini Version of Disney's Matterhorn Rollercoaster In Their Backyard A pair of brothers up in Napa have constructed a rollercoaster in their backyard, which one person can ride at a time, styled like Disneyland's Matterhorn, complete with abominable snow monster.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Anchor Brewing Dragged On Twitter After Nixing Iconic Label In Favor of Blue and Yellow Design The classic and easily recognizable label of San Francisco's own Anchor Steam Beer, which has been mostly unchanged since 1965, is being jettisoned by Anchor Brewing in favor a rebranding that helps highlight the brewery's other three main beers.
SF News Roof Avalanche That Buried Truckee Teen For Hours Highlights Snow Dangers Up North People traveling to Tahoe this weekend to take advantage of the massive snowfall this week are being warned of major avalanche potential. And the story of a Truckee boy who was buried alive in a roof avalanche last night can serve as a warning.
Arts & Entertainment Rec & Parks Looks to Keep Giant Ferris Wheel In Golden Gate Park Through 2025 Originally slated as a one-year installation that was part of the celebration of the Golden Gate Park sesquicentennial, the 150-foot-tall observation wheel at the Music Concourse might get a four-year extension.
Business & Tech Facebook Oversight Board Issues Its First Rulings On Misinformation, Hate Speech The nascent Oversight Board established by Facebook last year to serve as a "Supreme Court" or final arbiter for thorny content moderation questions has just issued its first five rulings.
SF Politics Mayor London Breed Delivers Upbeat State of the City Address Focused on Recovery On the same day that San Francisco emerges from a six-week-long lockdown, Mayor London Breed delivered her third State of the City address to a virtual audience, trying to focus on better days ahead.
