SF News Brace Yourselves For Vaccine Card Fakes, Which the FBI Considers a Federal Crime Next up in our Great American Pandemic Story we are likely to see a wave of stories about vaccination card forgeries — given how easy they are to fake, how many dumb Americans are still avoiding getting vaccinated, and you'll seen need one to go to a concert.
SF News Eight of Nine Bay Area Counties Now In 'Orange' Tier The future is looking cautiously brighter as of Tuesday in the Bay Area, now that Sonoma, Napa, and Contra Costa counties have all graduated to "Orange" tier status, and people can go back to drinking at outdoor bars without ordering food in eight out of nine Bay Area counties.
SF News Newsom Wants All Businesses, Concerts, Conventions, and Schools Fully Open June 15, With Masks Newsom announced during a visit to San Francisco Tuesday that he expects, if COVID infection rates hold steady and keep declining in the state, that California will be able to toss out the color-coded tier system by June 15.
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 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.
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.
SF News Alameda County Goes 'Orange,' Four Bay Area Counties Remain 'Red' In Latest State Update Napa County remains in the "Red" tier as of Tuesday despite speculation over the last few days that both Napa and Alameda counties would be advancing to "Orange" status.
SF News Advice For the Newly Almost Vaccine-Eligible: MyTurn Is Buggy, Every Appointment System Has a Quirk Unfortunately, now that we are just over two weeks away from the entire state of California (over the age of 16) trying to get a COVID vaccine appointment, the various systems through which one is expected to get an appointment all remain buggy, flawed, and ill prepared for the onslaught.
Business & Tech Pleasanton-Based Pharma Firm Gritstone Starts Trial For 'Second Generation' COVID Vaccine A Bay Area pharmaceutical company says it is working on a "second generation" COVID vaccine that could work as a booster against virus variants for the already vaccinated, and potentially prevent future coronavirus pandemics.
SF News Entire Bay Area May Be In 'Orange' Tier Within a Week As CDC Director Warns of 'Impending Doom' The trends continue in a positive direction for the Bay Area's COVID-19 cases, but the picture is not good at the national level and the director of the CDC says we may be looking at a major fourth wave in the coming weeks.
SF News With Warmer Weather and Drops in COVID-19 Cases, Weekend Crowds Gather Across San Francisco Parks Now that over 40% of San Franciscans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, some of the city's most popular parks were inundated with warm bodies Saturday — sparking mild concern from some local medical experts.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink One Year In, Pandemic-Born Food Nonprofit SF New Deal Looks to the Future One startup organization set about solving two problems at once last March, mobilizing to put restaurants to work doing what they do best, and delivering meals to people who in many cases were newly food-insecure because of the pandemic.
SF News All Three Major COVID Variants Now Present In Bay Area As Santa Clara County Confirms First 'P.1' Case Santa Clara County health officials confirmed on Thursday that the first case of the "P.1" variant, first identified in Brazil, has been found in the Bay Area.
SF News Open Season For Vaccine Eligibility Begins April 15 in CA, and Those Over 50 Can Start April 1 Governor Gavin Newsom made a surprise announcement Thursday, saying that the schedule for vaccine eligibility statewide is moving up faster than expected — with all residents over the age of 50 able to get vaccines starting next week, on April 1.
SF News San Francisco, Marin, and Santa Clara Counties Move to 'Orange' Tier Allowing Gyms, Restaurants, and Bars to More Fully Reopen As expected, three more Bay Area counties, including San Francisco, advanced to the "Orange" tier in California's Blueprint for a Safer Economy rating system on Tuesday as new COVID cases reach levels not seen since October.
SF News Newsom Says All Californians Should Be Vaccine-Eligible By Late April As the vaccine rollout and the availability of appointments continues to be a source of frustration for some Bay Area residents, the governor on Friday indicated that he believes everyone in the state should be eligible to get a vaccine by late April.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Commits $3 Million to Nightlife Recovery Fund A fund established by SF Supervisor Matt Haney to provide direct relief grants to music and entertainment venues that have been dark for the past year has gotten its first influx of public funds, thanks to the city's unexpected budget surplus.
Arts & Entertainment Church of 8 Wheels Roller Skating Venue Tried to Open as an Indoor Fitness Center, But Will Have to Wait Until 'Yellow' Tier The popular roller skating venue at an abandoned church on Fillmore Street called The Church of 8 Wheels has been thwarted in its efforts to reopen to the public at least three times since November.
SF News Oakland Coliseum Site Switches to Second Shots Only Before Pivot to Johnson & Johnson Vaccine The mass vaccination site at the Oakland Coliseum stopped taking appointments for first shots of the Pfizer vaccine last week as it prepares to switch over to administering only the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
SF News Mayor London Breed Gets Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Shot, Wants to Demonstrate That It's Safe SF Mayor London Breed went to a clinic in her home neighborhood, the Western Addition, to receive her COVID-19 vaccination today.
SF News Bay Area Tenants and Landlords Can Now Apply for Grants to Cover Back Rent From 2020 A state application portal went live Monday for tenants and landlords seeking rental relief grants relating to pandemic hardship — part of a $2.6 billion federally funded aid program in California.
