SF News Eight African Countries Under 'Do Not Travel' Advisories Over Omicron Concerns With the holidays in full swing, which inevitably means a more active SFO, the State Department on Saturday put eight African countries on a "Do Not Travel" list for US citizen as concern grows over the Omicron variant.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Wildfire Destroys Delta RV Park A wildfire tore through an RV park in Isleton Tuesday and destroyed 21 homes, three people were shot in the Tenderloin Tuesday night, and William Shatner just became the oldest person ever shot into space.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Century-Old Giusti's Restaurant Destroyed By Fire In the Delta A 100+-year-old restaurant in the Delta, Giusti's, burned to the ground on Thursday, and the owner thinks the cause may have been a propane water heater.
SF News Top UCSF Doctors Say ‘San Francisco has Clearly Turned the Corner’ on Delta Variant San Francisco case rates are down and hospitalizations have plateaued, meaning the Delta variant appears to be on the wane, but no one’s spiking the football lest we see another case spike
SF News San Francisco Could Introduce Indoor Mask Mandate Next Week Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases With the Delta variant infecting the city’s vaccinated and unvaccinated residents, Mayor Breed and Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax announced Friday that actions will be taken sometime next week to combat its spread — which could include an indoor mask mandate.
SF News SF Man Drowns After Saving Daughter in Kayaking Accident The final moments of San Francisco resident Roni Avila’s life were spent saving his five-year-old daughter after their kayak overturned Sunday afternoon in the Sacramento River near Rio Vista. The Associated Press
SF News Study: River Diversions Have Totally Screwed The San Francisco Bay The San Francisco Bay and all forms of life that depend upon it are in trouble. So declares a new study from The Bay Institute which finds that upstream water diversions have removed
SF News The Sacramento River Delta Could Have Its Own Katrina-Like Levee Disaster As you may or may not be aware, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is made up of a series of levees, all of which protect a freshwater source that supplies water to two-thirds
Arts & Entertainment What The Heck Is This Piranha-Like Fish Doing In NorCal Waters? Look at that grin! That's the terrifying mouth of a pacu, an omnivorous South American freshwater fish that's a cousin to the infamous piranha. And like their relative, they're usually found only in
misc Crash Course On The California Delta On this languid New Year's Eve week, here's some interesting, nerdy ecological stuff for you to gnaw on: an interactive timeline / crash course on everything you need to know about the California Delta.
