SF News Saturday Links: California SEIU President Hospitalized, Arrested at ICE Protest in LA Over 6,500 local residents have been impacted by the closure of SF-Marin Food Bank's 13 pop-up pantries; Mr. S Leather is being sued over its mouth gags; and CA union president David Huerta was hospitalized and remains in federal custody following an ICE protest in LA on Friday.
SF News Extra Federal Food Stamp Assistance Ending, Leaving Nearly 100K San Franciscans At Risk of Food Insecurity An estimated 96,000 SF residents across 70,000 households — representing 12% of the city’s population — will lose an average of $160 a month in CalFresh benefits, as food prices continue to rise.
SF News New Analysis Shows Almost 900 Bay Area Neighborhoods Are Inside 'Food Deserts' The pandemic pushed local food banks to the brim as they dealt with record numbers of requests. COVID-19 has also stretched the Bay Area's growing food access crisis, leaving a large amount of the region's population more than a half-mile away from the nearest grocery store.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Famed SF Leather Bar Powerhouse Temporarily Became a Food Pantry For LGBTQ People and Others In Need For the past six weeks, a SoMa queer bar that's better known for raunchy theme nights and its storied past in the leather community temporarily turned into a food pantry serving LGBTQ seniors and a group of unemployed nightlife workers around the city who found themselves running out of money.
SF News Local Food Bank Opens First Drive-Through Pantry in SF; No Reservations Needed To Collect Sustenance The Giants parking lot at Oracle Park — Seawall Lot 337 — was transformed into a drive-through food pantry yesterday afternoon by the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank, a first of its kind for the city.
SF News Low-Income Seniors at Mission SRO Go Hungry After Food Pantry Stops Delivering Dozens of senior citizens who live at the Altamont Hotel at 3048 16th Street have reportedly resorted to begging on the street or scrounging for food after a food pantry that had delivered to them weekly stopped doing so for safety reasons several weeks ago.
SF News Michael Phelps Cereal Donated to California Food Banks After Kellogg's foolishly dropped gold medal Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps' endorsement contract -- if you recall, he was caught taking a hit of mary jane earlier this year -- the lanky sports star
Arts & Entertainment Valentine's Day Pillow Fight! Piff! Pow! Zwap! On Valentine's Day at precisely 6 p.m. at Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco will play host to its third annual public pillow fight. And they're looking for a few
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SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Epicugenerous There's a bunch of activities around National Hunger Awareness Day, but we would like to mention one: a fund raiser organized by epicurious.com at Farallon tomorrow (Friday). Proceeds benefit the Second Harvest,
SF News March Muni Payout: $57,762.63 Muni is not without defense in the Food Bank fiasco: in their answer to the complaint, Muni claimed that the Food Bank knowingly placed itself at risk, so they refused to pay for
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hot Stuff: Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau 2006 We have always been a sucker for organizations that do good in the community and are perceived to be fiscally responsible. The wine's importer, W.J. Deutsch & Sons Ltd. made a seven