SF News Sunday Links: Popular Korean Grocery Store H Mart To Open First San Francisco Location on April 21 One adult was saved by SF firefighters during a "surf rescue" at Ocean Beach, over a hundred East Bay businesses donated to organizations fighting against Asian hate Saturday, and the beloved Korean grocery store H Mart will open its first San Francisco location next week.
SF News Saturday Links: Hundreds Rally in Oakland To Protest the Police Killing of Daunte Wright Hundreds marched in Oakland Friday night to denounce the police killing of Daunte Wright, the nonprofit Economic Security Project is calling for the release of a fourth stimulus check, and the pandemic has passed yet another dystopian milestone: claiming over three million lives.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Levi's Stadium Breaks Single-Day Vaccine Record Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the Mission to protest police shootings in Daly City and Minnesota, a bill to restrict use of the Ellis Act has been shelved, and there are lots of vaccine appointments in Contra Costa County and at Levi's Stadium.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: It's Open Season For Vaccines! One census tract in the Bayview had a COVID infection rate 10 times higher than the rest of SF, Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli makes an awkward Zoom appearance, and a trio of dine-and-dashers in the Richmond apologize.
SF News Humpday Headlines: All SF Residents Age 16 and Up Can Get Vaccine Appointments Now Both SF and Santa Clara counties announced that everyone (16+) can now get vaccine appointments ahead of the state's Apr. 15 date, Hayward police are warning women about car smash-and-grabs, and Bernie Madoff is dead.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Oakland Police Get Funding Back For Sideshow Unit The Oakland City Council voted unanimously to re-fund the police department on Monday following cuts last year, another drop-in vaccination site opens Thursday in the Mission, and Steph Curry just surpassed Wilt Chamberlain's career point record with the Warriors.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: 30 Schools Reopen Across San Francisco Salesforce has announced a plan to bring some employees back to the office on a volunteer basis next month, 30 public schools are back open in SF today, and a new model predicts 14,000 American lives could be lost with mask wearing through August.
SF News Sunday Links: Contra Costa County Residents 16 Years and Older Can Get Vaccinated at Oakland Coliseum Contra Costa County residents 16 years and older can now receive a COVID-19 vaccine from the Oakland Coliseum, Facebook turned part of its Menlo Park headquarters into a vaccination site Saturday, and Daly City is launching a new program to curb violence against Asian communities.
SF News Saturday Links: Asian American Grandmother Attacked in SF Celebrated at Giants Game A fire broke out at Half Moon Bay’s historic San Benito House, California is set to only get about 12% of the J&J vaccine allotment next week, and the Giants organization invited Xiao Zhen Xie and her family to enjoy yesterday’s game.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: BART May Resume Normal-ish Hours In September The Sonoma County Sheriff is now investigating sexual assault accusations against the mayor of Windsor, Facebook is making its Menlo Park headquarters available as a vaccine site, and BART may resume more regular hours starting in September.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: North Beach Standoff With Barricaded Suspect Ends Peacefully A carjacking victim is critically injured near Union Square, a domestic incident near Fisherman's Wharf turned into a six-hour standoff, and Alameda County is expanding vaccine eligibility in 12 zip codes.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Biden Moves Up Vaccine Eligibility Timeline to April 19 President Biden is saying states should open vaccine eligibility to everyone by April 19, the SFMTA is still adding more Slow Streets, and Sonoma County is expected to move to the "Orange" tier for the first time today.
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.
SF News Sunday Links: Alas, Another Pandemic Easter Sunday Another pandemic Easter Sunday is here, over half a billion Facebook users might have had their personal information compromised (and posted online), and the body of a 19-year-old Oakland woman was discovered by a hiker in Siskiyou County.
SF News Saturday Links: Bay Area Temperatures Continue To Cool 1,700 homeless people remain in hotel rooms after SF moved them inside during shelter-in-place, tree removal and trimming continues along 24th Street, and cooler weather is finally here (which may bring with it a very small chance of rain next week).
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: CDC Updates Travel Guidance For Vaccinated The Solano County health officer is sounding COVID alarm bells over Easter weekend, dissecting the issues with Alison Collins' school district lawsuit, and the CDC has just announced (in case you were unaware) that vaccinated people can travel without worry.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Giants' Home Opener Cleared to Have 9,200 In Attendance SF is allowing the Giants' home opener to have 22% capacity or 9,200 fans next week, the suspect in the homicide of a Santa Rosa homeless woman has been arrested, and supporters of DA Chesa Boudin have set up a PAC to fight his recall.
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 Tuesday Morning Topline: One Person Killed In Mission District Shooting There was a shooting at 24th and Mission in SF last night that left one person dead, a 19-year-old has turned himself in for a Muni assault in October, and Oakland is welcoming back its littlest students today in Pre-K to second grade.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: High Winds Coming to the Bay Area Hills Tonight A high wind advisory has been issued for Monday night for the Bay Area hills, at least two people were injured during a sideshow in the Mission over the weekend, and that container ship has finally been unstuck in the Suez Canal.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Fox News Faces Second Huge Defamation Suit An 84-year-old Asian man is speaking out about being attacked in the Tenderloin last month, a San Bruno card room is paying a record-setting fine, and Mills College now says 200 UC Berkeley freshman will be moving onto the campus in the fall.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Suspect Dies In Fremont Freeway Shootout The Oakland Coliseum vaccination site may live on past its mid-April expiration date, an Oakland basketball star has been identified as a victim in a Tuesday crash near Lodi, and Chrissy Teigen is quitting Twitter.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Homeless Woman Killed In Santa Rosa Hit-and-Run Two shootings in Oakland left one man dead and another critical, a homeless woman in Santa Rosa was killed in a hit and run that may or may not have been intentional, and San Mateo County authorities are seeking a flasher who exposed himself to a Half Moon Bay teen.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Oakland Announces Basic Income Pilot Treasure Island is getting a vaccination site, three Antioch men have been charged in a Feb. 23 laundromat assault on an Asian man in SF, and bars in three counties are getting ready to open outdoors this week without mandatory food.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: SF's Third Baptist Church Opens Vaccine Clinic An SF woman was involved in a wild chase in Santa Rosa on Sunday, a large crowd gathered in the Castro for a march in solidarity with the Asian community, and Mills College's president says that a reversal of its historic decision to stop granting degrees is highly unlikely.