As has been anticipated for two weeks now, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Tuesday that the city will resume allowing indoor dining effective Wednesday, September 30, at 25-percent capacity.
Some of the 150th anniversary celebrations for Golden Gate Park are actually going to happen this year after all, and at the very least the 150-foot-tall "observation wheel" that we were promised is, in fact, opening for rides soon.
A yet-unidentified 30-year-old man clings to life after a Monday night attack at Fillmore and Geary.
Who’s a good boy? That drug-sniffing dog from Nashville, Tennessee, who fetched 87 pounds of weed from luggage from an SFO inbound flight and didn’t smoke any of it.
Once again the Trump campaign, and Donald Trump Jr. in particular, are spreading misinformation about Democrats trying to flood the election with bogus or duplicate ballots, via a campaign ad, and the Biden campaign is calling Facebook out for allowing this to be amplified.
As the Rupaul drag empire continues to expand, we have word that live events are back on the schedule, via drive-in concerts. The "Drive-n-Drag Halloween Edition" show comes to the Bay Area on October 16, 17, and 18.
Tuesday night's debate in Cleveland between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will feature a special guest invited by the Biden campaign: Kristin Urquiza, the SF woman who spoke out about her father's death at the Democratic Convention.
The Glass Fire, which remains zero-percent contained as it continues burning in Sonoma and Napa counties, more than tripled in size between Monday and Tuesday, though calmer wind conditions overnight will hopefully lead to some containment today.
Three people have died in the Zogg Fire in Shasta County, Calistoga is a ghost town right now, the evacuated senior community in east Santa Rosa appears to have been spared from flames, and Oakland has had a disturbing recent spate of homicides.
A 25-year-old man is clinging to life after a violent robbery in the Mission, at least 68,000 Sonoma residents are currently under evacuation orders, and the Commerce Secretary announced today in a tweet that Census counting will end on October 5.
The Fortnite legal kerfuffle has Apple and now also Google digging in their heels that they should get a 30% cut of any purchase made within apps on their respective platforms.
![[Update] Parts of Meadowood Resort, Including Michelin Three-Star Restaurant, Burn In Glass Fire In St. Helena](https://img.sfist.com/2020/09/meadowood-restaurant-destroyed-getty-1.jpg)
Parts of the luxury Meadowood resort caught fire early Monday morning, and despite their best efforts firefighters were unable to save the restaurant building after they drained the pool and ran out of water.
It’s that time of year, as the Napa and Sonoma fires have knocked out some 37,000 homes’ power, planned outages hit another 65,000 homes in the Sierras, and even Oakland and SF have a few areas without power.
Authorities are looking for three suspects who allegedly conducted a takeover robbery early Sunday afternoon at a CVS in Mill Valley.
Despite a team riddled with a seemingly insurmountable number of injuries to top players, back-up QB Nick Mullens had an impressive Sunday, defeating the NY Giants 36-9. Those missing in action included starters in nearly every position, specifically QB, 2x RB, 3x WR, 2x TE, 3x CB, 4x DE, LB, & C.
The Glass Fire grew at least fourfold overnight as it merged with two other fires that it may have sparked — the Shady Fire and the Boysen Fire — and gusty offshore winds continue to help it grow to the south and west.
One person was killed by a fallen tree branch while picnicking in Burlingame over the weekend, California parents are protesting schools remaining closed with a "Zoom-out," and the TikTok ban is on hold.
Parts of Santa Rosa that either burned or were in view of the burning three years ago were under mandatory evacuation orders Sunday night as more fast-moving fire spread into Sonoma County from Napa earlier in the evening.
Just before the weekend, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a heavy-handed letter to Mayor Breed criticizing the City's constraints on places of worship. Furthermore, the DOJ threatened to take "further action" if those restrictions weren't loosened up accordingly.
49ers legend Joe Montana and his wife Jennifer were startled by an intruder on Saturday while staying in a home in Malibu, and the female suspect allegedly snatched their infant grandchild and tried to make off with the baby.
PG&E is warning that those living in Sonoma and Napa might be without electricity later tonight, parts of San Francisco are expected to be in the low-90s Monday, and as we all saw coming: Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to the Supreme Court Saturday to fill the seat of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
![[Updates] Glass Fire Burns Over 2,500 Acres; New Fires Move Into Sonoma](https://img.sfist.com/2020/09/glass-fire-map.jpg)
Napa County Sheriff's deputies frantically hurried to warn rural wine country residents early Sunday morning to evacuate as the "rapidly spreading" Glass Fire continued burning through dry hillsides north of St. Helena and east of Calistoga.
Many of San Francisco's notable art hubs — like the de Young Museum and Asian Art Museum — opened this week at 25 percent capacity. And SFMOMA, too, is set to open its doors on October 1, revealing a new indoor mural and a timely collection featuring Bay Area artists’ responses to the pandemic.
The city's live music venues have been closed for some six months now, leaving the talent that would fill them without one stream of income. But, finally, live entertainment has found its way into SF's reopening plan, per a new temporary permit program for outdoor performances called "JAM."
A mix of strong winds and high temperatures has left some parts of the Bay Area with Red Flag Warnings, Oakland's much-anticipated Horn Barbeque finally opens today, and Target is looking to hire some 130,000 holiday workers.
