SF Politics Anti-Shelter-in-Place Protest Planned Around City Hall in SF on Friday A protest is being organized in San Francisco for Friday to demand the reopening of all of California, bringing the wave of "liberate" protests seen around the country into the heart of the city.
Arts & Entertainment The City Comes Together for Tony Bennett's 'I Left My Heart In San Francisco' Sing-Along Saturday afternoon's SF-wide sing-along of "I Left My Heart In San Francisco," led by Tony Bennett himself, was a balm to the soul. Countless San Franciscans took to their webcams, balconies, and even rooftops to sing the hit number in honor of frontline workers responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
SF News Saturday Links: Solano County Extends Shelter-In-Place Order to May 17 Solano County Public Health officials announced Friday its shelter-in-place order is now extended through May 17, San Francisco is pivoting to move some of the city's homeless into RVs later next month, and half of SF's restaurants may close as a result of the current pandemic.
Arts & Entertainment SFJazz’s New Virtual Concert Series Embraces the Streaming Age COVID-19 has prompted artists to get creative about conducting live performances; drag queens and DJs, for example, now muse the masses from Twitch and Zoom channels. SFJazz’s latest virtual concert series, "Fridays at Five," is another product of this novel line of thinking.
SF News Governor Newsom: Hospitals Can Soon Perform 'Scheduled Surgeries,' COVID-19 Testing Continues To Grow Governor Newsom announced Wednesday that California hospitals will soon be allowed to perform “scheduled surgeries” as the state’s health care system remains intact amid influxes of COVID-19 patients. Coronavirus testing is also expected to grow significantly by the end of the month.
Arts & Entertainment How to Honor Prince on the Fourth Anniversary of His Death While Sheltering in Place Four years ago today, the icon known as Prince left this mortal coil after an accidental fentanyl overdose. Suffice it to say the late, great Purple One will forever live on in the minds of millions — and there’s a bevy of ways to commemorate his legacy, online.
Arts & Entertainment Mary Vice and Mohawk Jesus Rise As This Year's Foxy Mary and Hunky Jesus Winners During Sunday's Quaran-Tea Dance party, live-streamed on Twitch and Zoom, Sister Roma and Sister Dana announced this year's Foxy Mary and Hunky Jesus winners — Mary Vice and Mohawk Jesus.
SF News New CDPH Report Shows 34 Nursing Homes in the Bay Area Have Confirmed COVID-19 Cases The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) — after weeks of pressure from healthcare providers and the general public — published a partial list of nursing homes that have recorded COVID-19 cases. The report included 258 affected facilities; 34 of those listed are in the Bay Area.
SF News Mayor Breed Extends Paid Leave For Over 200,000 Eligible San Franciscans Mayor Breed signed into law District 4 Supervisor Gordon Mar’s Public Health Emergency Leave ordinance Friday, instantly making some 200,000 San Franciscans eligible to receive two additional weeks of paid leave.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Vandalism and Thefts Hit Lucky 13, Harvey’s, Countless Other Bars and Restaurants A wave of vandalism and theft is smashing and grabbing what little revenue or peace of mind our favorite restaurants can cobble together while the streets are emptied for shelter-in-place.
SF News Friends and Family of Elderly East Bay Woman Throw Socially Distant Parade for Her 81st Birthday Amid the Bay Area's active shelter-in-place order, friends and family of a now 81-year-old Alamo woman held a socially distant birthday parade — colorful balloons and eccentric signs, included — for her earlier today.
SF News San Francisco Bans Use of Reusable Bags and Other Items Over Coronavirus Concerns If you've visited any big-name grocery store — Trader Joe's, Safeway, Whole Foods — this week, odds are you weren’t allowed to use a reusable bag. Why? Because on Tuesday, San Francisco banned shoppers from using them and “other reusable items" to thwart the spread of COVID-19.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Shocking Report: Bay Area Getting Drunk as Hell During Shelter-in-Place Wine.com reports spirits orders are up 400 percent during stay-at-home orders, as bottoms up is the top activity in these shut in times.
SF Politics Sonoma County Emergency Manager Takes Heat for Private Trip to Closed Beach The county’s director of Emergency Management took his family on an ill-advised trip to a closed beach this weekend, and worse yet, posted the photos to Facebook to ensure maximum public outrage.
SF News Workers at Still-Open, ‘Essential’ Businesses Face High Risk, Low Financial Reward The unsung heroes of the ongoing coronavirus crisis are the nurses, grocery clerks, and delivery drivers slogging through amidst angry customers and precarious conditions.
SF News Should SF Close Its Parks and Plazas to Encourage More Isolation? San Francisco got called out this week by CNN's Jake Tapper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta for allowing everyone to continue on their daily outdoor exercise routines and stroll along the Embarcadero during the city's shelter-in-place order.
SF News Lockdown is Here: Bay Areawide ‘Shelter in Place’ Orders Go Into Effect at Midnight Bay Area residents are officially being urged not to leave their homes, with very few exceptions “for essential outings,” in San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara, and San Mateo Counties, starting at midnight tonight.
