Alex Mak - Managing Editor

Expect Strict Stay at home Orders to Continue in Bay Area & California
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s regional stay-at-home order for Southern California was scheduled to expire today (Monday), but with regional intensive care unit capacity officially considered to be ‘zero’, he announced the order will almost assuredly be extended. California recently topped 2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on Christmas Eve, and the worst

The Entire Bay Area Region Now Under Highest Lockdown Rules
In December, Gov. Newsom announced a regional stay-at-home order, which would order counties with critically low ICU capacity to shut back down. As of today (12/17/2020) the Bay Area’s regional ICU capacity has dropped to 12.7%, meaning the entire region will be forced to join a stay-at-home order starting tonight

The Paintings of Karen Pence
Karen Pence, the wife of soon to be ex-vice president Mike Pence, is a painter. Back in 2016 she told the Indy Star, that she studied art at Butler, where she majored in teaching and minored in art. “I thought, gosh, ‘I’d like to learn more about art.’ I pulled it out

Mission Cheese to Close After 10 Years of Serving SF
Sadly, another delicious San Francisco eatery has announced it will close forever, at the end of December. If you would to taste their delectable American made cheeses again, you should order from them sometime in the next two weeks.

CJM Announces New, Paid, Artist in Residency Program
If you know a local artist who could use some dope studio space, a chunk of extra income, and the opportunity to display their work in a world class museum, send them this!

Many Unemployed Californians Could Have to Repay Part of Pandemic Benefits
If you or someone you love is collecting unemployment, remind them that the deadline to submit 2019 income documents is December 11th. Nearly a million Californians who received Pandemic Unemployment Assistance have been told they might have to repay some of their benefits if they can’t document the 2019 income

Mayor Breed Announces New Stay-at-Home Orders for San Francisco
Following up on Governor Gavin Newsom’s declaration yesterday that stay-at-home orders would be being rolled out for most California counties, Mayor London Breed announced today at 1:15pm that San Francisco would be preemptively enacting many of those restrictions beginning Sunday December 6th at 10pm. The new stay at home order

Newsom May Reclose Bars, All Restaurant Dining, & Big Box Retail Next Week
New Lockdown order predicted to go into effect as early as next week. Also next week, hundreds of thousand of Pfizer vaccines will arrive in CA.