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You Can Get a Free Eighth of Weed For Getting Vaccinated In SF
69% (nice) of San Francisco residents are fully vaccinated, and 76% have their first shot, so most of the city has received the COVID-19 vaccine. But that means 26% of the city’s population is still unvaccinated, and one workforce development nonprofit wants to get that percentage of San Franciscans higher
Judge Stops School District from Covering Up Controversial George Washington High Mural
The seemingly endless saga over the George Washington High School mural took another turn Tuesday when a San Francisco Superior Court judge overturned the school district’s decision to cover up the controversial artwork. Ruling in favor of an alumni group that alleged the San Francisco Unified School District Board of
At Least Two Bay Area Residents Took Part in Capitol Riot Mob
It was an emotional first day of hearings in the House Select Committee investigation of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection. Four officers who were subject to extreme violence from a mob of Trump supporters in defense of the Capitol and the legislators inside testified to the select committee Tuesday.
Newsom Compares Unvaccinated to Drunk Drivers, and He’s Not Wrong
California’s governor did not mince words Tuesday when he compared unvaccinated people to drunk drivers putting the lives of others at risk. What Gov. Gavin Newsom said was: “You don’t have a choice to go out and drink and drive and put everybody else’s lives at risk. That’s the equivalent
Music and Munchies: A Guide to This Week’s Sounds and Flavors
Every Tuesday our subscribers get this awesome roundup in their inboxes. You should sign up right here to make sure you never miss a thing. This week, a whole contingent of mini-festivals will be popping up in outdoor areas across the Bay, and most of them are focused on the
SF Museum of Ice Cream Melts Down, Closes Permanently
Infantile “immersive experience” and sprinkle pollution scofflaw the Museum of Ice Cream arrived in San Francisco in 2017. But nearly four years to the day after its arrival, the SF Museum of Ice Cream is in the can. The SF Business Times reports that the San Francisco Museum of Ice
It’s Official — SF Bars To Require Proof Of Vaccination, Starting Thursday
San Francisco bars have spent the last week very publicly considering whether they would require proof of COVID-19 vaccination, or at very least a negative COVID test, to enter their establishments. On Monday morning, it became official. KRON-4 reports that the San Francisco Bar Alliance will require proof of vaccination,
It’s Levar Burton’s Week To Host ‘Jeopardy!”
Actor, Reading Rainbow host, and spaceship engineer Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr., better known as Levar Burton, will finally get his turn to host Jeopardy! beginning tonight. Burton will host Jeopardy! every night this week, from Monday, July 26-Friday, July 30, in his tryout to be Alex Trebek’s permanent replacement.