SF Bay Area

Lucky 13 is Finally Actually Closing for Good
Update: Martin Kraenkel who managed Lucky for 25 years had this to say, “It sucks to go out like this way. We always knew this was coming, but I would’ve loved to have a big blowout. Instead we’re closing down during COVID. I can’t even take the staff out to

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.

The Great Bay Area Techodus: They’re going to Austin to ruin that place
Silicon Valley companies are shipping jobs to places like Texas in droves. That isn’t new news, places like the ‘Silicon Hills’ of Austin Texas (God save them), and the ‘Silicon Mountain’ in Denver, have been opening new offices for Bay Area tech for years now. But there is a stark

Save San Francisco’s Independent Journalism
After withstanding unprecedented drops in revenue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, 16 of San Francisco’s independent news outlets are holding a joint fundraiser to preserve and protect the city’s independent press. Donate to Save SF News Local reporting has been essential during the shelter-in-place public health orders and local and

What Your Bart Station Says About You (San Francisco Edition)
The Bay Area is a big place with a lot of cities, and every city in the Bay can be a little different. But one thing that is synonymous with the Bay Area experience, is BART. The Bay Area Rapid Transit, with its loud trains, lateness, general sketchiness and insanity

SF Considers Tighter COVID-19 Restrictions, California Flirts With Lockdown
Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday announced that the state could be headed toward another shelter-in-place order. The news comes as 99 percent of California’s population is already subject to the state’s most restrictive purple tier in the COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy. That means that more than 39 million California

Former SCU Employee Accused of Constructing Room with Mattress and Sex Toys on Campus, Possessing Child Porn
Santa Clara police issued a disturbing press release Monday evening involving child pornography and a “makeshift room” with a mattress in the basement of Santa Clara University. San Jose resident and former university maintenance worker Jason Cameron Brown, 49, became the subject of investigation in October after the basement room

San Francisco’s New COVID Cases by Neighborhood
The new COVID infection rate in San Francisco is at it’s highest level ever. We are now averaging 137 new confirmed cases a day in our city.