SF Bay Area

28 Nov 2020

San Francisco 10pm Curfew Announced

This should not come as a big surprise to anyone, but San Francisco now joins most of the rest of California in the curfew club. Starting on Monday, November 30th, San Franciscans who aren’t providing an essential service will have to stay in their homes from 10pm to 5am. This

0
24 Nov 2020

Why Are Religious Zealots So Willing to Spread COVID?

I was informed late last night that a direct contact of someone in my household was exposed to COVID-19. Each of my teens has been allowed to see one friend as part of a social bubble, but that one friend apparently has extremely religious parents who have been shirking health

2
23 Nov 2020

California Rebuilding Fund Launches to Help Small Businesses Survive

On Friday, the State of California launched the California Rebuilding Fund to help keep small businesses afloat during this awful pandemic. Nearly 4 million small businesses need access to money now that the federal relief is running out and Snitch McConnell is holding up the next stimulus bill in Congress.

0
23 Nov 2020

200+ Employees at Golden Gate Fields Test Positive for COVID

On Friday Berkeleyside reported that Golden Gate Fields, home of the legendary Dollar Day, has had a serious COVID-19 outbreak. Despite being closed to the public due to the pandemic, races are still happening onsite and the staff of roughly 500 people is still working. Of those people around 200

0
20 Nov 2020

Orbit Room Launches ‘Lunar Lot’ for Cocktails and Pizza

This year alone, we’ve learned that the moon has water, the atmosphere of Venus contains a chemical so difficult to synthesize that it almost certainly comes from organic life, and the U.S. Navy believes in UFOs now. Only in 2020 would these things barely make a blip, but maybe Mercury

0
20 Nov 2020

Revive the Night: The Grassroots Effort Save SF’s Dancefloors

By Bailey Greenwood In the past 8 months, we’ve witnessed the crumbling of an industry that employed millions of people around the United States, and with no end in sight, an industry that will take years to rebuild. Revive the Night is a is a 3-day virtual festival taking place December

0
19 Nov 2020

Newsom Orders New Curfew in 40+ California Counties

The thing that many people have been worried about, and not nearly enough people have done anything to try and stop, is happening. Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new “Stay-at-Home” order for the 40+ counties that are in the “purple” tier of California’s county risk level chart. This means that

0
19 Nov 2020

Bay Area Voter Turnout above 80% in all 9 Counties

Bay Area Voter Turnout for the latest 2020 presidential election was above 80% in all 9 Counties.  To put that in perspective, the projected voter turnout for all of the USA is around 68%. San Francisco County saw historic numbers with an 86.23% turnout, a number that has not been

0