SF Bay Area

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

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.

Scott Wiener Tries Again to End Mandatory Sentences for Nonviolent Drug Offenders
Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, introduced legislation Tuesday that aims to end minimum sentencing for nonviolent drug offenders. In a Tweet Tuesday, Wiener said: “The War on Drugs failed. Let’s own that failure & move forward.” As one commenter quickly pointed out, the War on Drugs succeeded at one thing:

San Francisco Administers First COVID-19 Vaccinations
San Francisco began administering COVID-19 vaccinations to frontline health care workers Tuesday morning. The city was one of the state’s four initial distribution hubs that welcomed vaccine doses Monday, receiving 2,000 units of the Pfizer vaccine. California as a whole received a little more than 33,000 doses Monday, which nearly

The 17th Another Hole In The Head Film Festival is Online This Year
People who’ve had a few film festivals under their belt will call holding a film festival in the weeks around Christmas and Hanukkah a mark of insanity. But given that Another Hole In The Head Film Festival (hereafter AHITH) comes from the crazy geniuses behind the S.F. Independent Film Festival,

The Cliff House is Closing Permanently…and it’s The National Park Service’s Fault
Yet another true San Francisco legend is closing down permanently. As we reported back in July, The Cliff House shut down temporarily because continuing to do businesses during COVID wasn’t economically feasible. But now it seems they are permanently closing because their landlord, the Federal Government, is shaking them down. A

#UntrashThePlanet is Dedicated to Restoring Our Natural Places & Building Community
By Alison Huetter Trash is something we’ve been seeing all too often in the Bay Area. East Bay resident Stephan Orme used some of his ‘covid-time’ to do something about it. Since January he’s been organizing groups to clean trashed areas around the Bay Area. Untrash.It has grown to almost

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!