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Newsom Says California Could Fully Reopen by Mid-June
On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said that California now has the lowest COVID-19 test positivity rate in the country. He followed up Tuesday with an announcement that he’s hoping to fully reopen the state by June 15. That target date is scheduled exactly two months after vaccine eligibility is extended

Oakland International Airport Standoff Ends After Nearly Four Hours
A standoff with an armed man at the Oakland International Airport came to an end Tuesday morning after nearly four hours. According to witness reports, the man appeared to have a knife and was threatening to commit suicide. The outer area of Terminal 1 was evacuated as law enforcement responded

Can I Send You This Rad Jumbo Postcard?
The response to the shirt that legendary San Francisco artist Jeremy Fish designed for us has been overwhelming. People absolutely love it! But unfortunately not everyone can afford to join the $25 a month Patreon tier. So that’s why we’re sending out a jumbo 6×9 postcard of the design to anyone at the

San Francisco Sunday Streets Are Back This Weekend!
After a pandemic-cancelled 2020, a program returns to San Francisco this month that promotes health and wellness by eliminating cars from some streets for a day. The Sunday Streets program — a collaboration between multiple city agencies, MUNI and the non-profit Livable City — will relaunch in a limited fashion

Ohlone Tribe Artwork Makes It To Market Street
Here in San Francisco, we are on Ohlone People’s land, though this doesn’t get acknowledged much. But it’s getting some acknowledgement now, as the Chronicle reports that six Muni bus shelters on Market Street now have Ohlone-inspired artwork, designed by Oakland artist Katie Dorame. The Ohlone people, who have lived

Mark Zuckerberg’s Data Was Leaked In The Latest Facebook Data Leak
You may have heard the disturbing news this weekend that more than 500 million Facebook users had their personal information leaked in a Facebook data breach, with the information posted online to a hacker site. Information leaked and posted included users’ name, location, birthday, email, phone number, and relationship status.

How Some Bay Area Musicians Have Kept the Music Alive During COVID
By Woody Weingarten COVID-19 financially crippled many hundreds of Bay Area arts-and-entertainment performers over the past year. The “starving musicians” category swelled exponentially, for example, because many lacked digital skills needed to overcome gig loss triggered by in-person venues closing. Noteworthy exceptions exist, however. Pianist-singer Mike Greensill, a widower who lives