covid

11 Feb 2021

California’s First Two Cases of South African COVID Variant Found in the Bay Area

By Eli Walsh Genomics researchers at Stanford University have confirmed California’s first two cases of the South African coronavirus variant in Alameda and Santa Clara counties, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. The 501Y.V2 or B.1.351 variant is one of several recent mutations of the virus, most of which involve changes

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How To Tip During a Pandemic
03 Feb 2021

How To Tip During a Pandemic

Here we are heading into a full year of living during a pandemic and there are still so many situations we don’t quite know how to navigate. Things are ever-evolving when it comes to dealing with Covid and each day presents a new challenge. Just when we finally get used

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29 Jan 2021

The 10 Kinds of People You See on Dating Apps During COVID

Humanity has endured many historic events that have perpetually changed the way we live our lives. September 11th. The fall of the Berlin Wall. TikTok. But throughout it all, one thing has prevailed: the desire to get it on. Despite a national pandemic preventing people from their usual mating ritual

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27 Jan 2021

Airplanes Are Packed, So Why Aren’t Restaurants?

Restaurants across the country are struggling because of the pandemic, but the amount of struggle depends on the city or state that the restaurant is in. New York City doesn’t have indoor dining as an option at all, so restaurants there are totally empty depending completely on takeout and those

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15 Jan 2021

What You Need to Know About SF’s COVID Vaccine Rollout

I don’t know about you, but I will jump at the chance to get my COVID vaccination. I’m getting so stir crazy being at home all this time. I mean sure, I go on walks and sometimes have picnics in the park, but otherwise, I spend A LOT of time

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13 Jan 2021

Here’s Why Restaurants Will Never Be the Same

It’s going to be a long time before restaurants are back to normal, even after the vaccine rollout and Covid is in the rearview mirror. There are some things that will probably never go back to the way they were before. Personally, what I will miss most is greeting my

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01 Jan 2021

What it’s Like Being in a Band During a Pandemic

By Patricia Mott Shortly before the pandemic hit San Francisco, in March of 2020, my bandmates and I had showed up early to a gig we were playing. We loaded our equipment into The Knockout, one of our favorite local hang outs, and met up with a couple of staff

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18 Dec 2020

SF COVID Cases Up 50% Since Thanksgiving

That’s a pretty striking headline isn’t it? I saw this info on the new publication Public Comment and had to share it. You should check them out. The moral of the story though is that Americans are stupid and selfish and we keep doing idiotic things and then wonder why

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