San Francisco
Girls Scout Cookie season is here, but don’t expect in-person sales
The Girls Scouts of Northern California will not do-si-do with their normal cookie sale booths during the pandemic, but tag along as we show you how to buy Girls Scout Cookies online in the Bay Area. Read More
San Jose
Santa Clara County sanctions Los Gatos hospital for letting teachers cut the line for vaccines
After Good Samaritan Hospital let Los Gatos teachers cut in line for COVID vaccination, Santa Clara County will withhold further vaccines from the hospital until it provides a plan to follow eligibility guidelines for the coveted shots. Read More
San Francisco Castro
Castro Theatre's massive new hybrid organ may get installed in time for cinemas to reopen
The new hybrid digital/pipe organ that has been in the works for the grand Castro Theatre for about six years is finally about to become a reality, and depending on how long it takes to ship from Pennsylvania and how long it takes for movie theaters to safely reopen in San Francisco, it may arrive just time for the Castro's next public screenings. Read More
San Francisco Ingleside Mission Terrace Sunnyside
City College site ramps up mass vaccinations with hundreds per day, hoping to reach 3,000 per day
While San Francisco and other cities around the country are facing shortages of vaccine supply compared with demand, the process of getting vaccines into arms quickly and efficiently continues to be honed in the city with the opening of the first of three mass-vaccination sites, at the main campus of City College. Read More
San Jose
Google to help vaccine rollout through Google Maps support and $100 million in ad grants
Google announced new initiatives to help more Americans get the COVID vaccine. The latest efforts include $150 million in donations to nonprofits and grants for Google Ads. The company will also be offering its sites for vaccination locations and add new panels to "vaccine near me" searches. Read More
San Jose
Korean-style ice creamery signs on as Market Park San Jose’s first food retailer
Visitors to the new Market Park San Jose shopping center will be able to sample trendy Korean-style desserts at a new SomiSomi soft-serve ice cream shop in the center. Read More
San Francisco Twin Peaks
SFMTA proposes reopening most of Twin Peaks to vehicle access
SFMTA staff are recommending reopening more than half of Twin Peaks to cars, despite broad public embracement of the park for non-vehicle recreation. Read More
San Jose
Homicide suspect shot and killed by San Jose police
Officers with the San Jose Police Department shot and killed a homicide suspect near an apartment complex on the east side of the city Thursday morning. Read More
San Jose
San Jose teen’s macaron business has raised nearly $6,000 for charity
San Jose high school student Shrobana Sengupta has baked at least 10,000 macarons since last May and raised close to $6,000 for charity. Read More
San Jose
Inmate hunger strike reaches one week at Santa Clara County Jail
A hunger strike is underway at the main jail in Santa Clara County with inmates not eating for one week so far. The inmates are trying to draw attention to what they call unsafe pandemic conditions and unfair treatment of inmates who test positive for Covid-19. Read More
Oakland
Ayesha Curry opens Sweet July store and cafe in Uptown Oakland
As she promised to last year, Ayesha Curry has just opened her first retail store in Oakland, in conjunction with her lifestyle magazine called Sweet July. The Sweet July store and cafe debuted Tuesday at 455 23rd Street in the Uptown neighborhood. Read More
San Francisco Chinatown
$1.9 Million Chinatown relief measure passes Board of Supervisors
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a relief measure that would pay ailing Chinatown restaurants nearly $2 million to serve up meals for their neighbors in need. Read More
San Francisco Tenderloin
The Tenderloin used to have a bar where a woman was convalescing in a bed behind a curtain in back
An autobiographical essay titled "The Hard Crowd" by novelist Rachel Kushner, published in last week's New Yorker, offers some vivid snapshots of several long-gone Tenderloin bars, including one with a convalescing person in a bed in back. Read More