The former sandwich shop had revamped last year to become a Japanese rice bowl and sushi eatery.

"What I’m curating features an eclectic cross section of the community," said Kim Shuck, the city's seventh poet laureate.

Small business owners say they're eager to re-open, but a wide variety of challenges remain before retail can return to normal.

Broadcast six days a week on YouTube, the new "Sweet Stories" series features children's books read by youth librarians and celebrity guests.

From building-size video projections to a billboard-turned-gallery, Bay Area artists and museums are getting creative with exhibitions.

"I’ve seen more than a couple of people well up with tears," says the bar owner behind the pop-up sidewalk shows.

Robin Cohn and Jan Adams are aiming to cover every block of San Francisco on foot — a goal the pandemic has made both easier and harder.