Joe Kukura
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 Cow Hollow Presidio Heights
‘Purse Filled With Yogurt’ alert on Citizen app milks jokes in Cow Hollow
The culture of Cow Hollow may be under attack, or maybe some joker called the police for a pretty cheesy reason. Read More
San Francisco Financial District Union Square
Marshalls store in the Financial District to close on January 30
SF’s only Marshalls location has its days numbered, as the discount apparel retailer will close its Market Street store. Read More
San Francisco Bayview Hunters Point Polk
Two new homeless Navigation Centers announced for Bayview and Polk Gulch
Supportive housing for more 115 people is coming to a Bayview parking lot, while 43 beds will be available at Post and Hyde Streets.] Read More
San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf Marina
Sundance Film Festival will be screening some of its 2021 flicks at Fort Mason drive-in
While you can’t go to hot tub parties in Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival this year, the flicks are coming to SF as Fort Mason will be a ‘satellite’ site for the 2021 festival. Read More
San Francisco Financial District
Tadich Grill gets generous relief grant rant from ethically questionable Barstool Sports
The $31,000 a month is a godsend to keep California’s oldest continuously run restaurant open, but the source is a sports site with a lengthy rap sheet of sexual harassment and male toxicity. Read More
San Francisco Chinatown
Bruce Lee-written Chinatown action series ‘Warrior’ arrives on HBO Max
A TV pilot Bruce Lee wrote in 1971 is now a big-budget TV series set in 1870s San Francisco Chinatown, and it’s streaming now on HBO Max. Read More
Oakland
Internet-famous Lake Merritt duck couple gets rescue shelter home to treat their injuries
The bonded, black and white duck couple have become rock stars on Twitter and Reddit, but they’ve been enduring some serious pain and suffering behind the feathers. Read More
San Francisco SoMa Union Square
Moscone Center says it needs city funds to survive, city says take a number and wait
The Moscone Center says it faced declining business even before the pandemic, but the city is loath to help amidst COVID-19 budget deficits. Read More
San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf Marina
More sea otters coming to the Bay, if conservationists have their way
Despite all the ship traffic, marine biologists think the San Francisco Bay is the safest place to move endangered sea otters so they can multiply safely. Read More
San Francisco Polk Tenderloin
Glide’s Christmas Eve House of Prime Rib Dinner still goes on, despite pandemic
San Francisco’s most charitable Christmas tradition carries on, as 2,000 pounds of prime beef are being served at Glide. Read More
Oakland
71-year-old bowling alley Albany Bowl has closed permanently
Albany Bowl is the latest legacy business to be guttered by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the owner says its lanes will not reopen. Read More
Oakland
Square Pie Guys bringing their Detroit-style pizza to new Oakland location
Rectangular slices with premium ingredients and punny monikers have made a name for Square Pie Guys, who will expand with a new Oakland location on top of their cult-hit SoMa spot. Read More
San Francisco Marina Presidio
Marina NIMBYs not happy with 30-Stockton extension to the Presidio
The two-month-old 30-Stockton Presidio bus route extension has some Marina residents up in arms over costs, congestion, and how they feel the buses ruin their views. Read More
San Francisco Alamo Square Divisadero NoPa Western Addition
Yet another cyclist hit by car on Fell Street prompts calls for Wiggle bike path safety measures
Sup. Dean Preston calls safety upgrades to the Fell and Divisadero Streets intersection that’s notorious to cyclists as one of the most dangerous in town. Read More
San Francisco Golden Gate Park Upper Haight Western Addition
Giant cypress tree at Golden Gate Park still done up for Christmas, despite pandemic
For the 91st holiday season in a row, the gigantic Monterey cypress tree at Stanyan and Fell Streets still dazzles as San Francisco‘s ‘official’ Christmas tree. Read More
Oakland
Cat lovers furious that East Bay Regional Park District is shooting feral felines
At least a dozen feral cats have been shot and killed by park authorities at Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline, and animal lovers are up in arms over the aggressive tactics. Read More
San Francisco Ocean Beach Outer Richmond Outer Sunset
Rash of car thefts targeting surfers hits Ocean Beach and China Beach
Vehicle thefts are up 50% in the Taraval and Richmond Districts, and surfers say a new lockbox key system is responsible for a spike in thefts targeting their cars. Read More
San Francisco Mission
Mission Pupuseria owner fends off violent customer with furious table-flipping skills
An unruly customer messed with the wrong grandmother at Panchita's Pupuseria, where the matriarch owner took matters — and a large wooden table — into her own hands. Read More
Oakland
Free public WiFi coming to large sections of Oakland
Oakland is closing the digital divide with a $7.7 million CARES Act grant that will provide free public WiFi to as much as 85% of the city. Read More
San Francisco Union Square
Martin Yan’s Westfield Centre restaurant M.Y. China closes permanently
A lucrative location was rendered a terrible location when the pandemic hit, and Martin Yan’s namesake foray into shopping mall chic has closed. Read More
San Francisco
SF is hiring artists and performs to do COVID-19 PSAs
Work will be slightly less scarce for 30 underemployed artists and performers in the coronavirus economy, as a new San Francisco Creative Corps will be giving the gift of gigs. Read More
San Francisco Union Square
Rejoice! A new Britex Fabrics neon sign has gone up in Union Square
The cultural fabric of Union Square has been brightened with a spiffy new incarnation of the iconic Britex Fabrics sign. Read More
San Francisco Mission Mission Bay Nob Hill Polk Potrero Hill
San Francisco exodus is real, Nob Hill has the most move-outs
Postal Service change of address data indicates as many as 90,000 households may have moved out of SF in the pandemic, with Nob Hill the most frequently fled neighborhood. Read More
San Francisco Bayview Bernal Heights Hunters Point Visitacion Valley
Alemany Farmers’ Market to become free COVID-19 testing site
Starting Tuesday, the site of the Alemany Farmers’ Market will be the newest free coronavirus testing center, with no insurance required. Read More