North Beach

102-year-old Tosca Cafe (242 Columbus Ave.) is coming alive yet again in North Beach, after a too-brief rebirth last year, and following its much bemoaned 2019 closure.

A volunteer-run used bookstore in the Financial District, run out of some window alcoves near Bush and Montgomery, has a more secure future after signing a 10-year lease.

Legendary North Beach poet, publisher, and bookseller Lawrence Ferlinghetti, has died. He was 101 years of age. The beloved literary icon died peacefully in his San Francisco home surrounded by loved ones, "holding the hands of his son and his son’s girlfriend, 'as he took his last breath,'" his son Lorenzo Ferlinghetti said on Tuesday.

A priest has died of COVID-19 at Saints Peter and Paul Church in North Beach, 27-year-old Muddy's Coffee House has closed at 24th and Valencia, and an East San Jose gym that had remained open in defiance of health orders has temporarily closed.

The Tacolicious locations at San Jose’s Santana Row and in San Francisco’s North Beach are no more – some of the latest casualties of pandemic economics.

A new Spanish tapas and aperitivo bar is preparing to open next month at the prominent North Beach intersection of Stockton, Green and Columbus.

Plus, Mexican-Korean fusion spot Tacorea is expanding to the North Beach/Chinatown border.

Weiss, who passed away on July 31, was dubbed the "goddess of the Beat Generation" by Herb Caen.

Third-party delivery services take a big bite out of revenue for struggling restaurants — a "predatory economy" that volunteers are fighting by delivering the food themselves.

A dog was also rescued from the blaze, which broke out in the middle of the night. According to SFFD, one person was displaced as a result of the fire.

A North Beach bar transforms into a boutique spirits shop, a barbecue pop-up debuts in Cow Hollow, and a French bakery permanently closes one of its three locations in the city.

Plus, the Ferry Building has a new tart shop.

The company has declared bankruptcy and is closing locations across the country, with the Bay Area particularly hard-hit.

Despite getting the OK from the city, a handful of SF's flea and farmers markets still face roadblocks to resuming service.

San Francisco now has a total of 749 social-distancing circles across its city parks.

In one incident, a man broke the passenger window of a car parked in a public garage, setting fire to the front and rear interior.

Thefts and assaults have decreased during the shelter-in-place, but they haven't disappeared.

Housing costs too high? Apartment hunting is hard, but there are deals out there. So what do low-end rentals in North Beach look like these days?

Big museums are likely to survive the crisis, but smaller ones without endowments are staring down a collapse in tourism.

In one incident, a man forced entry into the lobby of a college dorm to steal packages. He was caught by security.

In one incident, a 40-year-old man set fire to a recycling bin and caused damage in the lobby of a building.

In one incident, two men robbed a woman of her purse at gunpoint.

The dive bar and music venue, opened since the 1970s, will close indefinitely on March 26 "due to coronavirus", according to a post on the bar's official Facebook page.

In once incident, a man was injured trying to stop a woman leaving his hotel room with cash, two laptops and a phone.

On the recommendation of SFDPH, Multiple events and community gatherings scheduled for March in San Francisco are now postponed until further notice.