San Francisco - Health & Lifestyle

A new, LGBTQ-focused Castro pharmacy will soon be opening in the former Weaver's Coffee & Teas space at 2301 Market Street (at Noe).

The new Noe Animal Hospital brings a new veterinary clinic to 24th and Church Streets, just as veterinarian care gets harder to find than ever in the Bay Area and beyond.

After months of construction and planning, HAUM — the queer-owned, community-driven yoga studio, which opened its first location in the Mission District last year — debuted its new Haight-Ashbury studio this week, complete with a plethora of plants and fresh indoor murals.

San Francisco-based Live Fit Gym is set to take over the former Castro 24 Hour Fitness location at 2145 Market Street (at Church).

Less than a year after debuting its Mission District location, HAUM — the queer-owned, community-driven yoga studio currently at 2973 16th Street — is set to open its second studio inside the closed Yoga Tree Stanyan space (780 Stanyan Street).

A new Thai massage business is headed for the former Face It Salon & Spa at 2343 Market Street.

Health officers in 12 NorCal jurisdictions will allow vaccinated people to move about their lives mask-free starting next Wednesday, February 16th.

A new, sun-drenched yoga studio on 16th Street called HAUM will — after months of planning and preparation — debut to the public on December 3.

After 30 years, Castro gay sex club and sauna Eros (2051 Market St.) has announced it will be moving to a new, undisclosed location.

A new study indicates that exposure to smoke can make COVID-19 worse. As the smoke season arrives and local kids head back to school en masse, what does this mean for the Bay Area?

Bright Star Pilates studio is now open at 493 Sanchez St. (at 18th St.), formerly Unionmade men's store.

San Francisco and six other Bay Area counties will require masks again, even if you’re fully vaccinated, at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.

Starting Tuesday, the site of the Alemany Farmers’ Market will be the newest free coronavirus testing center, with no insurance required.

A Pacifica yoga studio owner is now advertising mask-free indoor yoga classes on social media with hashtags like "#fearfree", "#cowardfree," and "#Trump2020."

The city also provided updates on when places of worship and in-person schooling are likely to return.

Mayor Breed announced a new timeline for reopening, but it "doesn't mean that we, unfortunately, can't pull things back if we see a surge," she said.

Marie France Cesar, who's cut hair on the Divisadero corridor for 19 years, says she was one of its only remaining Black business owners.

Community organizers say the city is failing to consider the Tenderloin a "residential neighborhood," despite containing some of the city's most population-dense blocks.

The new GLIDE-supported COVID-19 test site still has to overcome significant hurdles to make testing and results available to unhoused people and other Tenderloin residents.

The city saw 103 new COVID-19 cases reported on Thursday.

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

Masks will also now be required in most outdoor scenarios, as well as indoors.

A San Francisco Twitter icon, cheeky Karl has seemingly vanished into the mist.

SF Rec & Park says it installed the circles in anticipation of what's likely to be a sunny, busy Memorial Day weekend for the parks.

Retailers such as bookstores, florists, music and record stores and art supplies stores will be among the first allowed to re-open for storefront pick-up.