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Parkgoers enjoy Washington Square Park on a sunny day.
Community

Signs of the Times

By Naomi Rose

Boho is a popular outdoor dining option. A woman window shops at Al’s Attire on Grant Avenue in North Beach. Boarded storefronts become message boards on Polk Street. ... Read More
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Museums from home

By John Zipperer

The second summer of the city’s “Museums for All” initiative has evolved to fit in with pandemic-era needs for social distancing and distance learning.  The program,... Read More
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Slow Streets comes to the Presidio

By John Zipperer

The movement to remove vehicles from streets expanded to The Presidio in June, the latest development in an effort to give people safe places for exercise and other outdoor activi... Read More
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Fireworks cancelled

By John Zipperer

The San Francisco fireworks on Pier 39 have been canceled this year, along with its concert. “Due to the City & County of San Francisco’s Health Order prohibiting large ga... Read More
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Slow streets movement picks up speed

By John Zipperer

It started in Oakland — a move to close streets temporarily to vehicular traffic to allow pedestrians and cyclists more space to be physically distanced while getting exercise o... Read More
Community

Signs of the times

Content and photography by Deanna Anderson

Jest Jewels in Cow Hollow is open for curbside pickup. Friends and family enjoy Washington Square Park inside their socially distanced circles. Friends enjoy a socially dist... Read More
Rarely does someone needing help with mental health bring it up themselves — often it’s a loved one who notices unhealthy behaviors. Photo: artbykleiton
Community

Mental health checkup

Attention to mental health needs to continue postpandemic
By Kevin Frazier

As states begin to open up, more and more folks will require mental health support. How do I know? As a “former” anorexic, I’ve experienced life under strict, somewhat arbit... Read More
Firefighters work to extinguish a major fire at Pier 45 on May 23. Photo: NAOMI ROSE
News Briefs

Four-alarm fire at pier 45

By John Zipperer

Around 4 a.m. on May 23, locals were awakened by multiple fire engines called to put out a large fire at a warehouse on Fisherman’s Wharf’s Pier 45. As many as 130 firefighter... Read More
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Facts and figures

By John Zipperer

1.16: percentage increase in available job listings in California since May 8, according to TOP data . . . 3.65: percentage increase in available job listings nationwide since May... Read More
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Crime update

By John Zipperer

For the week of May 11–17, there were five robberies reported by Northern Police Station, bringing the year-to-date total to 127, the exact same number as the 2019 year-to-date ... Read More
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Lease and eviction relief proposed for small businesses and nonprofits

By John Zipperer

If a new bill proposed in Sacramento is adopted, small businesses and commercial landlords would be able to modify leases in light of the economic devastation wrought by Covid-19.... Read More
Chestnut Street’s dedicated Department of Public Works street cleaner Calvin says the streets have been cleaner than usual during the pandemic.
Community

Signs of the Times

By Deanna Anderson

Send us your shelter-in-place stories and photos to [email protected]. We’ll publish selected content next month in print and online. A rock in the community for nea... Read More
Community

Reliable information sources for Covid-19

By Lynette Majer

How’re we all doing? Congratulations are due us all for staying home (for the most part), respecting social distancing when not, and not inflicting mayhem on each other. And whi... Read More
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Facts and figures

By John Zipperer

50: percentage of San Francisco restaurants not expected to reopen once the pandemic is over, according to the Golden Gate Restaurant Association . . . 43.9: percentage of Califo... Read More
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Several new city initiatives launched to help small business

By John Zipperer

Restaurants and small shops were struggling in this high-cost, high-regulation city even before the pandemic hit; the enforced closure or radical change in business practices for ... Read More

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