The shelter-in-place hotels housing San Francisco’s homeless population — which the city was in November moving to empty and close — now stand to be 100-percent funded by the federal government. President Joe Biden on Thursday directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to completely reimburse cities and states for a slew of emergency services they […]
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Neighborhood Notes: A virtual art exhibition, take-home clay sculpting kits, a new dispensary, and more!
Neighborhood Notes: A virtual art exhibition, take-home clay sculpting kits, a new dispensary, and more!
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Covid Tracker: 29,490 cases, 275 deaths
Current data indicates the virus is in retreat for the time being.
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People We Meet: Jose Velasquez
Before the pandemic, Jose Velasquez would regularly walk with his two teenage sons to Jose Coronado Playground on 21st Street. The small park is rarely busy, he says, so the three of them would toss around a football on the soccer field. Nowadays, his sons are staying with their mother. So instead, Velasquez brought a […]
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Yes, you can blame Trump for the vaccine rollout disaster. But for how long?
If history does indeed repeat itself — first as tragedy, then as farce — what about the third time? As we witness the schlerotic, chaotic rollout of the Covid vaccine, we’re all going to get a front-row seat. The same crippling errors that marked the botched distributions of PPE and testing appear to be recapitulating themselves now. […]
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People We Meet: How Matthew North saved a life
In late March, Matthew North applied to work with the city’s Pit Stop program, which maintains public toilets and sinks throughout the city. He had heard about the job from a friend. “I said, ‘that would be a cool job,’ and asked my friend for the supervisor’s number. A week later I had orientation, the […]
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Covid Tracker: 29,362 cases, 274 deaths
There’s still a lot of virus around, but the surge may be subsiding as case numbers, hospitalizations and positivity rates continue to fall.
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San Francisco and its big healthcare providers pledge to vaccinate every city resident by June 30
The city and its major healthcare providers today committed to inoculating every San Francisco resident with a Covid-19 vaccine by June 30. That ambitious goal came during a hearing on Wednesday called by District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney, amid complaints that the city has lagged behind other municipalities in rolling out mass vaccinations. So far, […]
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Mission residents say Biden inauguration marks a fresh start for the country
Inauguration day brought with it a sense of relief and hope for many Mission residents.
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San Francisco residents navigate sidewalks filled with increasing piles of mattresses, shelving, and other furniture
San Francisco has a problem with dumping of large bulky items
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Covid Tracker: 29,180 cases, 266 deaths
The good news is new case numbers continue to fall as hospitalizations level off. The bad news is both remain at record high levels and high positivity rates at the 24th Street BART testing station indicate the surge continues. .
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Covid-19 rapid testing at BART Plaza shows higher positivity rates among both Latinx and non-Latinx testers
While citywide positivity rates are just under 5 percent, the Latinx positivity rate at the 24th Street BART Plaza after seven days of testing is 11 percent, while the non-white positivity rate is 6 percent. The high numbers indicate a continuing surge, researchers said. So far, the research and testing campaign led by UCSF and […]
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Poetic License: a teacher’s inappropriate odyssey
A charismatic poet jumps from job to job in education despite repeatedly getting fired or banned for making colleagues uncomfortable or for having inappropriate relationships with youth and students.