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City Launches Bayview Vaccination Site Days After Dose Shortage Forces Pause at Other Locations
It’s been just two days since San Francisco officials announced a forced pause in new appointments at City College and Moscone Center mass vaccination sites due to shortage in dose supply. Despite that reality, a third high-volume site was opened this week in the Bayview nieghborhood. While it may seem

Most Bay Area Students Stuck With Zoom School Under New CDC Guidelines
New federal guidelines have done little to quell frustrations over ongoing school closures, as evident in a Rohnert Park billboard that went up over the weekend. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its operational strategy for K-12 schools. The guidance is intended as a blueprint

NAACP Lawsuit Ties Trump and Giuliani to Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in Capitol Attack
Former President Donald Trump escaped Senate conviction last week, but he may not be so lucky in a real court of law. A lawsuit filed Tuesday by the NAACP will be the first to test that theory. Joined by Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson and civil rights law firm Cohen Milstein

SFDPH Recommends Wearing a Mask While Having Sex
We still do not have the green light for casual sex or random Tinder hook-ups as we enter the 11th consecutive month of COVID-19 shelter-in-place, and many of us single people can still tell you the exact date in February or March 2020 when we last got any action. But

The Oldest Living San Franciscan Has Died — At Age 114
The oldest known living person in San Francisco — and in the entire state of California, for that matter — was Balboa Park resident Lucy Mirigian, born in 1906 in Western Armenia, what we now call Turkey. Lucy Mirrigian passed away at home with her family on Friday, February 12.

There’s a Fight Brewing Over Golden Gate Park’s Ferris Wheel
The proposed four-year extension of 150-foot SkyStar Observation Wheel in Golden Gate Park faces another hurdle Wednesday, when the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission will review the Recreation and Park Department’s request for a certificate of appropriateness. Installed last fall to honor the park’s 150th anniversary, the Ferris wheel is

Even More Great Stuff Coming To Hulu And Netflix This Month
February may be the shortest month of the year. But it’s certainly not short on offering more great new stuff on Hulu and Netflix to round out the month. One of 2020’s most critically acclaimed films gets a simultaneous theatrical/streaming release. Brexit inspires a science fiction adventure series set in