San Francisco Chronicle, Heather Knight, March 3, 2022 The misery experienced on San Francisco’s sidewalks has long offered a case study in the failure of California’s mental health care system. Now, the dire situation is inspiring a proposal for a sweeping overhaul. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan, to be unveiled Thursday, seeks to tackle two big…
San Francisco Chronicle, February 17, 2022 The crisis phase of the 2-year-old coronavirus pandemic is winding down in California, and the state on Thursday announced its strategy for coexisting with COVID in the long term — relying on generally less restrictive and more fluid public health measures to tackle future surges. The plan unveiled Thursday…
San Francisco Chronicle, February 18, 2022 Mayor London Breed is working with business leaders to push San Francisco employers to start bringing more workers back to downtown offices at some point in March. Breed revealed the plans during a Friday morning appearance with Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf at the Hyatt Regency. Sitting before hundreds of…
Travel and Tour World, February 21, 2022 San Francisco’s Sir Francis Drake Hotel will be called The Beacon Grand in the latest attempt in the Bay Area to rename streets and landmarks after the slave-trading explorer. For 94 years the hotel, famous for the Beefeater doormen who greet tourists and passersby on the sidewalk by…
California’s tourism bureau is betting big on this year’s Super Bowl. Just before kickoff, during the NBC pre-game show on Sunday, Feb. 13, Visit California plans to run a 30-second ad celebrating the Golden State in all its glory.
The California Legislature passed a bill Monday requiring many companies to give workers up to two weeks of paid time off if they get sick from the coronavirus. At the start of the pandemic, state and federal laws required most employers to give workers paid time off for the coronavirus. But many of those laws…
California will end its indoor masking requirement for vaccinated people next week but masks still are the rule for schoolchildren, state health officials announced Monday amid rapidly falling coronavirus cases. After Feb. 15, unvaccinated people still will be required to be masked indoors, and everyone — vaccinated or not — will have to wear masks…
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Those seeking to immerse themselves in art and culture (at long last!) will find San Francisco a must-visit destination in 2022. The city boasts a full and exciting slate of exhibitions, performances, and events that are as varied as San Francisco’s spectacular topography. Few cities can boast a…