SF Castro District Businesses Struggle To Rebound From COVID Economic Woes
Workers in San Francisco's Castro District say it wasn't the hustle and bustle they dreamed of on the day after Christmas. The dreary weather also didn't help drive sales.
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Workers in San Francisco's Castro District say it wasn't the hustle and bustle they dreamed of on the day after Christmas. The dreary weather also didn't help drive sales.
Pacifica police responded to a call from a home on the 1100 block of Valencia Way, saying a mountain lion was in the resident's yard, eating a chicken.
With dozens of flights canceled and hundreds delayed, boarding a plane at SFO then making it to your destination proved to be quite a challenge Sunday.
Now that Christmas shopping is technically over, a lot of people are bargain-hunting -- braving cold weather and virus fears -- at Bay Area shopping centers.
All was busy and all was bright this Christmas at Ghirardelli Square.
A man was arrested in downtown San Francisco Christmas night after being caught on video harassing a KPIX reporter Betty Yu's crew, taking a swing at the cameraman and knocking the camera from his shoulder.
Gospel singers in bright fuchsia robes belted out "Go Tell It On the Mountain" as crowds enjoyed fellowship and a free meal at the Glide Memorial Church annual Christmas Day event Saturday.
On Christmas Eve there were plenty of last-minute shoppers taking advantage of late closing hours at the shops in Serramonte Center.
It took much of the day and all of Thursday night, but early Friday morning the San Francisco Board of Supervisors signed off Mayor London Breed's emergency declaration for the Tenderloin. The vote was 8 to 2.
While many people seemed to embrace traveling on Christmas Eve, passengers from coast to coast had to deal with flight cancellations throughout the day.
A successful holiday shopping season has left San Mateo bookstore owner Lewis Cohen hopeful that the darkest economic times of the COVID pandemic are now behind him.
There's no Spare the Air alert in effect for Christmas but the Bay Area Air Quality Management District still strongly discourages residents from burning wood in fireplaces over the Christmas holiday weekend.
State health officials said Thursday that 50% to 70% of new coronavirus cases in parts of California are the highly contagious omicron variant.
One suspect is in custody and two others remain at large after a home invasion robbery and attack in San Francisco's Mission District that sent a 24-year-old man to the hospital Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
After hours of at times contentious debate, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted overwhelmingly early Friday to approve Mayor London Breed's proposed state of emergency for the city's crime and drug-ridden Tenderloin District.
