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SAN FRANCISCO—On October 20, Filipino vegan restaurant, Nick’s on Grand closed their doors in South San Francisco due to the Coronavirus pandemic and is revamping as a delivery service. Chef Reina, formally ‘Nick’s on Grand,' will offer a delivery service that will include care packages, dishes from their original menu, and pre-packaged Vegan Filipino “Meats.” Owner Reina Montenegro will also...

POLAND—On Wednesday, October 28, tens of thousands of women took to the streets in Polish cities to protest a high court’s ruling to ban nearly all abortions. It marked the sixth straight day of protests in Poland. Abortion is only legal in Poland if the pregnancy endangers the life or health of the mother or is the result of rape...

SAN FRANCISCO—The mayor of San Francisco announced on Tuesday, October 27, that her administration's jobs program will be expanded for the next couple of years. Mayor London Breed indicated that San Francisco's JobsNOW! Program has been granted an additional $7.4 million for the next two years as part of its yearly city budget. "Getting San Franciscans back to work & helping...

SAN FRANCISCO—On October 22, three suspects were arrested at the Civic Center BART Station in connection with an armed robbery announced the San Francisco Police Department. The SFPD noted that at about 3 p.m., Tenderloin Station officers responded to a report of a shooting in the area of Turk and Leavenworth Streets. On the scene, they met with a 24-year-old...

SAN FRANCISCO—County health officials allowed two San Francisco high schools to return to in-person classes on Monday, October 26. Private schools Archbishop Riordan High School and the Sterne School passed city inspections and consequently received permission,  the San Francisco Chronicle first reported. The SF Department of Public Health states that a COVID-19 health and safety reopening plan is required for...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Farmer’s Wife, a restaurant in the Bay Area, and Antonia's Restaurant in North Carolina filed a lawsuit against Grubhub for listing the names of their restaurants without their permission. Kendra Kolling, of the Farmer's Wife, could not be reached for comment. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, she said, “It’s led to very bad exchanges with customers who...

HOLLYWOOD—This may have been the biggest drag of a season of “Big Brother” since BB16. Do you want to know what both of those seasons had in common, Cody Calafiore. Cody is not a bad guy, but he’s not scintillating television like his brother Paulie, maybe he is, the audience just hasn’t seen it yet, because Cody has faced...

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Ballet announced Tuesday, October 27, that their 2021 season will move to digital platforms to follow COVID-19 guidelines. https://twitter.com/sfballet/status/1321183637392510980?s=21 “I am excited for us to be able to reach those across the world to whom we’ve not been previously accessible,” Helgi Tomasson, artistic director for SF Ballet, said in a public statement. “For our devoted audiences, watching...

CALIFORNIA—Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has restored electricity to most residents in St. Helena. According to the PG&E power outage map on their website, electricity is touch and go at times.  Originally, the utility officials thought they could turn the power on by Friday. In all, almost 400,000 customers have been affected by the latest power outages. But by Wednesday,...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Thursday, October 22, San Francisco Animal Care and Control (SFACC) retrieved a raccoon that had climbed a window inside city hall.  SFACC Officer Edith tweeted an image at 7:06 a.m. on Oct. 22 depicting the raccoon’s rescue with the caption, “I’m not stuck, I’m just enjoying the view." https://twitter.com/OfficerEdith/status/1319279056316030976?s=20 SFACC is an open-admission animal shelter funded by taxpayers that has...