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SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco Health officials for the city of San Francisco announced new guidelines and restrictions for Halloween in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. In a press release sent out on October 2, city officials said parties and gatherings, indoors or outdoors, of more than 12 people are prohibited. Halloween festivals and live entertainment events...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Thursday, October 1, Vermond Jones, a 21-year-old San Francisco resident, died from a gunshot near Union Square after he allegedly attempted to rob an adult male victim, the San Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office announced. The SFPD revealed on their website that officers heard the gunshot coming from the 100 block of Geary...

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone thanked Mayor London Breed for loosening restrictions on church worship. New guidelines were released on September 30, allowing churches to operate indoors at 25 percent capacity up to 100 people. He considered the current restrictions “still unjust,” and indicated the petition campaign, which he attributes to the loosening restrictions, is not over.  Before September...

SAN FRANCISCO—A 19-year-old UC Berkeley student, Sydney West from Chapel Hill, has been missing since September 30, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office announced. On social media, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office released the following statement: “West has lived in San Francisco since late August. Her last known location is near Chrissy Field, closed to the Golden Gate Bridge in San...

SAN FRANCISCO—On September 23, City College of San Francisco (CCSF) released a letter explaining its financial and mismanagement issues. The university has been developing the final budget and five-year budget plans, which will be authorized at the Board of Trustees meeting on October 22. Stephanie Droker, Rd. D. of Accrediting Commission For Community And Junior Colleges (ACCJC) used the Composite...

HELLO AMERICA!—Many of my documentary filmmaker friends are busier than they have ever been. The horror that is evolving politically in America has turned the thinking of millions of people in such a confused, twisted way, wearing a mask seems to be the only way in feeling or having a reason to feel safe in going to the closest...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Instagram-famous Hello Kitty Cafe Truck will be stopping by San Francisco later this month, selling its Hello Kitty themed snacks, teas and coffees. The truck has stopped in 100 cities throughout the United States. The truck is all pink, and is decorated in the Japanese kawaii style, with graphics of Hello Kitty. The shop features themed shaped madeleine...

SAN FRANCISCO—Wish Bar and Lounge, a popular house music night club located in San Francisco’s SOMA district, announced they will not reopen after the pandemic. The nightclub has been in business for 18 years, and suspended operations for 6 months due to the coronavirus restrictions before closing permanently at the end of September. “Due to a combination of factors, and...

HOLLYWOOD—It has been so long since we’ve discussed the AMC series “The Walking Dead” I cannot remember when we last discussed that semi anticlimactic cliffhanger involving the Whisperers and our protagonists. Well, the wait is over, as the series returned this week with that conclusion to that gripping cliffhanger for the season 10 finale with the episode, ‘A Certain...

HOLLYWOOD—We’ve been waiting patiently for the answer to the question, “Who is Allie’s baby daddy?” on “Days of Our Lives.” Well this week, we finally got our answer. When Tripp returned to down I didn’t think it was a fluke, but the confirmation came in that encounter between Allie and Tripp where it was made clear they knew one...