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SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports News Politics Business & Tech Sports Food & Drink Arts & Entertainment Contact Subscribe News Politics Business & Tech Sports Food & Drink Arts & Entertainment Contact SF News Sunday Streets, St. Patrick's Day Parade Called Off as Coronavirus Worries Snowball Cancel culture is taking on a new connotation as popular events — like Facebook F8, South by Southwest (SXSW), and, soon... maybe Coachella — scrap their plans over fears about the spread of COVID-19. Now, we can add SF's St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Sunday Streets to that ballooning list. March 07, 2020 SF News SF Department of Public Health Suggests 'Social Distancing' to Slow Spread of Coronavirus To the giddy delight of introverts across the seven-by-seven, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) has now recommended “social distancing" as a precautionary measure to thwart the spread of COVID-19. March 07, 2020 SF News Saturday Links: Stanford Cancels All In-Person Classes Stanford dropped all in-person classes amidst concerns over the novel coronavirus, all 3,533 people aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship will now be tested for COVID-19, and a thief was crushed to death in East Bay trying to steal the catalytic converter off a car. March 07, 2020 SF News Day Around the Bay: UCSF Prepares For Covid-19 Uptick With Triage Tents More cruise-related virus cases appear in Placer and Contra Costa counties, Marin County is monitoring 11 recent cruise passengers, and UCSF Parnassus is preparing for 'Contagion'-style triage of new patients. March 06, 2020 SF News Atmospheric River to Bring Three Days Of Rain Next Week It was apparently too soon to tell Thursday if more rain would come to end this parched streak we've had in the Bay Area, but now it looks like a huge storm system headed to Southern California will bring us several more days of rain as well. March 06, 2020 SF News 19 Grand Princess Crew Members, 2 Passengers Test Positive For Coronavirus Vice President Mike Pence was the one to announce the cruise ship cases, saying one test remained inconclusive — and the ship is now headed to an unnamed "non-commercial port." March 06, 2020 Arts & Entertainment Coronavirus Fears Shut Down Beloved Bay Area Treasure, the Exploratorium's Tactile Dome Museums around the Bay Area are either temporarily closing or curtailing some exhibits as fears of the novel coronavirus spreading widely take hold. March 06, 2020 Arts & Entertainment South By Southwest Canceled — Could Coachella Be Next? In case you were one of the many who had a ticket to Austin next week and were planning to go to South By Southwest, you're not now. March 06, 2020 SF News PG&E Unveils Bankruptcy Plan: Ask Wall Street for Another $60 Billion The bankrupt utility needs $57.6 billion to pull itself out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Investors would probably hook them up, but exasperated state regulators may put the kibosh on it. March 06, 2020 SF News Cruise Ship Passengers May Not All Get Quarantined; Three New Virus Cases In East Bay Health officials in Contra Costa County say that there are three new cases of covid-19 there, two of which were passengers aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship when it sailed to Mexico last month. March 06, 2020 SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mad Dog in the Fog Closes, Popular Quiz Night Moves to Kezar Pub Mad Dog in the Fog is closing after more than 30 years in its home at 530 Haight Street, and the owner promises that the popular sports bar will be relocating. March 06, 2020 SF News You Can Now Sign Up To Get Coronavirus Panic Text Alerts From the City of SF The City of San Francisco on Thursday launched a new text alert system specifically for updates on the spread of covid-19, now that SF has claimed its first two confirmed cases. March 06, 2020 SF News Two Inmates Escape While On Day Pass to Delancey Street Foundation In SF A pair of inmates from San Joaquin County Jail escaped from custody Thursday morning in San Francisco and they remain on the loose. March 06, 2020 SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: 45 Now Sick On Cruise Ship A Sunnyvale man who had been on the same cruise ship suddenly died Thursday, Prop E is set to severely curtail office development, and BART and Muni are doing a lot of scrubbing and disinfecting. March 06, 2020 SF News Day Around the Bay: Coronavirus Contact Shuts Down Lowell High School BART was experiencing major delays after a small trackside fire near Balboa Park, 78 Sonoma County residents are being monitored for coronavirus after traveling on the Grand Princess, and Lowell High School is closed until at least Monday due to a parent being diagnosed. March 05, 2020 SF News Cruise Passengers Off California Coast Describe Strange Scene On Board The Coast Guard helicopters dropped off sample kits to the ship this morning, and some passengers are being confined to their rooms, but many reportedly continue milling about the ship. March 05, 2020 SF News Sunnyvale Police Thwart Alleged Mass Shooting Attempt by Disgruntled UPS Employee The accused would-be killer live streamed his police chase on Facebook, whilst in possession of nine guns and 20,000 rounds of ammunition. March 05, 2020 Business & Tech Facebook Pulls Down Trump Campaign Ads That Refer Confusingly to Census Facebook has made good on its policy barring ads that mislead users about the upcoming U.S. Census and removed a set of Trump campaign ads that created some confusion and referred to a "Congressional District Census." March 05, 2020 SF News San Francisco Confirms First Two Coronavirus Cases, Both the Result of Community Spread At a press conference Thursday morning, Mayor London Breed announced the first two confirmed cases of the virus in the city limits, and discussed the fate of the Grand Princess cruise ship, which still may end up docking here. March 05, 2020 SF Politics Richards Formally Resigns From Planning Commission As He Pursues Lawsuit Against Another City Department Planning commissioner Dennis Richards has, following a leave of absence from his post, just submitted his letter of resignation from the commission. March 05, 2020 SF News After 38 Dry Days, Rain On the Way to the Bay Area Saturday Morning Some rain is headed our way, finally, in the early hours of Saturday, ending a record-setting dry spell. March 05, 2020 SF News Cruise Ship With Possible Coronavirus Cases Being Held Offshore The Grand Princess, the Princess Cruises ship that made a roundtrip from San Francisco to Mexico in mid-February and returned with at least two passengers sick with the coronavirus, is currently being held off the California coast as testing of 21 passengers showing symptoms takes place. March 05, 2020 SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Warren Bows Out Two more tech conferences scheduled at the Moscone Center have canceled, Sonoma County is trying to locate 100 people possibly exposed to the coronavirus, and Starbucks won't refill your personal mugs anymore, for now. March 05, 2020 SF News Day Around the Bay: Golden State Killer May Plead Guilty Elizabeth Warren is said to be weighing her options about continuing her candidacy for president, Gov. Newsom has declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus, and Olivier Adella (the accused accomplice in the Keith Green murder) may get deported. March 04, 2020 SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gott's Roadside Burgers Unveils New Chase Center Location We have new details about an upcoming food addition to Thrive City, in the plaza outside the Chase Center, and it's Gott's Roadside. March 04, 2020 SFist © 2020 • SFist Jobs • Best of San Francisco Privacy Policy Latest Posts Facebook Twitter Subscribe to SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports Stay up to date! Get all the latest & greatest posts delivered straight to your inbox Subscribe...