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- “I can’t emphasize enough how catastrophic it would be if people celebrated the way we normally do on New Year’s Eve,” said San Francisco Department of Public Health director Grant Colfax at an event for the media Tuesday market. “If we see an increase like the one we saw on Thanksgiving, we will see thousands of people in the hospital, hundreds of others dying,” he said. “We simply cannot have people to meet. There are more viruses out there than ever before. ”According to Colfax,“ this increase is still the biggest and we cannot afford to have an increase at Christmas or New Year in addition to the increase we are already experiencing. That would be catastrophic. We just can’t let it get worse. ”He urged residents not to attend group dinners or events at underground nightclubs, saying“ It’s a New Year’s Eve, I know it’s been a difficult year, but the vaccine is on the way. We need to get together via Zoom, by phone, any social media we use to get together with people outside our immediate home. But, please, don’t celebrate the way it was done in the past. “
- The request to stay in a regional home for Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley has been extended “indefinitely,” state officials announced on Tuesday. [ABC 7]
- The historic Twin Peaks Tavern de Castro launched a new crowdfunding campaign, as “the cost of staying closed is taking a toll on the price and, without an immediate injection of funds, our doors will close forever”. [SFist]
- East Bay’s bar, the Ivy Room, says it is “in a good place” after receiving a grant from A Bridge for Music Venues. [Bay Area News Group]
- San Francisco provided little guidance on how companies should handle their lockable shared space platforms (also known as parklets), which companies pay to insure and must clean and maintain without assistance from the city. [SF Examiner]
- The Incontro de Danville restaurant remains open despite health orders, and the city’s chief of police says its owners “are good people, they are trying to do good things”. [KPIX]