Walnut Creek police bring on extra patrols to downtown after weekend shooting incident

In response to two violent incidents that happened in downtown Walnut Creek Sunday night, the Walnut Creek Police Department is adding six additional foot patrols to the downtown area.

New restaurant owner can't find workers who want to give up unemployment payment

"I put out a basic signing bonus and there are many businesses that do it," he said. "And it was not an awful lot, it was $400, but I didn't even get a phone call, crickets."  

Celebration of Life for Dorothy King, 'Queen of Q'
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A celebration of the life of East Bay kitchen Matriarch and owner of Everett and Jones BBQ, Dorothy King, was held in Oakland Wednesday. King, known as a "compassionate rebel," died of breast cancer at 69 earlier this month.

Santa Clara, San Francisco counties expect to enter orange tier within days

Santa Clara County and San Francisco County are expecting to join San Mateo County and move into the orange tier next week, as COVID-19 cases continue to trend downward.

Dorothy King, owner of Everett and Jones BBQ, dies

She was known as The Queen of ‘Q’; East Bay kitchen matriarch, Dorothy King, owner of Everett and Jones BBQ has died. 

Parklets proliferate from dozens to more than 2,000 in San Francisco

The city has seen a massive proliferation from a few dozen parklets, to more than 2,000 with a thousand more in the pipeline.

Bay Area restaurants, wineries file lawsuit over outdoor dining ban

A coalition of Bay Area restaurants and wineries filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against California’s ban on outdoor dining, calling the restriction "arbitrary, capricious, and untethered to evidence."

California restaurants seek booze, health fee refund due to coronavirus closures

California’s financially battered restaurants filed government claims Monday to recover more than $100 million in fees for liquor and health permits and tourism charges that they say were assessed even though their businesses were shuttered or only partially operating under long-running coronavirus orders.

CDC study links restaurants to higher rate of COVID-19 transmission

Dining at restaurants may have a higher rate of COVID-19 transmission than other activities like shopping or riding public transportation, a CDC study concluded.

Dining at San Francisco restaurants has plummeted by 91%

New data about San Francisco's world-renowned dining scene shows that the industry is starving for customers. Sales in high-end restaurants to hole-in-the-wall eateries have fallen by 91% during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the city's Chamber of Commerce. 

Black Restaurant Week in the Bay Area

Black Restaurant Week kicks off in the Bay Area on Aug. 21 and last through the end of the month.

San Francisco holds off on reopening indoor dining and outdoor bars next week

Those sectors were supposed to reopen on July 13, but city leaders decided to put plans on hold as San Francisco is seeing a spike in cases. 

San Francisco backs down from indoor dining
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City officials say that indoor dining can't happen until coronavirus infection rates go down.

California paves way for reopening offices, malls and restaurants

Not everyone is compelled into this phase, he said, including the Bay Area and Los Angeles counties, which have not chosen to move that fast.