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- “I can not stress enough how catastrophic it would be if people celebrated in a way we normally do on New Year’s Eve,” said Dr. Grant Colfax, director of the Department of Public Health in San Francisco, said at a media event on Tuesday. “If we see an increase like that of Thanksgiving, we will see thousands of people in the hospital, and hundreds of people dying,” he said. “We simply cannot afford for people to come together. There are more viruses than ever before. “According to Colfax,” this boom is still our biggest and we can not afford to have a Christmas or New Year boom in addition to the boom we are already experiencing. That would be catastrophic. We simply cannot make it worse. He urged residents not to attend group dinners or underground nightclub events, saying: “It’s one New Year’s Eve, I know it’s been a difficult year, but the vaccine is on its way. We need to get in touch via Zoom, by phone “, whatever social media we use to get together outside the immediate household. But please do not celebrate in ways that have been done in the past.”
- The local home order for Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley has been extended “indefinitely,” state officials announced Tuesday. [ABC 7]
- The historic Twin Peaks Tavern of the Castro has launched a new crowd-funding campaign because ‘the cost of staying closed is very heavy, and without an immediate addition of funds, our doors will close forever.’ [SFist]
- The Ivy Room bar in East Bay says it is ‘in a great place’ after receiving an award from A Bridge for Music Venues. [Bay Area News Group]
- San Francisco has provided little guidance on how businesses should handle their shutters for shared spaces (or parklets), which businesses pay to insure and clean and maintain without city assistance. [SF Examiner]
- Danville restaurant Incontro remains open despite health orders, and the city’s police chief says its owners are “good people, they try to do good things.” [KPIX]