Sarah Holtz

Family-owned SF restaurant chain The Grove shutters Design District cafe

The owners cited declining neighborhood foot traffic in an announcement posted outside the restaurant. 

The Golden State might be derided as ‘Commiefornia,’ but Massachusetts got us beat.


Waning immunity and a return of crowded events to the Bay Area may have driven the current wave, experts say.

In the Bay Area alone, approximately 108,000 people were still without power as of 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Despite events that make sheltering homeless people more urgent than ever, the city aims to close a site where 118 people live in trailers.