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Buy fresh caught crab direct from boats starting today at Fishermans Wharf
The public can now buy fresh, live Dungeness Crab directly from crabbing boats starting today on Piers 45 and 47 on Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco.Read More
Supes pass ordinance requiring some businesses to recover, donate surplus food
In accordance with a new state law, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has approved the adoption of an ordinance that requires some large-scale businesses to recover and...Read More
Oriental fruit fly scare prompts 94-square-mile agriculture quarantine
The California Department of Food and Agriculture announced Tuesday that a portion of South San Jose is under quarantine for the oriental fruit fly, with residents in the area...Read More
Daly City votes to ban food service single-use plastic ware
Daly City has joined cities around San Mateo County in banning single-use plastics at food facilities, with enforcement starting in 2022. In a unanimous vote on Monday night, the...Read More
Supervisor calls on White House to aid small butchers, stop alleged ‘price fixing’
The soaring price of meat is hitting Bay Area residents square in their pocketbooks, and a San Mateo County supervisor Saturday asked the president to help small local butchers...Read More
Activists hold graphic protest against university’s Tyson Foods contract
Student animal rights activists spilled “blood” on the steps of Sproul Hall at the University of California at Berkeley on Wednesday because the school has a contract with a...Read More
Local food editor starts meal program to feed neighbors in need
After the Tubbs Fire roared through Sonoma County in 2017, wiping out neighborhoods in Santa Rosa and destroying nearly 3,000 structures in the city, Heather Irwin watched the chaos...Read More
Alameda County’s first legal home restaurant serves up backyard, takeout steamed buns
Alameda County’s first home restaurant opened its doors, or ovens so to speak, in Berkeley Thursday. Akshay Prabhu began serving steamed buns from the Bao House at 2 p.m. with...Read More
Cal EPA warns of elevated mercury levels from fish from Stevens Creek Reservoir
A state regulatory agency issued an updated advisory this week for eating certain fish in Stevens Creek Reservoir in Santa Clara County because of elevated mercury levels. The California...Read More
Food Bank relocates San Francisco pop-up pantries
Some of the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank’s pop-up pantries to provide food to those in need are relocating. The relocations are because of the recent slew of reopenings across...Read More
USDA settles lawsuit: Million state residents to get emergency food benefits
Roughly 1 million state residents will have access to emergency food benefits following a settlement reached this week in a lawsuit filed last year against the U.S. Department of...Read More
County considers food purchasing policy to support local economy, sustainability
Alameda County Supervisors next week will consider a plan to change the way food is purchased for public institutions, such as jails and health care facilities. The Board of...Read More
Stephen, Ayesha Curry partner with Oakland schools for meal, book deliveries
Oakland Unified School District is partnering with Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry’s nonprofit and other organizations to deliver meal and “family literacy” boxes to about 1,800 families Monday....Read More
Millbrae Pancake House closes business temporarily for first time in 61 years
A landmark Millbrae restaurant, which has been serving up breakfast every day without interruption since 1959, is the latest business establishment to shutter operations because of restrictions caused by...Read More
Hayward moves up weekly food distribution day for Thanksgiving week
The weekly no-contact food distribution in Hayward has been moved from Thursday to Tuesday this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The food distribution is from noon to 2...Read More
San Jose partners with Off the Grid, Veggielution to feed people impacted by Covid-19
San Jose community members who have faced hardships due to Covid-19 can participate in the city’s food relief program, city officials announced. Since Oct. 21, the city of San...Read More
Organizers plan around Covid-19 with Oakland’s Community Day of Thanks meals
Oakland’s annual community Thanksgiving dinner is going to look a lot different this year because of the pandemic, city officials announced Friday. Thousands of low-income families and unhoused people...Read More
‘Pizza Lady’ keeps feeding city’s hungry as she fights to save her own home
Andrea Carla Michaels is ensnared in dual battles - struggling to feed San Francisco homeless while battling to stay in an apartmentRead More
Arts school hosts free Covid-19 testing, food distribution at Mexican Heritage Plaza
In addition to Santa Clara County public health facilities and local health care providers, county residents can now be tested for free at San Jose’s Mexican Heritage Plaza, county...Read More
Walnut Creek imposes cap on fees restaurants pay third-party order, delivery services
A cap of 15 percent for fees local restaurants pay online third-party ordering and delivery services during the Covid-19 pandemic was approved Tuesday night by the Walnut Creek City...Read More