Anne Schrager July 14, 2021
Fans in the front row dance and scream during a Major Lazer performance at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Outside Lands returns to the Bay Area on Oct. 29-31. Photo: Connor Radnovich / The Chronicle 2016
If there’s one thing to celebrate locally during the post-vaccine era, it’s the return of popular music festivals.
Some of the Bay Area’s biggest events such as BottleRock (Sept. 3-5), Second Sky Fest (Sept. 18-19), Lights On festival (Sept. 19-19) and Outside Lands (Oct. 29-31) are already sold out this year, though a little magic, and deep pockets, could still score you a resale ticket.
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Alameda County food workers now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines
Berkeley grocery store and convenience store workers are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines. On Monday, the city of Berkeley announced it was expanding eligibility for these workers, along with in-person educators and childcare workers, to make appointments at the Curative vaccination site in Albany. By Tuesday, all available appointment slots had been filled, but the city said more appointments could become available due to cancellations or added supplies.
Meanwhile, food and agriculture workers (including restaurant workers) in Alameda County are eligible to schedule vaccine appointments at the newly opened Oakland Coliseum vaccination site through the California Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 vaccination website.
Anne Schrager February 12, 2021Updated: February 17, 2021, 7:13 am
Bridey Murphy, 5, of Ingleside makes a Mardi Gras mask during a community Mardi Gras celebration held at the IT Bookman Community Center in the Ocean View neighborhood of San Francisco last February. Photo: Jessica Christian, The Chronicle
A typical Mardi Gras celebration involves gathering in the street for parades, brass music and boozy drinks. With the pandemic still wreaking havoc in the U.S., the party preceding the start of Lent moves to a mostly virtual setting, ensuring that the spirit of the special occasion lives on.
In New Orleans where millions gather in a normal year to celebrate the popular “Krewe of Bacchus” social club was one of many organizations forced to cancel its extravagant parade held before Fat Tuesday (Feb. 16). Instead, they unveiled an app called “Throw Me Something Bacchus,” in which fans can create an avatar, check out floats and marching bands, enter to ‘cat