Day Around the Bay: This San Francisco group helped vaccinate 1,500 people against COVID-19

• A small team at SF’s IT Bookman Community Center helped 1,500 people get vaccination appointments. Felicia Thibodeau, who was part of a group responsible for helping more than 1,000 people enter and exit vaccine reserves, uses vans she and several others bought at the center with funds from anonymous donors. He says he succeeded. “You cannot beat COVID on your own, so for each person vaccinated, 5-6 people are notified and 5 people are scheduled to speak to them to address their concerns about the vaccine. It took six people. “Thybodeaux told ABC7 about their mass vaccination efforts. [ABC7]
• Castro’s dog ear books will soon reopen as a new bookstore called Fabulosa Books. The popular book fortress has temporarily closed its store for renovations before reopening under the new name – but Fabulosa Books has already got its website up and running. [Hoodline]
• A fatal accident between a motorcyclist and a tractor-trailer occurred on Friday evening on the Lakeville Highway in Sonoma County. [KRON4]
• East Bay’s IniBurger will donate a portion of its sales from August to September to a relief fund that helps contain Afghan refugees. [Hoodline]
• A new bar opens next week in the China Basin and is set to transport guests into the tequila-injected fever dream. [Eater SF]
• Increasingly, parents of East Bay are encouraging distance learning because of concerns about the portability of Delta variants among young people. [NBC Bay Area]
• In the ongoing drought history in the Bay Area, Lake Mendocino is now at near historic lows. [KPIX]
• Dunbarton Quarry Campground on San Francisco Bay is one of the newest campsites in the area in more than a decade. [SFGate]
• The death toll from suicide bombings at Kabul Airport rose to 169 today, which could rise if authorities examine splintered bodies. However, the US military continues to air cargo to Kabul, increasing the number of soldiers in the field. [Associated Press]

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Day Around the Bay: This San Francisco group helped vaccinate 1,500 people against COVID-19 Day Around the Bay: This San Francisco group helped vaccinate 1,500 people against COVID-19