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Get 2 Free SF Giants Tickets (w/ Your COVID Vaccine)Get 2 Free SF Giants Tickets (w/ Your COVID Vaccine)
By - posted 6/23/2021
Brand New, Freebies, Only in San Francisco, Vaccines

The Department of Public Health and COVID Command Center announced a partnership today with the San Francisco Giants to get as many residents vaccinated against COVID-19 as possible. Beginning this Friday, June 25, people who get vaccinated at one of San Francisco’s designated vaccination sites will receive two complimentary tickets for more...

SF is Getting an Amazing New Immersive Art ShowSF is Getting an Amazing New Immersive Art Show
By - posted 6/23/2021
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Deals

Step into an experience like no other: at teamLab: Continuity, you become part of an interactive landscape of blooming flowers, darting fish, and soaring crows. At teamLab: Continuity, you will find yourself immersed in a wondrous ecosystem of lush imagery drawn from nature and East Asian art that dynamically evolves around more...

SF's Free "Yerba Buena Gardens Festival" 2021 (June 26 - Aug 28)SF’s Free “Yerba Buena Gardens Festival” 2021 (June 26 – Aug 28)
By - posted 6/23/2021
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival announces a special 2021 summer season that will kickoff on Saturday, June 26 at 1:00pm with a free concert from Bobi Céspedes, the Bay Area’s matriarch of Cuban Music and with 23 free outdoor events throughout the summer. In 2020, the Festival was poised to celebrate its more...

See Diego Rivera's Rare 30-Ton Fresco at SFMOMA for FreeSee Diego Rivera’s Rare 30-Ton Fresco at SFMOMA for Free
By - posted 6/23/2021
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Updates, Murals, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Only in San Francisco

Diego Rivera’s rarely seen fresco will be on view for free at SFMOMA opening at 1pm on June 28th. It’ll be on view until 2023. Ten years after his first stay,  Diego Rivera (1886–1957) returned to San Francisco in June 1940 to headline the main  fine arts exhibition of the  Golden  Gate more...

CA Launches Digital COVID-19 Vaccine RecordsCA Launches Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Records
By - posted 6/23/2021
Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines

By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation Vaccinated state residents can now access their vaccine record digitally through a tool introduced Friday by the state’s Department of Public Health and Department of Technology. The access your digital record residents will need to input their name, date of birth, phone number or email more...

East Oakland May Become Home to WNBA TeamEast Oakland May Become Home to WNBA Team
By - posted 6/22/2021
Bay Area Updates, Brand New

By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Professional basketball and soccer may be coming to East Oakland and college basketball is already on its way, city and civic leaders said at a news conference Friday afternoon. The news conference at noon at Everett & Jones BBQ in Oakland involved city and county elected more...

SF Named 2021’s Best City for Your Summer "Vaxcation"SF Named 2021’s Best City for Your Summer “Vaxcation”
By - posted 6/22/2021
Bay Area Updates, Travel

Thanks to KTVU for sharing the news that Lawnstarter ranked San Francisco as the best city in America to have a summer vaxcation. What’s a “vaxcation”? Lawnstarter states “Just what it sounds like: a vacation for the COVID-vaccinated.” Lawnstarter compared the 200 biggest U.S. cities based on 30 key metrics. They factored more...

Green Day Members Play Surprise Gig to Celebrate Reopened Oakland Dive BarGreen Day Members Play Surprise Gig to Celebrate Reopened Oakland Dive Bar
By - posted 6/22/2021
Bay Area Updates, Celebrations, Reopening

The Golden Bull in Oakland held an invite-only party celebrate their reopening with a surprise set from The Coverups, a side project from Green Day members. Don’t feel bad you missed out because the party was guest list only to ensure everyone was vaccinated. Thanks to SFGate for sharing the backstory. more...

SF Plans to Reopen All Libraries This Fall (Before School Begins)SF Plans to Reopen All Libraries This Fall (Before School Begins)
By - posted 6/22/2021
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open

After a handful of San Francisco public libraries reopened last month for indoor service, city officials announced on Monday plans to reopen more libraries throughout the summer. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city halted indoor service at all of its libraries and redirected hundreds of library staff more...

McDonalds Now Hosts Bay Area Vaccine Clinics (w/ Free Food)McDonalds Now Hosts Bay Area Vaccine Clinics (w/ Free Food)
By - posted 6/22/2021
Freebies, Vaccines

McDonald’s California Franchisees are partnering with the California Department of Public Health to offer free vaccinations at 70+ locations throughout the state. Starting June 21, pop-up clinics at McDonald’s restaurants will offer COVID-19 vaccines for our employees, their family members and the general public. People who receive a vaccine at McDonald’s more...

Oakland is Getting a New Giant Crane This WeekOakland is Getting a New Giant Crane This Week
By - posted 6/21/2021
Brand New

By Tony Hicks Bay City News Foundation The skyline around the Port of Oakland is going to get a little more crowded this week. Everport Terminal Services is bringing in a new towering, ship-to-shore crane to its Everport marine terminal, via ship from Shanghai-based ZPMC. The new cargo crane has a lift height more...

SF's Brand New Shake Shack Opens June 28SF’s Brand New Shake Shack Opens June 28
By - posted 6/21/2021
Brand New, Indoor Dining

Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that the Shake Shack finally has an opening date set for its second ever San Francisco location. Shake Shack plans to open at the Westfield Center mall on June 28, 2021 and will be open every day from Noon to 6pm. Shake Shack / more...

Sneak Peek of SFMTA's New Moscone Station (Opening 2022)Sneak Peek of SFMTA’s New Moscone Station (Opening 2022)
By - posted 6/21/2021
Brand New, What's Closed / What's Open

After being delayed again and again, SFMTA is giving us periodic looks at what the new Central Subway will look like with an updated photo of the brand new sparkling “Yerba Buena/Moscone” station that (hopefully) is set to open for revenue service in Spring 2022 Sneak Peek Alert: Yerba Buena/Moscone Station more...

SF Reopens More Library Branches This Week (June 21-22)SF Reopens More Library Branches This Week (June 21-22)
By - posted 6/21/2021
Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open

Mayor London N. Breed and City Librarian Michael Lambert today announced the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) will reopen additional neighborhood branches for limited indoor and front door pick-up service starting today, June 21. More branches are slated to open throughout the summer as staffing permits and as San Francisco more...

14 Hours of Sunshine: The First Full Day of Summer 202114 Hours of Sunshine: The First Full Day of Summer 2021
By - posted 6/21/2021
Celebrations

June 21, 2021 is within 1 second of being the longest day of the year and officially the first full day of Summer. (Technically summer began last night) With the sunrise at 5:48 am and sunset not until 8:35 pm in San Francisco that gives us a full 14 hours, 46 more...