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SF to Host Huge 65,000-Strong Golden Gate Park Concerts in 2024?
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco Mayor London Breed today announced that the City is planning to bring more summer concerts to Golden Gate Park beginning in 2024. If approved, the two to three days of headliner-driven events would be held on the weekend following the annual Outside Lands festival. Essentially it will be like part more...
The Bay’s Most Gorgeous Wildflower Bloom is Just 20 Minutes South of SF
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Thanks to KTVU for letting us know about the amazing super bloom that’s happening RIGHT NOW at Mori Point just south of Pacifica (see map), just about a 20 minute drive south of San Francisco. At this 110-acre park right on the rugged edge of the coast, you’ll get to see more...
Bay Area Rose Gardens for Mother’s Day (2024)
Mother's Day, Outdoorsy It’s Mother’s Day! Treat your favorite mom to a wonderful day amongst the roses and perhaps bring a picnic. Rose Gardens of the Bay Area Here’s a list of free Rose Gardens all over the Bay Area: But please check the schedules before you head out. Some rose gardens are closed for private more...
SF Bar Named One of North America’s Top 50 Bars
Bars, San Francisco San Francisco bar, Pacific Cocktail Haven, has been recognized as one of North America’s top 50 bars in 2023 by 50Best. It is the only bar from the Bay Area to be included on this list, where it sits in the 28th position. This is the first time that Pacific Cocktail more...
This Weekend Could See Temps in 80s and 90s
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Above normal temperatures are coming to the Bay Area this weekend as the region gets closer to summer, according to the National Weather Service. Near the coast and Bay highs are expected to be in the 70s (San Francisco could hit 74 on Saturday), while inland more...
SF Wants to Convert Downtown Office Buildings into Housing
Brand New, City Insight, San Francisco Planning Commission Approves Legislation to Support Future of Downtown and Union Square The proposal introduced by Mayor Breed and Board President Peskin will help fill vacant spaces by facilitating a greater variety of businesses and activities throughout Downtown and Union Square, and removing barriers to converting office buildings to housing The Planning more...
The Bay Bridge Gets A New Off-Ramp This Weekend
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Travel Caltrans plans to reopen a newly constructed off-ramp to Yerba Buena Island for motorists to access Yerba Buena Island and Treasure Island from the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge this Sunday May 7, 2023 at 7:00AM. The original alignment of this ramp was closed nearly 20 years ago for improvement more...
Live Nation’s 2023 “Concert Week”: Get $25 All-In Tickets (May 10-16)
Cheap Tips, Get Out: Events Live Nation today announced the return of Concert Week, offering fans access to $25 all-in tickets to more than 3,800 shows across North America this year. The week-long program celebrates one of the biggest and most exciting years for live music and marks the kick-off to an epic summer concert season. Concert more...
’70s “Barbie Malibu Truck” Comes to Bay Area (May-June 2023)
Adorable, Fun & Games Hold onto your Kens as the ultimate Malibu party on wheels is cruisin’ into the Bay Area. In anticipation of the new Barbie movie hitting theaters on July 21, 2023, the Barbie Malibu Truck Tour is making three fabulous stops to treat fans to a blast from the past. Mark your more...
Nordstrom Leaving Downtown SF After 35 Years
Goodbye, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open By Bay City News Nordstrom, a fixture in downtown San Francisco for 35 years, said it will close its department store in Westfield mall on Market Street and its nearby discount outlet within three months, citing changing “dynamics of the downtown.” The announcement came Tuesday in an all-company message from Jamie Nordstrom, more...
SF’s First-Ever “I Love Tenderloin Week” 2023
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Sponsored I Love Tenderloin Week is the culmination of a grassroots groundswell from community partners who are producing a week-long Spring celebration of the neighborhood running April 30th – May 6, 2023 with 40+ venues and neighborhood organizations joining forces to create 18 different events – most of which are free. A more...
Rogue Butterfly Sculpture Removed From Golden Gate Park
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Causes, Controversy, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco By Bay City News An illegally-erected monument to an extinct butterfly was removed from Golden Gate Park on Friday by San Francisco public art officials. The sculpture, “Memorial to the Extinct Xerces Blue Butterfly,” was “an unauthorized sculpture intervention of unknown provenance by an unidentified artist or group of artists that was more...
Here’s the Rival Plans for SF’s Castro Theatre
Bay Area Favorites, Controversy, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Thanks for Hoodline for letting us know that the Castro Theatre Conservancy has finally released their rival plan on what they would do with the Castro Theatre if they were put in charge (and if they could raise $20 million) There’s more drama unfolding at SF’s historic Castro Theatre. Amidst the controversy more...
LPGA Tour Coming to SF’s Harding Park (May 4-7)
Brand New, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco The LPGA is bringing the best female golfers from the top eight countries across the globe back to the LPGA tour calendar for the first time since 2018 and will be held at San Francisco’s famed TPC Harding Park on May 4-7, 2023. Held biennially, the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown celebrates the more...
