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SF Bay Lighthouse Seeks New Innkeepers for $140k Salary
Local Icons The charming East Brother Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast, located on an island in San Francisco Bay that is the home of an intact 1874 lighthouse and fog signal, is seeking a new pair of innkeepers for a two-year commitment. The beautifully restored Victorian Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast Inn is perched atop more...
SF’s “Esprit Park” Is Getting a Huge Makeover After 40 Years
Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Esprit Park was built as a private, corporate park in 1982 and transferred to San Francisco’s Recreation and Park Department in 2001. The park is an urban oasis, connecting the neighborhood to nature within an urban environment. As Dogpatch transitions to a high-density residential neighborhood, the park is experiencing an increased more...
Chase Center Hosts Free Movie Day & Talk w/ Jeremy Lin (Jan. 14)
Free Movie Screenings, San Francisco Golden State Entertainment, the content arm of the Golden State Warriors, will host a free film screening and live panel discussion featuring Jeremy Lin and the team behind his documentary, 38 At The Garden. Lin’s documentary, 38 At The Garden, examines the cultural impact of NBA trailblazer Jeremy Lin and the more...
IRS Pushes Back Taxes for Bay Area Residents Due to Storms
Bay Area Updates, Storm Watch By Katy St. Clair, Bay City News Foundation The Internal Revenue Service has extended its annual tax return due date by a month for people who live in areas impacted by the recent storms, the IRS announced on Tuesday. California storm victims now have until May 15 to file their individual more...
Check Out Chinatown’s New Bruce Lee Lantern
Artsy Fartsy, San Francisco San Francisco’s Chinatown has some brand new illuminating art, and there’s one very unique lantern that honors Bruce Lee. Lantern Stories: San Francisco is a new public art installation of 29 illustrated lanterns by award-winning interdisciplinary artist Yu-Wen Wu was installed in October 2022 and illuminates San Francisco Chinatown’s history, culture, and community. Creating a luminous canopy on the more...
Discount Department Store Ross Closes SF Store
Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that discount department store Ross Dress for Less has closed one of its San Francisco stores located at 5200 Geary Blvd. A sign was posted on its doors announcing it was closing up shop on January 10, 2023. The retail giant is also downsizing more...
SF’s Bay Bridge “Bay Lights” to Go Dark Unless $11 Million is Raised
Artsy Fartsy, Getting Help, San Francisco San Francisco’s gorgeous twinkly Bay Lights may be going dark soon. One of the largest light sculptures in the world with 25,000 LEDs has illuminated the 1.8-mile-long bridge since 2016. The installation by artist Leo Villareal was only supposed to be temporary. Originally installed as a temporary two-year artwork, this more...
Check Out SF’s Glowing Forest Submerged Due to Rains
Artsy Fartsy, Storm Watch Golden Gate Park’s beautiful lighted forest, “Entwined” is submerged underwater. With all the heavy rains, we caught a glimpse of Entwined on New Year’s Day where the ground was turning to soup. As we know, the rains continued, and now Entwined, located in Peacock Meadow, is now located in the newly formed more...
Napa’s Lighted Art Festival is Back for 2023 (Jan. 21 – Feb. 19)
Artsy Fartsy, Fairs & Festivals The Napa Lighted Art Festival is a celebration of creative arts, technology and lights, and supports innovative techniques using light and light technologies as a growing art medium. This walkable outdoor experience is free in Downtown Napa featuring 10 lighted art sculptures for five weeks and projection artwork on three more...
Help Name SF’s Adorable Baby Penguin
Adorable, San Francisco San Francisco’s Academy of Sciences has a brand new baby penguin and the public is being asked to help name the chick. Fluffy, flightless, & feared by fish … but missing a name. You’re cordially invited to help name our new African penguin chick! Here’s how: Comment your best suggestion before more...
You Can “Adopt” & Name SF’s Storm Drains
Only in San Francisco, Storm Watch Thanks to our friend Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing that San Franciscans can now name our storm drains, and they’re amazing. San Francisco wants you to adopt a drain. Join thousands of local volunteers and adopt one of the 25,000 storm drains in our beautiful city and pledge to keep it free more...
Here’s the 400+ National Parks Free On These 5 Days In 2023
Freebies, Outdoorsy, Travel Sometimes you’ve just got to get away from it all and clear your head with the peace and serenity of a national park. On certain “fee-free” days throughout the year, enjoy free entry to all national parks and monuments including Muir Woods and Yosemite National Park and free admission aboard all of the historic more...
Emergency Storm Shelters Open in SF & Oakland
Getting Help, San Francisco, Storm Watch By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation In response to the forecasted stormy weather conditions and flood warnings in the region, San Francisco opened emergency beds for unhoused residents seeking shelter for the next week and a half. From Tuesday through Jan. 15, the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing more...
SF Runs Out of Sandbags Ahead of Storm, But More Available Today
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Storm Watch Ahead of the storm, San Francisco made 10 sandbags available to residents and businesses to prevent flooding from an atmospheric river hitting the city this week. However, the San Francisco Department of Public Works said Wednesday morning, January 4, that they unfortunately, ran out of sandbags. Thankfully, San Francisco Public Works more...
Dolly Parton’s “Imagination Library” Finally Comes to CA
Brand New, Freebies Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and local community partners in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and Republic of Ireland. In 1995, Dolly Parton more...
