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Caltrain’s World’s Largest Toy Train Returns for 2021 (Dec. 4-5)
Bay Area Favorites, Holiday Lights After cancelling the festive Holiday Train in 2020, Caltrain has announced its bringing back its World’s Largest Toy Train on December 4-5, 2021. Decorated with 70,000 glittering lights, the dazzling Caltrain Holiday Train will fire up its engine this December to delight Bay Area families with holiday giving. Station entertainment and onboard entertainment will more...
Downtown San Jose’s Controversial Statue to be Removed
Bay Area Updates, Causes, Controversy, Goodbye By Jana Kadah, Bay City News Foundation The controversial Thomas Fallon statue, which stood in downtown San Jose for about 30 years, is finally coming down. On Tuesday, the city council unanimously approved to decommission the bronze structure that sat at the intersection of West Julian and West St. James streets. The more...
Oakland May Stop Cannabis Testing Its Employees
Bay Area Updates, Oakland By Keith Burbank, Bay City News The Oakland City Council’s Public Safety Committee voted unanimously Tuesday on an ordinance to end the testing of city employees for off-the-job cannabis use considering the crisis the city is facing recruiting and retaining employees, Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan’s office said. The Public Safety Committee’s vote more...
East Bay College District Wipes Out $2.8 Million In Student Debt
Getting Help By Keith Burbank, Bay City News A Bay Area community college district headquartered in Oakland will wipe out $2.8 million in student debt following the receipt of $12.25 million in federal relief money, district officials said. Officials with the Peralta Community College District, which serves 30,000 students in the East Bay, will more...
One of the Bay Area’s Last Roller Rinks Closing
Bay Area Favorites, East Bay, Goodbye Thanks to KTVU for sharing the news that one of the Bay Area’s last remaining roller rinks is closing its doors. As one of the largest roller skating rinks within hundreds of miles, San Ramon’s the Golden Skate, located at 2701 Hooper Drive, has delighted many skaters come from all over more...
SF’s Holiday Drive-in Movies are Back at Fort Mason (Dec. 2-4)
Drive-In Movies, Fairs & Festivals, Only in San Francisco Fort Mason’s popular pop-up drive-in movie theater, Fort Mason Flix, is returning for the holidays. Presented by and housed on Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC)’s historic waterfront campus, Fort Mason Flix is a pop-up drive-in theater showing hits for the holidays, from family favorites and cult classics to more...
Oakland Museum Partially Closed Due to Damage from October’s Big Storm
Bay Area Updates, Oakland, What's Closed / What's Open The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) has temporarily shut down its special exhibition hosted in the Great Hall gallery due to damage sustained from the big storm in October. OMCA says… “Due to extraordinary weather conditions on Sunday, October 24, OMCA experienced some water damage to our campus. Leaking occurred from the more...
SF’s Lighted Forest Returns to Golden Gate Park on Dec. 2
Artsy Fartsy, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches San Francisco’s popular illuminated forest, Entwined, returns to Golden Gate Park’s Peacock Meadow, from December 2, 2021 through February 1, 2022. During the pandemic, this dazzling forest of lights entranced park goers and quickly became a popular evening destination for Bay Area residents and visitors alike. In the returning year of more...
Navy Ship Named For Harvey Milk Launches
LGBTQ+ A Navy ship named for slain gay rights icon Harvey Milk was launched in San Diego Bay on Saturday. The USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler, was christened with a traditional champagne bottle break alongside the hull by Paula Neira, clinical program director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender more...
San Mateo County’s “In America: Remember” COVID-19 Memorial
Community A new week-long exhibit, “In America: Remember” reflects on the San Mateo County residents who passed away from COVID-19. View the moving exhibit in Leo J. Ryan Park in Foster City starting from Sunday, November 7. The exhibit is inspired by an installation of more than 690,000 white flags artist Suzanne more...
Bay Area Expects 45 Mph Winds on Monday Night
Bay Area Updates, Storm Watch The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for most of the Bay Area from 7 p.m. Monday to 3 a.m. Tuesday. The forecast calls for south winds from 20 to 30 miles per hour with gusts of up to 45 mph for the North and East Bays, San Francisco more...
SF’s Brand New “Central Subway” Finally Gets Fare Gates
Bay Area Updates, Transportation By Enrique Aguilar, SFMTA In October, crews began installing and testing fare gate and ticket vending machine equipment at new underground stations that hundreds of Muni customers will use to pay for Muni fares once the Central Subway opens next year. In addition to the new equipment being put into place at more...
Candlelight Tours Return to SF’s Civil War Era Fort Starting Nov. 6
Bay Area Favorites, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Explore the historic Civil War-era Fort Point by candlelight and stars on this evening tour with a park ranger as your guide. Candlelight tours are available Saturday evenings (6:30 pm) during the months of November to February. Along the way, you’ll be transported to the momentous era of the 1800s, experiencing first-hand the tales more...
Where Children Aged 5-11 Can Get the Vaccine in SF
San Francisco, Vaccines The San Francisco Department of Public Health has 12,300 doses of the pediatric version of the COVID-19 vaccine and said it is beginning to give the shots to children in neighborhoods hardest-hit by the virus by appointment only starting Thursday. The pediatric dose, meant for children ages 5-11 who just became more...
“Miracle” Christmas-Themed Cocktail Bars Return for Winter 2021
Eat & Drink, Holidays, Reopening Miracle, the Christmas-themed pop-up cocktail bar, returns this winter to spread more holiday cheer. The Yuletide-themed bar serves holiday cocktails in a festive setting, with kitschy holiday décor, professionally-developed cocktails, and the nostalgic energy of the best office party you’ve ever been to. New for 2021, Miracle expands to four locations in the Bay more...
