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This is What Stern Grove Looks Like Now
Bay Area Updates, City Insight, Festival Updates, Getting Help, What's Closed / What's Open Sunday‘s final show of the year for the Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco has been canceled because of a water main break that flooded the site, festival organizers announced Wednesday. The rupture of the water main on Monday closed Stern Grove and nearby Pine Lake; however, the west end of more...
West Nile Virus Detected in Gilroy Mosquitoes
Bay Area Updates The Santa Clara County Vector Control District on Tuesday announced the discovery of mosquitoes that tested positive for West Nile virus in the Gilroy area and promptly began targeted spraying in neighborhoods. The mosquitoes were collected from portions of the 95020 ZIP code, the area targeted for treatment operations on Thursday. more...
SF’s “Leaning” Millennium Tower’s $100 Million Fix Halted
Bay Area Updates, Getting Help, Housing Oh no… San Francisco’s Millennium Tower, The City’s famously sinking apartment building, was on its way to being repaired, but work has now halted. Thanks to NBC Bay Area for sharing the news that after sinking 18 inches and leaning 14 inches, a $100 million solution was in progress when the more...
SF’s Transgender District’s “Riot Block Party” (Aug. 29)
Celebrations, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco On Sunday, August 29 from noon to 4 pm, the Transgender District will be hosting a neighborhood block party, “The Riot Party,” featuring food, live music, performances, and more. The event will also honor community members who have advanced trans rights in San Francisco and beyond. In observance of one of more...
NASA Approves UC Berkeley’s Satellite Orbit Around Mars
Geeks, Wow NASA has greenlighted a mission by University of California at Berkeley to put two satellites into orbit around Mars, university officials said Monday. Dubbed ESCAPADE — Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers — the mission would launch in October 2024 and be in orbit in 2026. The project is an effort more...
UC Berkeley Ordered to Freeze Enrollment
Bay Area Updates By Keith Burbank, Bay City News University of California at Berkeley officials must freeze campus enrollment at the 2020-21 level following a court decision on Monday over the university’s impact on nearby neighborhoods. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Brad Seligman found that rising enrollment has affected neighboring housing, causing displacement, and creating more...
Flooding Closes Stern Grove, Cancels Final Concert of 2021
Bay Area Updates, Festival Updates Oh no… Due to a nearby ruptured water main, the east end of Stern Grove will be closed until further notice while San Francisco Public Works and SF Water, Power, Sewer (SFPUC) fix the problem. East End of Stern Grove Closed & Stern Grove Festival Cancelled The east end of Stern Grove more...
Free National Parks Day: National Park Service’s 105th Birthday (Aug. 25)
Outdoorsy Happy birthday to the National Park Service which celebrates 105 years with free admission to its parks on August 25, 2021. National parks across the country will be hosting in-park programs and virtual experiences. Entrance fees are also waived for everyone to come out to enjoy their national parks. On certain “fee-free” days throughout the more...
Two Free Krispy Kreme Donuts w/ Vaccine Card (8/30 – 9/5)
Eat & Drink, Freebies, Vaccines As the U.S. continues to scale COVID-19 vaccinations, Krispy Kreme wanted to find a way to show our support for those who are protecting themselves and others by getting vaccinated. For one week only, 8/30 – 9/5, anyone who shows their Covid-19 Vaccination Record Card will receive TWO free doughnuts, an more...
SF Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman Dies at 87
Goodbye San Francisco mourns the loss of Poet Jack Hirschman who passed away in his North Beach home at the age of 87 on Sunday, August 22. Hirschman moved to San Francisco in 1973 after his tenure as a professor at UCLA. He was regular fixture at Caffe Trieste and City Lights, more...
SF Now Has a “Transgender History Month”
Brand New, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco On the 55th anniversary of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riots, San Francisco recognizes the country’s first Transgender History Month. San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed today officially declared August as Transgender History Month in San Francisco. Developed in partnership with the Transgender District and Office of Transgender Initiatives, today’s proclamation signing at more...
SF’s New Waterfront Park Opens to Public For First Time Ever
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, New Parks, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Black Point Historic Gardens is the San Francisco Bay Area’s newest national park site, a one-acre hillside that connects San Francisco’s Aquatic Park to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) at Fort Mason. At Black Point Historic Gardens, an outdoor staircase connects to newly restored pathways, budding gardens and terraced more...
Rare Sight: 80 Ft. Blue Whales Spotted Swimming in Monterey Bay
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Wow Thanks to SFist for sharing the news that the largest animals on the planet have been seen swimming in Monterey Bay this week. The whale watching tour boat company, Monterey Bay Whale Watch, has seen more than a dozen blue whales out on one recent tour, in addition to two blue more...
See the Aerial Photo of Last Week’s Bay Bridge Vehicle Fire
Fire Updates, Transportation, Wow Last week, a vehicle caught fire on the Bay Bridge, shortly before 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 19, prompting the closure of all westbound lanes just west of Treasure Island. According to CHP Officer Mark Andrews, the vehicle that caught fire contained five occupants, although none were injured. The closure caused more...
Oakland Symphony’s Free Outdoor Waterfront Concerts
Fairs & Festivals, Outdoorsy, Things to Do Pick up a delectable assortment of prepared foods and fine wines from Rocky’s Market and relax in the open-air with friends at the Brooklyn Basin with four free outdoor concerts featuring musicians from the Oakland Symphony in one-time-only musical configurations and special instrumentation performing site-specific repertoire. Please note that longtime Oakland more...
