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SF Unveils New “Shine” Plan to Clean Streets & Sidewalks
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, City Insight San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Tuesday announced a new partnership between the city and several organizations and businesses to launch Shine On SF — a new initiative encouraging cleanliness along city streets. Shine On SF brings together more than 40 neighborhood groups, benefit districts, nonprofit organizations, and businesses to engage more...
“Free Britney” Rally Comes to SF (July 25)
Causes, Have Your Voice Heard The Free Britney Army is coming to San Francisco to host a “Free Britney” Rally on July 25 from 1 – 3 pm, starting from Castro Street and Market Street. They’re encouraging all Britney fans to come out and show your support. Bring your signs, banners, voices and words of encouragement. more...
Free “Joe’s Ice Cream Day” in San Francisco (July 18)
Eat & Drink, Freebies July 18 is National Ice Cream Day and you’re invited to come to Joe’s to get a free scoop of of Sprinkle Kindness, their Birthday Cake flavor. Joe’s Ice Cream is celebrating the success of their recent GoFundMe campaign a couple months ago to build an outdoor parklet. “We never expected the number more...
SF’s “Flower Piano” Festival is Back for 2021 (Sept. 17-21)
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Reopening After five successful years, and a pause in 2020 due to the pandemic, we are excited to bring back Flower Piano to transform San Francisco Botanical Garden once again into the city’s own alfresco concert hall where everyone is invited to play and listen. In 2021, Flower Piano will be especially more...
Golden Gate Park Band’s Free Sunday Concerts Return for 2021 Season
Bay Area Favorites, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Reopening, Things to Do, What's Closed / What's Open The Golden Gate Park Band, presents its 139th season in Golden Gate Park’s music concourse. That’s right, this symphony has been playing free concerts in Golden Gate Park for more than 100 years. The weekly concerts take place most Sundays at 1 pm, usually end between 2:30 and 2:45 pm. The concerts more...
CA Kicks Off $1.1 Billion Effort to Beautify Streets & Clean Up Trash
Bay Area Updates, Brand New By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation State and local officials gathered in Richmond to kick off a $1.1 billion effort to beautify and clean up garbage in communities across the state. The three-year effort is expected to generate as many as 11,000 jobs, according to state officials, including for formerly more...
SF’s Car Break-ins Decline; Gun Violence Rises
Bay Area Updates, City Insight By Daniel Montes, Bay City News San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott and Mayor London Breed on Monday announced the mid-year crime statistics, showing that since mid-2019 auto break-ins are down while gun violence and homicides are up. According to the data, homicides mid-year in 2019 were the lowest in 58 years more...
San Mateo’s “Coyote Point” Outdoor Movie Nights
Free Movie Screenings, Get Out: Events, Parks & Beaches, Things to Do Gather friends and family, pack a picnic and join CuriOdyssey for a fun-filled summer evening during Coyote Point Movie Nights in July, August, September and October at Coyote Point Park in San Mateo. Watch your favorite movies, experiment with fun CuriOdyssey science experiments, play creatively with San Mateo County Libraries, and more...
Marin County Works to Rectify Historically Racist Housing Policies
Bay Area Updates, Have Your Voice Heard, Healing, Housing Marin County has launched a project to identify and rectify policies that prevented people of color from purchasing homes and led to segregated neighborhoods. Although such policies have been illegal since 1964, many public agencies — including throughout Marin County — still have not removed racially restrictive covenants that prohibit the more...
BART Late Night Weekend Trains Return July 22-24
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, Transportation BART officials on Tuesday reminded the public about limited late night train service that will be operating on the next three weekends this month before more regular late night service resumes in August. On nights this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, as well as the weekends of July 22-24 and July 29-31, more...
SF Unanimously Approves Permanent Parklets Shared Spaces Program
Bay Area Updates, Outdoor Dining The “Shared Spaces” program that allowed San Francisco businesses to operate in outdoor public spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic while their indoor spaces remained closed will continue indefinitely after supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to make the program permanent. The Shared Spaces program, which initially began in June 2020, permitted restaurants more...
SF’s Brand New Free Downtown Summer Concert Series (July 14 – Aug 18)
Get Out: Events, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open With SFWednesdays, San Francisco is taking it to the streets with 30 performances, free and open-to-the-public, spread across 10 Wednesdays this summer in some of the City’s most iconic outdoor public spaces. The series kicks off Wednesday, July 14 (12pm – 2pm) — in three simultaneous offerings at Union Square, Embarcadero Plaza and more...
Free World Music Concert in Historic Golden Gate Park Bandshell (July 15)
Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Things to Do You’re invited to a free all ages concert in the historic bandshell in Golden Gate Park to celebrate live music, peace, diverse cultures, yourselves and San Francisco on July 15 from 5-8pm. Headlining the show is world music legend Pato Banton and special guests. Other performers include Estrella, Swathi Ravichandran, Tony Kaye more...
Stolen Bay Area Puppies OK After Carjacking, Police Chase & Crash
Bay Area Updates, East Bay By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Foundation He was supposed to see a man about a dog. He ended up in law enforcement’s doghouse, according to Hayward Police. A man selling three puppies online met a man in South Hayward last Wednesday afternoon, who said he wanted to buy a pooch. When more...
GG Bridge’s Historic Round House Will Reopen As Equator Coffees Cafe
Brand New, Parks & Beaches, Reopening The historic Round House Cafe at the Golden Gate Bridge will reopen at Equator Coffees‘ newest cafe, offering nearly 360 degree views. With a spectacular vantage point of the Golden Gate Bridge, the gateway connecting the Pacific Ocean with the San Francisco Bay, the Round House Cafe will soon be Equator more...
