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SFO Lights Up Rainbow for Pride
Pride SFO celebrates pride by lighting up in beautiful rainbow colors. Check out the gorgeous aerial photo by Terence Chang pictured below in tweet shared by San Francisco International Airport. See the full schedule of other upcoming colorful lighting displays at the airport including Blue, Pink and White on June 25 for the more...
Oakland Zoo Voted Top 10 Exhibits in the USA
Bay Area Favorites Congrats to the Oakland Zoo, whose popular “California Trail” exhibit made the Top 10 list of Best Zoo Exhibits in the country. The nominees were selected by USA TODAY 10Best editors and the top 10 winners were determined by popular vote. The California Trail, one of the newest exhibits at Oakland more...
RSVPs Open for SFMOMA’s Free Day (June 24)
Bay Area Favorites, Freebies, Museums / Cultural Institutions Come spend a free day at the museum. Bring a friend and enjoy SFMOMA’s galleries filled with lively and inspiring art including the one-way color tunnel “Contemporary Optics” Tickets: Tickets are free and reserving online is highly encouraged. Limit two adult tickets per reservation. Children 18 and younger always get into SFMOMA free. Due more...
Levi’s Stadium’s Mass Vaccine Site Closing on June 24
COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines, What's Closed / What's Open By Jana Kadah, Bay City News Foundation Santa Clara County’s mass vaccination site at Levi’s Stadium is closing on June 24, after administering more than 350,000 doses. It is one of four mass vaccine sites that will close within the next few weeks as COVID cases slow and more than 80 more...
1,000+ Rare Snakes Found at SFO Property
Only in San Francisco, Wow Thanks to KTVU for letting us know the slithery news that a recent study counted approximately 1,300 snakes on a San Francisco Airport property just across the highway from the terminal. But don’t worry… this is a good thing. SFO is considered to have the largest population of the endangered San Francisco more...
Nor Cal’s “Great Wolf Lodge” Waterpark is Finally Open
Brand New, Swimming / Waterparks, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to Alt 150.3 for letting us know that after a long delay, Northern California’s first Great Wolf Lodge opened for a “sneak preview” on June 15th and celebrates its grand opening June 29, 2021. The six-story, 500-room family resort and massive indoor waterpark on a 29-acre site Manteca, (about 30 more...
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Fully Reopens
Bay Area Favorites, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk reopened fully on Tuesday, June 15th along with much of the rest of the state of California. The classic seaside amusement park features more than 40 rides and attractions including two National Historic Landmarks: the world-famous 1924 Giant Dipper wooden roller coaster and the beautiful 1911 more...
Amazing Big Sur Trail Reopens For First Time Since 2008
Fire Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Reopening, Uplifting, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to KCBS for letting us know that the popular Pfeiffer Falls Trail in Big Sur is reopening for the first time in 13 years. Save the Redwoods League and California State Parks are reopening a fully renovated Pfeiffer Falls Trail in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park on June 18, 2021. This is the first time more...
FasTrak Overcharged 30,000+ on Golden Gate Bridge Tolls
Jerk Alert, Only in San Francisco The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District is providing refunds to tens of thousands of people who were overcharged at the bridge in the past couple of months, a district spokesman said. The issue involved people in two-axle vehicles like a standard vehicle or pickup truck being overcharged at the more...
SF’s Coit Tower Reopens on June 17
Bay Area Favorites, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Coit Tower, the iconic white column defining the San Francisco skyline, will welcome visitors Thursday, June 17 for the first time in 15 months, Mayor London N. Breed announced today. The 210-foot welcoming beacon, which also houses the largest Depression Era art collection in the U.S., normally sees up to 1,500 more...
SF’s Cable Cars Are Coming Back w/ Free Rides in August
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Freebies, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, Travel On the first day of California’s reopening, San Francisco city leaders on Tuesday announced updated plans to bring back the city’s public transit lines to full service, starting with its famed cable cars. Limited service along the cable cars is set to return in August, with Muni offering free rides on more...
CA’s New Vaccine Giveaways: Free Vacations to SF, LA, SD + Palm Springs
Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Travel, Vaccines By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation State officials introduced another COVID-19 vaccine incentive program Monday, offering six expenses-paid vacations throughout the state, including in San Francisco. The state will select six winners on July 1 for trips for four in San Francisco, Palm Springs, Anaheim, Los Angeles and San Diego. In more...
Excessive Heat Warning for Much of the Bay Area (Wed – Fri)
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Wow The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory and an excessive heat warning Monday night for much of the Bay Area beginning Wednesday, with temperatures expected in the 90s and 100s. The heat advisory is in effect from 11 a.m. Wednesday through 9 p.m. Friday for the North Bay interior valleys, more...
RSVP Now for Free Uber Rides on 4th of July
Celebrations, Deals, Freebies GJEL Accident attorneys are hooking you up with a free cab ride home on 4th of July to help save you from a DUI and needing their services in the Bay Area, as well as the Tri-Valley area (Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon, and Danville), and Sacramento. The program is simple. All you have to do more...
After 500,000 Tests, SF’s Mass Testing Site at Pier 32 Closes June 15
Bay Area Updates, COVID Testing, COVID-19 Updates, Only in San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open The Department of Public Health and the COVID Command Center announced today that, because of the City’s high vaccination rates and subsequent decline in demand for COVID-19 testing, San Francisco will close the Embarcadero high-volume testing site on June 15 and Alternative Testing Sites (ATS) in early July and provide testing more...
