SF City Guides
Closed July 4th: Berkeley Fireworks Viewing Spot “Grizzly Peak”
4th of July, What's Closed / What's Open In an effort to reduce fire hazards and to keep traffic from blocking emergency vehicles, key routes are closed to vehicles for the July 4th holiday on Grizzly Peak Boulevard. Grizzly Peak is a popular spot to watch fireworks but is a very high fire hazard zone, fire officials said. The road more...
Brand New Ferry Route Launches from Alameda to SF
Brand New, Transportation There’s a brand new way to get to San Francisco. A new ferry route has launched from Alameda, the Alameda Seaplane ferry route. This route provides direct weekday commute service between Alameda’s new Seaplane Lagoon Ferry Terminal and Downtown San Francisco. Note: Alameda riders traveling before 9:40 a.m. on weekdays now use more...
SF’s WWII Ship SS Jeremiah O’Brien Reopens July 2
Bay Area Updates, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open The SS Jeremiah O’Brien will re-open to the public on July 2, 2021, after over a year with the pandemic, fire and recovery efforts keeping it closed. Built in S. Portland Maine and launched June 19, 1943, the O’Brien had a distinguished wartime duty. She participated in the D-Day invasion in more...
SF’s City Hall Eases Mask Rules on July 6
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Masks, Only in San Francisco, Reopening Starting next Tuesday, July 6, face coverings will no longer be required for fully vaccinated visitors entering City Hall and other City facilities, except for certain limited settings such as healthcare, long-term care, public transit, correctional and shelter facilities. “We continue to align with state guidance on mask requirements. Starting next more...
Corgi Con Fall 2021: Massive Dogo Beach Paw-ty Returns
Adorable, Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches The NorCal Corgi Con is a wonderfully bizarre beach day bash for dogs (and their pawrents) that brings together hundreds of enthusiastic Corgis, their owners and wannabes too on Ocean Beach in San FranCorgsco, between Stairwell 2 and 5 near the Cliff House, from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday, October 16, more...
BART Late Night Trains Back Starting July 15
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, Transportation BART Increases Service 4 Weeks Early and Offers Late-Night Limited Trains Beginning July 15 BART will return to near-pre pandemic service on August 2 instead of August 30 as originally planned. The August 2 change includes extending closing times to midnight Monday through Saturday. In the meantime, BART will also add late-night more...
San Francisco’s Minimum Wage Rises To $16.32 Per Hour (July 1)
Brand New, Only in San Francisco Effective July 1, 2021 the minimum wage for all workers in the City and County of San Francisco will increase to $16.32 per hour. San Francisco has a long history of supporting workers’ rights. In 2003, San Francisco became the first local jurisdiction to enact a minimum wage higher than more...
SF’s “Fleet Week” Air Show is Back for 2021 (October 8-10)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco Fleet Week is slated to return this year from October 3-11, 2021 with the return of the Air Show, the Parade of Ships, the humanitarian village and joint military and civilian disaster planning exercises. The air show is planned for October 8-10 headlined by the Blue Angels. San Francisco Fleet more...
SF’s Newest Cocktail Bar “Trade Routes” Opens
Bars, Brand New, Eat & Drink Trade Routes, a trade-inspired cocktail bar on Polk St., soft opened on June 18th and celebrates their grand opening on Friday, July 2, 2021. Trade Routes is Polk St.’s newest cocktail bar by college friends Jay Ryoo and Chen-Chen Huo (MAC’D, A La Couch) that were inspired by the exchanges of more...
DoTheBay’s “Harry Potter Trivia Night” w/ Tons of Prizes
Fun & Games, Sponsored DoTheBay hosts virtual Harry Potter Trivia Night on June 30, 2021 at 7pm with tons of prizes and 100% of donations go to good causes PRIZES TO WIN 🎟️ 4 tickets to Universal Studios Hollywood 🌸 Annie’s Annuals & Perennials $100 Gift Card 🥤 District Tea $50 Gift Card 🌯 Celias more...
Bear Family Joins Beachgoers in South Lake Tahoe
Adorable, Outdoorsy Thanks to ABC7 for sharing the video of a family of bears that joined beachgoers in South Lake Tahoe on Sunday, June 27. A mother bear and her three cubs picnicked on the shore at Pope Beach. Mama bear got her paws on a cooler and helped herself to some leftovers, more...
Golden Gate Bridge Tolls Rise to $8.05 on July 1
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Transportation By Olivia Wynkoop Bay City News Foundation The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District is increasing its toll rates and transit fares effective Thursday, July 1, 2021. The FasTrak rate on the Golden Gate Bridge will rise from $7.70 to $8.05, the Pay-As-You-Go rate from $8.40 to $8.60 and toll more...
East Bay Firefighters Head to Florida to Help with Tower Collapse Rescue
Causes, Healing By Tony Hicks Bay City News Foundation The East Bay is sending a pair of firefighters to South Florida to help search and rescue efforts at the Champlain tower collapse in Surfside, where at least 10 people were dead and 151 were missing as of Monday morning. Oakland Fire Department Battalion Chief more...
Oakland Diverts $18M from Police Budget
East Bay, Oakland, Police Reform By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Oakland city councilmembers redirected more than $17 million from proposed police spending to alternative methods of violence prevention when the council passed a $3.8 billion budget Thursday evening. The vote came at about 5:30 p.m. following hours of public comment and discussion at a virtual meeting. The more...
SF Could Get More 24/7 Bathrooms on the Streets
City Insight, COVID-19 Updates With possible cuts to a program providing 24 public bathrooms in San Francisco, Supervisor Matt Haney on Friday proposed a plan to fund the program and save it from being eliminated. The city’s Pit Stop program offers public bathrooms for anyone to use, with most locations in the city’s downtown areas. In more...
