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Hwy 50 Closed, Much of Tahoe Ordered Evacuated
Fire Updates, Tahoe UPDATE: As of 11:40am on August 30 a mandatory evacuation order has been issued by CalFire for the entire city of South Lake Tahoe all the way to Nevada Stateline. Evacuation Routes: • Evacuate Eastbound on Highway 50 towards Nevada. Evacuation Shelters: • Truckee Veterans Hall 10214 High Street, Truckee, CA 96161 • Douglas County more...
80% of Eligible San Franciscans Are Vaccinated
Bay Area Updates, Vaccines As of Sunday, 80 percent of eligible San Francisco residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Mayor London Breed said. “This a major milestone but we still have work to do to make sure that all of us are protected,” the mayor posted on her Twitter account. “Now is the time more...
SF Beaches & Lookouts Might Start Charging $3/Hr Parking in 2022
Bay Area Updates, Have Your Voice Heard, Parks & Beaches The National Park Service on Friday announced plans to add new parking fees at sites in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco and Marin County and begin a new fee for after-hour tours at the Point Bonita Lighthouse. The proposed fees, for sites that are currently free, include more...
Alcatraz Night Tours Return in September (Finally!)
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Evening tours at Alcatraz Island are back after having been temporarily suspended for the first time in more than a year, Alcatraz City Cruises announced this week. The night tours return beginning Sept. 9, and will be offered Thursdays through Mondays with ferries leaving from San Francisco’s Pier 33 at 6 more...
SF’s “Joey The Cat” is Now #1 Skee Ball Player in the World (Again)
Bay Area Favorites, Celebrations, Fun & Games Congrats to San Francisco’s Joey The Cat on earning his spot at the #1 Skeeball player in the world. On August 12th, 2021 after a 17 month hiatus from competitive gameplay, The Kid put his title of #1 roller in the world on the line with a rematch of Joey the more...
Oakland Postpones 2021 Chinatown Street Fest
Bay Area Updates, Festival Updates, Oakland Sadly, the Oakland Chinatown StreetFest has been postponed. We look forward to when we can announce the festival’s return. Out of an abundance of caution due to rising COVID cases, the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce has made the difficult decision to postpone this year’s Oakland Chinatown 33rd StreetFest originally scheduled more...
SF is No Longer the Priciest Place to Rent in USA (Barely)
Bay Area Updates, Good News, Housing San Francisco just got demoted. Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that San Francisco is no longer the most expensive city for rent in the United States. According to data from the August 2021 Zumper report, New York just edged out San Francisco to take the number 1 spot with the more...
BART Gets $331 Million COVID Recovery Windfall
Bay Area Updates, Getting Help, Transportation Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that the U.S. Department of Transportation just granted BART $330.8 million from the American Rescue Plan funds. The funds were granted to help BART recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. More than $30 billion dollars of the American Rescue Plan Act budget has been reserved more...
SF’s New 18-Story 100% Affordable Housing in SOMA Breaks Ground
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Housing Mayor London N. Breed today celebrated the groundbreaking of a new 18-story 100% affordable housing complex in the South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood. The development at 921 Howard Street will be one of the largest affordable housing projects seen in San Francisco in the last decade, with 40% of the more...
EPA Grants Nearly $3 Million To Fund Bay Area Wildfire Smoke Research
Bay Area Updates, Fire Updates Three Bay Area research projects will share nearly $3 million in federal grants to study how people can reduce their exposure to toxic wildfire smoke, according to an announcement Wednesday from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University and Oakland-based Public Health Institute were all awarded more...
Golden Gate Park’s New Free 2021 Outdoor Concert Series
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Outdoorsy Golden Gate Bandshell welcomes back live performances with a diverse lineup of musicians to play free concerts at historic landmark. Live music has returned to the Golden Gate Bandshell’s iconic stage with a series of free outdoor concerts in Golden Gate Park, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, San Francisco more...
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...
