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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...
SF School District Aims to Spend $2.9 Million for Air Purifiers
Bay Area Updates, Fire Updates, Only in San Francisco San Francisco Unified School District officials are looking into spending $2.9 million on portable air purifiers to combat poor air quality from wildfires, district officials said on Monday. Most classrooms rely open windows to prevent the spread of COVID-19 — a main concern as in-person learning resumed just last week — more...
A Brand New El Farolito is Coming to SF’s North Beach
Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Eat & Drink Thanks to Eater SF for sharing the news that San Francisco’s famous El Farolito is expanding their burrito turf into North Beach. El Farolito is one of the most popular burrito spots in the Bay Area and was even named “The Most Life-Changing Burrito in America” by Esquire in 2013. The more...
List of Bay Area Events & Venues Re-Closing Due to COVID Delta
City Insight, COVID-19 Updates, Indoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open That was fun while it lasted! For a few weeks at least, things were really looking up. While most everything is wide open and many venues are still opening back up, now with SF’s test positivity at a 15-month high, COVID-related hospitalizations matching summer 2020, Delta on the rise and a more...
SF’s Free Outdoor Movies are Back Starting August 27
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Free Movie Screenings, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Sundown Cinema is back, and just in time for San Francisco summer. Enjoy food, drinks, and film selections that celebrate the unique character and beauty of our city’s parks and neighborhoods. From now through October, Sundown Cinema is bringing five iconic films to five parks across SF, beginning with Sister Act more...
