SF City Guides
SF is Testing Out “Smart” Traffic Signals Prioritizing Transit & People
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, City Insight, Only in San Francisco, Travel Have you ever wondered how traffic signals could better balance the needs of all road users, whether driving, bicycling, walking or taking Muni? SFMTA is rolling out its Connected Corridor Pilot this month to use transit platform and traffic signal sensor data to inform signal timing adjustments. The pilot also aims to more...
New SF Park Connecting Fort Mason to the Waterfront Opens June 2021
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, New Parks, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Beatrice Kilat, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy Thanks to the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy for sharing the news about San Francisco’s newest park. Black Point Historic Gardens, a new park connecting Fort Mason to the San Francisco waterfront, opens to the public soon, tentatively scheduled for June 2021. The restoration of more...
Berkeley’s Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival is Back June 19
Artsy Fartsy, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates Berkeley welcomes back its popular annual Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival on Saturday, June 19, 2021. The sidewalks along Shattuck and Cedar streets in North Berkeley are the target of artists young and old, professional and greenhorn during the 22nd Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival on Saturday, June 19, 10am-4pm. In order to more...
SF Named Top 10 in USA for Its City Parks
Bay Area Updates, City Insight, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches By Jeff Ballinger, Bay City News Bay Area cities rose on the annual ParkScore index, an annual study released Wednesday night by the San Francisco-based nonprofit The Trust for Public Land that ranks park systems in the 100 largest U.S. cities. Four Bay Area cities made the list again this time, with more...
SF’s Massive “Pink Triangle” Lights Up on June 1st
Community, Pride, Uplifting Volunteers installed the 26th annual Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon in preparation for the start of Pride Month on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 The triangle, which organizers with Pink Triangle of Twin Peaks say covers about an acre on the hillside, will be illuminated nightly more...
SF’s “Bottom of the Hill” Returns August 13
Bay Area Favorites, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open After more than 500 days of closure, SF concert venue Bottom of the Hill finally plans to reopen on August 13, 2021 for their Soft Opening. Bottom of the Hill, located at 17th and Missouri in Potrero Hill is an intimate neighborhood concert venue that was named, “The best place to more...
20 Pilots Flew Vintage Planes over The Bay for Memorial Day
Celebrations, Wow By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Foundation Northern California aviation fans were treated Sunday to Memorial Day weekend flyovers by the Memorial Squadron USA, a nonprofit group of about 20 pilots flying vintage aircraft used for events commemorating members of the U.S. military, living and deceased. Taking off from the Livermore Municipal more...
Memorial Day Parking Rules in San Francisco 2021
Cheap Tips If you’ve got a car in San Francisco, in addition to crazy high gas prices, you also have to worry about the insanely complex, nearly impossible to decipher conflicting parking signs and rules. Thankfully on Memorial Day, the city of San Francisco is going to reward you with a ticket-free day more...
Meet Elixir: SF’s 2nd Oldest Bar Dating Back to 1858
Bay Area Favorites, Holidays, Local Highlight This is part of Funcheap’s new series to highlight neighborhood businesses and organizations to try to help them recover and thrive. Do you run a small business that you’d like us to highlight? Email johnny@funcheap.com and tell us what makes your local business unique and how we can help spread more...
Check Out SF’s Breathtaking Hilltop Circus Acts
Artsy Fartsy, Only in San Francisco, Wow A new creative pop-up circus has been delighting spectators around San Francisco. As part of San Francisco’s “Circus Pop-Ups” featuring a series of unique performances in unusual locations, witness Thai Lam’s breathtaking aerial performance at Bernal Heights this Sunday, May 30 at 1:15, 2:00, and 2:45 pm. Thai Lam is a Bay more...
Salesforce’s “Dreamforce” Conference Returns to SF (Sept. 21-23)
Only in San Francisco, Reopening Salesforce’s annual conference, Dreamforce, returns to San Francisco this fall. Thanks to San Francisco Travel for announcing the news that it’ll be the “first corporate, citywide convention to be held in San Francisco since travel restrictions and pandemic lockdowns began last spring.” Dreamforce will return to San Francisco and cities around the more...
Didn’t Get a Vaccine Yet? CA Will Give you a $50 Gift Card
COVID-19 Updates, Freebies, Vaccines, Win Stuff Haven’t gotten your vaccine yet? California will incentive you by offering a free $50 gift card to the first 2 million who get vaccinated starting May 27, 2021. All Californians who get their first vaccine dose starting May 27 will receive a $50 gift card on a first-come, first-served basis through more...
CA Offers $15 Million in Prizes for ‘Vax for the Win” Lottery
COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines, Win Stuff By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation Vaccinated Californians will have a chance to win part of $16.5 million in cash prizes next month as state officials attempt to incentivize more residents to get their first shot, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday. Starting Thursday, all Californians who get their first vaccine dose more...
SF’s Carnaval Returns As Community Resource Fair (May 29-30)
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation The two-day Carnaval festival in San Francisco, over 40 years strong, is known to bring in thousands of people to a 17-block radius in the city’s Mission District, with dozens of live performers, hundreds of vendors and a mega-boost to the economy for local more...
Costco is Bringing Back Free Samples in June (Finally!)
Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to Fox Business for letting us know that sampling is coming back to most Costcos this summer. Costco says about 170 of their 550+ locations in the U.S. will resume samples the first week of June 2021, with the rest of the stores offering samples by then end of the more...
