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Free Mother’s Day “Skystar” Ferris Wheel Tix for Moms
Freebies, Fun & Games Skystar, the controversial “temporary” observation wheel in Golden Gate Park is offering free rides for moms on Mother’s Day. Moms can redeem their free tickets in person (no word on exactly how they will validate you are a mother). Everyone else in the group pays full price (unless they are also more...
East Bay Declares Stage 1 Drought
Bay Area Updates By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Foundation The East Bay Municipal Utility District officially declared a stage one drought Tuesday and is asking customers to cut water use by 10 percent after California experienced its driest winter since 1977. “This is very prudent as a first step in getting us on drought more...
2021 Burning Man Officially Cancelled
COVID-19 Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates Burning Man just announced that its 2021 festival is cancelled. “But, although here in the United States we may be feeling the weight lifting and the light at the end of the tunnel brightening, we are still in the pandemic, and the uncertainties that need to be resolved are impossible to more...
Big Basin State Park Plans for Limited Reopening by Memorial Day
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Causes, Fire Updates, Getting Help, Healing, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Reopening By Julie Cart – CalMatters In the annals of California history, no one has ever had to put a broken state park back together. There’s no guidebook, no rules. So now state officials and conservationists are attempting a complex and extraordinary Humpty Dumpty project: The reawakening of Big Basin Redwoods State more...
SF’s Brand New “Bearrison Street Fair” Coming in October
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco Join the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the Bears of San Francisco for the inaugural Bearrison Street Fair. Come as you are or in nothing at all. Everyone is welcome to celebrate who you are or who you want to be as we celebrate body positivity and community. The brand new Bearrison more...
New “Safety” Cameras Coming to SF’s Castro?
Brand New, Causes, Police Reform The Castro Community Benefit District is considering putting up “safety” cameras in the Castro at “crime hotspots” and intersections where vehicle collisions are likely. But the possibility of adding the cameras is raising questions civil liberties and surveillance concerns. To get community feedback if the program should be put in place (as more...
North Beach “Specs’ Bar” Plans to Reopen Mid-May
Bay Area Favorites, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to Broke-Ass Stuart for letting us know that the beloved Specs’ Bar in North Beach will be reopening in “mid May.” The 53-year-old bar at 12 William Saroyan Place, tucked away on an alley just off of Columbus Ave (across from City Lights), had been open periodically for to-go drinks more...
“Outside Lands” Daily Lineups + Single Day Tix on Sale 4/29
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Outside Lands, the largest independent music festival in the country, will now take place October 29-31 on Halloween weekend. The festival organizers announced that 3-day GA and VIP tickets are sold out, with only a “handful” of 3-Day Golden Gate Club tickets (at a whopping $3,995 each) still remaining. Single Day more...
“Stop Asian Hate” Bay Area Rallies (May 1-22)
Causes, Stop Asian Hate Join the community (masked up and socially distant) to support the Asian community in the Bay Area and show solidarity with Atlanta at a series of rallies, protests and healing events throughout San Francisco and the Bay Area. See all upcoming protests & actions in the Bay Area. Did we miss more...
Brand New ‘NASA Experience’ Coming to Oakland
Brand New, Museums / Cultural Institutions by Keith Burbank, Bay City News Foundation More of NASA is coming to Oakland thanks to a new partnership between the Chabot Space & Science Center and NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, officials with Chabot announced. Chabot is anchoring the partnership with a gallery called The NASA Experience in the Spees Building and with elements of the more...
New 10-Foot-Tall “Bayview” Greeting in SF
Brand New, City Discoveries, Community Installation began this morning for a new greeting to the Bayview. 10-foot tall* letters that will spell out “Bayview” as part of the community-designed “Bayview Parks Project” at Meade and Third will be visible from the northbound 101 Bayshore Freeway near the Third Street exit. The letters went up on April more...
SF Opens Vaccine Site “Prayer Rooms” for Ramadan
Brand New, Vaccines, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco Opens Prayer Rooms At High Volume Vaccination Sites For Ramadan Prayer rooms ensure that practicing Muslims do not have to choose between prayer and getting vaccinated during the holy month of Ramadan SAN FRANCISCO – The Department of Public Health and the Department of Emergency Management announce new prayer rooms more...
100+ Pollinator & Native Plant Gardens in San Francisco
Bay Area Updates, Green, Outdoorsy Check out this spectacular map with hundreds of pollinator garden sites throughout SF thanks to the San Francisco Department of the Environment. Click on the different colored pins on the map for more info or go to the main map to learn more. April 2021 is Climate Action Month Join the San Francisco community for a more...
“Bearsun” Life-Size Teddy Bear’s Final Day in San Francisco
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Uplifting, Wow Bearsun, the life-size teddy bear (aka Jessy Larios) who planned to walk 380 miles from LA to San Francisco in an adorable bear costume is finally made it after 482 miles. According to the SF Chronicle, Jesse Larios left LA on April 12th carrying his phone, charger a flashlight and a more...
CA Closer to Parklets & Outdoor Drinking Forever
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Eat & Drink Could the popular outdoor dining and parklets become a permanent fixture in California? Will outdoor drinking become commonplace across the state? Thanks SFist and Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing the news that Senate Bills 314 and 793 have passed unanimously in committee, with bipartisan support. Next up, they’ll move out of committee and more...
