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SFs Cable Cars are Officially Back (and Free) for August
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Freebies, Reopening, Transportation, Travel, What's Closed / What's Open The SFMTA will run mock service and will solicit the public’s help and feedback ahead of the official return to revenue service Mayor London N. Breed and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) today welcomed back cable car service to San Francisco streets. Following the successful completion of operator training more...
SF’s New Outdoor Summer Festival at Chase Center
Fairs & Festivals, Free Movie Screenings, Get Out: Events, Sponsored Thrive City, the 3.2 acre plaza surrounding the Chase Center hosts a free series of events throughout the summer including happy hours, DJ events, lectures, farmers markets, comedy shows, outdoor movies and Warriors-themed celebrations – all free and open to the public. The plaza features tons of seating and picnic areas, more...
SF’s “Museum of Ice Cream” Has Officially Closed
Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to Broke Ass Stuart for letting us know that the Museum of Ice Cream has officially closed up shop in San Francisco and is moving on to Austin in August like so many others as part of the “Bay Area Exodus.” The selfie-museum with their eye-popping $38 tickets first arrived more...
Undoing the Harm of Geary Expressway to SF’s Japantown
Brand New, Community, Transportation By Olivia Wynkoop Bay City News Foundation 50 years ago, the Geary Expressway tore apart the Japantown for anyone without a car. Now, San Francisco is trying to bring the neighborhood back together. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency just introduced a new crosswalk at Buchanan and Geary streets last week in an more...
SF’s “Street Overdose Response Team” Launches August 2nd
Brand New, Crime, Getting Help, Police Reform, Uplifting San Francisco will begin rolling out its newly formed Street Overdose Response Team (a.k.a “SORT”) starting Monday, August 2, 2021 to address non-fatal overdoses through a holistic approach, city officials said Friday. SORT will respond to overdose calls and provide an immediate response from San Francisco Fire Department paramedics, followed by more...
Midnight BART Service Returns August 2
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, Transportation, What's Closed / What's Open BART returns to near-regular service starting August 2, 2021 BART is ready to serve the region with the return of near-regular service starting Monday, August 2, 2021. The schedule change includes increased frequencies and extending closing times to midnight Mondays through Saturdays along with a dramatic increase in direct trips to SFO more...
Asian Art Museum’s “First Free Sunday” is August 1st
Museums / Cultural Institutions Stop by the Asian Art Museum this Sunday, Aug. 1, for Free First Sunday! Every first Sunday of the month, we offer free general admission. teamLab: Continuity tickets are sold out for this Sunday, but you can still see new artworks in the collection galleries and explore special contemporary exhibitions, such as: teamLab: Sketch Ocean Zheng more...
Oakland Zoo Releases 33 Rare Frogs Into The Wild
Adorable, Good News By Keith Burbank Bay City News Thirty-three Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs leapt into the wild Wednesday and Oakland Zoo officials hope they will help restabilize their species. Frogs and other amphibians are being decimated across the world due to disease. “It’s a global amphibian crisis,” Oakland Zoo spokeswoman Isabella Linares said. The population of more...
Walnut Creek Extends Outdoor Dining to End of 2021
Bay Area Updates, Outdoor Dining By Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation Walnut Creek officials are considering whether to keep outdoor dining parklets a permanent fixture of the city after extending the city’s outdoor dining program through the end of 2021. The Walnut Creek City Council unanimously approved the extension of the Walnut Creek Rebound program last more...
SFMOMA Hosts Free “Mini Mural Festival” (July 31 – Aug. 29)
Artsy Fartsy, Get Out: Events Watch the artistic process unfold live this summer at the Mini Mural Festival. Three partner organizations will each host a festival weekend during which the local artists they’ve commissioned will paint 8’x8’ murals outdoors at SFMOMA. Live music, DJs, and other fun surprises will complement the art experience. SFMOMA’s Mini Mural Festival July more...
SF Hints At Vaccine Mandate Beyond City Workers
Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines Currently all city employees of San Francisco and those who work in “high-risk” settings are required by the city to get the COVID vaccine, unless they have a religious or medical exemption. High-risk settings include acute-care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, residential care facilities for the elderly, homeless shelters and jails. See more...
SF’s Outdoor Dining & Parklets Now Officially Permanent
Bay Area Updates, Outdoor Dining San Francisco Mayor London Breed this week officially signed legislation to make the “Shared Spaces” program permanent, allowing businesses to continue to operate outdoors on parklets and sidewalks including outdoor dining. Shared Spaces are officially here to stay in San Francisco! These parklets and outdoor spaces have been a lifeline for our more...
SF’s Mask Mandate Might Be Coming Back
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Masks, Vaccines San Francisco mayor London Breed has finally announced that the city is indeed looking at re-instituting mask rules regardless of vaccine status according to a story by San Francisco Chronicle reporter Trisha Thadani “Yes, we are looking at mask mandates for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Yes, we are looking at more...
SF May Soon Allow Fourplexes in Most Neighborhoods
Bay Area Updates, Causes An effort to increase housing production throughout the city, Supervisor Rafael Mandelman on Tuesday proposed legislation to allow fourplex units to be built in areas designated for single-family homes. Currently, zones designated for single-family and low-density housing only allow for a maximum of three units per lot. Updating rules to allow more...
Watch SFMOMA’s Diego Rivera’s 30-Ton Fresco Getting Preserved
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New A team of conservators at the SFMOMA is currently working to preserve one of Diego Rivera’s historic murals. Visitors can watch them work in the Roberts Family Gallery on Floor 1 for free. Although the timing can chance, the last time to watch the live preservation work is Thursday, July 29th. more...
