SF City Guides
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...
SF Sets Goal to Be Carbon Neutral by 2045
Bay Area Updates, Green In honor of Earth Day, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a series new citywide climate goals, including an ambitious plan to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next 24 years. The city’s plan to become carbon neutral by 2045 includes hitting key environmental targets like providing all residents with more...
Missing 150-Foot Section of Big Sur’s Highway 1 Reopens Today
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open, Wow After being closed for nearly 3 months, a 150-foot section of Highway 1 in Big Sur is set to reopen Friday, April 23rd at Noon. The roadway at Rat Creek (about 50 miles south of Monterey) was washed away during heavy rains on January 28th. Related Stories Big Sur’s Highway 1 Set more...
A Look Inside SF’s New H-Mart Korean Supermarket
Brand New, Groceries / Supermarkets, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco’s first ever H Mart Korean Supermarket opened on April 21st – a 42,000 square foot location at 3995 Alemany Blvd. The store is open every day from 8am to 9pm. The supermarket is also has a highly anticipated food hall with five Asian food vendors including Da Pan (Asian more...
San Francisco’s Main Library Reopens May 3
Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open After being closed for more than a year, the San Francisco Public Library will reopen three of its branches in May 2021 for limited indoor service, city officials said Tuesday. The city’s libraries have been closed for indoor service since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, and since then, librarians have more...
