SF City Guides
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...
SF’s Historic 1909 “Palace” Hotel Reopens May 27
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Located in downtown San Francisco, the iconic historic hotel has finally reopened today, May 27, and is welcoming its first guests back in over a year. A timeless icon where original architecture and authentic elements pair with classically inspired, modern décor. Originally established in 1875, the Palace was San Francisco’s first more...
SF May Cancel Unpaid Rent for Small Businesses
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Getting Help, Only in San Francisco San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston is introducing legislation Tuesday to cancel unpaid rent that small businesses accumulated while they were shut down because of public health orders over the past year, a proposal Preston’s office says is the first of its kind in the nation. The proposal covers small businesses with more...
Oakland’s 1926 Grand Lake Theater Reopens May 27
Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Oakland’s historic Grand Lake Theater reopens today (May 27) for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. The first screening is “A Quiet Place Part 2” at 5pm for $7.50. The Grand Lake, located at 3200 Grand Ave (across the street from Lake Merritt) is a 4-screen historic movie more...
Mountain Lion Breaks Into Bay Area Home
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy By Keith Burbank, Bay City News A mountain lion paid a visit to a San Bruno home early Tuesday morning until the homeowner scared it off, police said. The large feline entered the home in the 200 block of Ross Way around 12:25 a.m. by breaking through a window. The cat may more...
Memorial Day 2021: Your 3-Day Weekend Guide (50+ Events)
Bay Area Updates, Celebrations, Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open With California’s full reopening just a few weeks away, things are coming back in a big way this weekend. If you’re ready to venture out, here’s 50+ live events in SF and the Bay Area including art shows, street fairs, cultural festivals, outdoor roller discos, free museum days, secret comedy more...
Muni Plans to Reach 98% of San Francisco This August
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Travel In August 2021, 98% of residents and 100% of equity neighborhoods could be within a ¼ mile of a Muni stop Following major service restorations on May 15, with the KT Ingleside-Third and N Judah Muni Metro rail service resuming, historic street cars returning and subways reopening, the SFMTA is already hard at work planning to more...
San Jose Hosts Public Vigil for the VTA Victims (May 27)
Community, Healing In honor of the victims of today’s tragic mass shooting at the VTA Light Rail Yard, there will be a public vigil held at San Jose City Hall Plaza at 6 pm on Thursday, May 27, 2021. Please note the vigil is May 27, not May 26 as was earlier listed. Sadly, more...
