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San Francisco Outdoor Dining Guide: 320+ Patios & Restaurants
Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open UPDATE: Mayor London Breed announced that Outdoor dining may resume in San Francisco beginning 8am on Thursday, January 28, 2021. It is limited to up to 6 people total from up to two households at a table. Live entertainment is allowed except for singing or brass or wind instruments. It took more...
San Francisco Rent Dropped 27% in 2020
City Insight, Housing Thanks to SF Gate and Apartment List for letting us know that rents declined 27% in 2020. San Francisco rents went down sharply (2.7%) in December 2020, and are down sharply by 27.0% in comparison to the same time last year. Currently, Apartment List says median rents in San Francisco stand at more...
BART Stops Adding New Trains for at Least 3 Months
Bay Area Updates Thanks to the Mercury News for letting us know that BART has paused their delivery of new “Fleet of the Future” trains due to software glitches and reliability issues putting it’s $2.6 billion effort to swap out a decades-old fleet of trains on hold. Thanks to glitches in the on-board automatic more...
Southwest’s $29 Flight Sale
Deals Southwest is offering a bevy of discount fares from SFO, San Jose and Oakland with $29 fares to west coast destinations. Fare deals valid January 26 through May 26, 2021. It’s the usual fine print… fares can change at anytime, you need to book by 1/7/21 9:59 p.m. Pacific Time, there’s blackout more...
NHL Planning Outdoor Hockey Games at Lake Tahoe (Feb. 20-21)
Brand New Thanks to The Athletic for letting us know the details of the NHL’s plans to build a pop-up ice rink for two pro hockey games on the shore of Lake Tahoe in February 2021 for an “Outdoor Weekend” showcase. The NHL is planning to build its own rink on a golf more...
SF’s 100-year-old “Far East Cafe” Postpones Closure (For Now)
Indoor Dining, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open After 100 years in business, Chinatown’s oldest banquet restaurant, the “Far East Cafe” was set to close on New Year’s Eve. Thanks to the San Francisco Chronicle for letting us know that the restaurant has received an extension of sorts, at least for another week. Thanks to participating in San Francisco’s more...
California Has Best View of First Meteor Shower of 2021
Wow The “Quadrantids” is 2021’s first major meteor shower. Unfortunately for 2021 a bright moon close to the radiant of the shower will light up the sky on the expected peak night (late January 2 until dawn January 3) Read more at earthsky and timeanddate Typically this meteor shows can produce 50-100 meteors more...
Oakland’s New Massive Cranes Sail Under Bay’s Bridges
Brand New Thanks to ABC7 for providing great aerial footage and letting us know that Oakland’s brand new massive 400-ft tall cranes sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge on their way to the Port of Oakland. The cranes, among the largest in the world, needed to have their booms lowered in order to more...
SF Extends “Stay at Home” Order “Indefinitely”
Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to ABC for letting us know that the city of San Francisco has extended the stay-at-home order “indefinitely” as December 31st. The original stay-at-home order was supposed to end on January 7th, depending on how ICU capacity fares for the Bay Area and would be lifted by the state if more...
Cliff House’s Iconic Sign Taken Down
Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to the SF Bay Times for letting us know that the iconic “Cliff House” sign is scheduled to be removed today at Noon. Related Stories 157-Year-Old “Cliff House” Restaurant Closes Temporarily – 7/20/20 SF’s Historic 157-Year Old Cliff House is Closing Permanently – 12/14/20 Read more at cliffhouse.com After days of negotiations which appeared more...
Free Parking in SF on New Year’s Day
City Insight Celebrate the kick off of 2021 with a day of free parking throughout the city of San Francisco. Although parking hazardously is always ticketable and towable – as is parking in a red or blue zone – much of the rest of the city is yours for the parking. Here’s the Basics more...
Oakland Gets New Massive 400-Foot-Tall Cranes
Brand New Towering new cranes are coming to the Port of Oakland to handle the massive ships calling the seaport. These new cranes will be the tallest ever at Oakland, and rank among the largest in the U.S. When in the raised position, the three new cranes can each soar 400 feet high more...
Bay Area’s 1,400-acre “Foothills Park” Finally Open to Public After 51 Years
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, New Parks, What's Closed / What's Open A gorgeous 1,400 acre park in Palo Alto that had been off limits for non-city residents finally opened to the general public last week after 51 years. Foothills Park, a park and nature reserve in the eastern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains opened in 1965 but in 1969 a restriction more...
“F*ck 2020” SF’s New Year’s Eve Live Comedy Countdown
New Year's Eve Pretty much everything is closed. No big parties, the beach parking lots are shut down, the lights are off in Golden Gate Park, no fireworks show, Twin Peaks roads are shut. So come join us for one last online comedy blowout to say good riddance to 2020 with a one-night-only zoom more...
No Fireworks for New Year’s Eve in SF
Bay Area Updates, New Year's Eve, What's Closed / What's Open Not like we thought it would happen, and the city hasn’t officially said anything, but BART has announced officially that San Francisco has canceled the annual midnight fireworks show that would taken place on New Year’s Eve 2020/2021. BART is not running any extended hours and Caltrain’s last train is 12:02am Say more...
