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Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture launches “Fort Mason Flix”, San Francisco’s first drive-in movie theater from September 18 to October 18, 2020. A pop-up drive-in theater launching September 18, 2020, “Fort Mason Flix” will present a drive in movies, from family favorites and cult classics to blockbusters and arthouse more...
Thanks to ABC7 for letting us know that the inventor/founder of Jelly Belly Jelly Beans will give away a candy factory as part of the “Golden Ticket” treasure hunt. Although Klein has not been affiliated with “Jelly Belly” since 1980 (Jelly Belly is based in Fairfield, in between the Bay more...
Thank you Eater SF for letting us know about the new program that offers free “Grab and Go” meals to every Oakland resident under age 18 – not just for kids enrolled in public school as was the rule previously Oakland Unified District has announced that starting September 3, all children more...
In advance of the Labor Day Weekend, San Francisco’s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence along with Mayor London Breed handed out free masks on Friday at Dolores Park to try to encourage people to socialize safely. Learn more about the city’s guidelines and recommendations for “safer social interactions” at sf.gov Photo: Gareth Gooch more...
Thank you KRON4 and ABC7 for letting us know about the Bay Area historic heat records throughout the Labor Day weekend. For the first time since 2017, San Francisco reached a high of 100 degrees as of 2:45 pm on September 6, breaking the previous record for this date by 8 more...
Extreme heat coming this Labor Day Weekend and San Francisco have activated Weather Relief Centers at 3 SF Libraries and 1 Community Facility: San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street Chinatown Branch Library, 1135 Powell Street Mission Bay Branch Library, 960 4th Street Southeast Community Facility, 1800 Oakdale Avenue The centers are open between on more...
Thanks to SF Gate for compiling a county-by-county list of which beaches are open (or closed) over the Labor Day weekend. Please note that details can change quickly so please check with your county first before heading out to make sure. When beach parking lots are full, police will close down more...
Thanks to Hoodline for letting us know about the Tenderloin’s “Pothole Artist”’s most ambitious project yet. In the streets of the Tenderloin, you might notice something peculiar about its potholes, which contain anything from lipstick, glitter, clip-on-earrings, broken disco balls, rainbow Skittles and neon blue bubbles. That’s because local artist Rik Lee more...
The San Francisco Parks Alliance kicked off their new “Heart Your Parks” gratitude campaign today for the month of September, which includes “heart-shaped social distanced circles” going in at Parks throughout the city. The first parks to get “hearts” include Alamo Square, Conservatory of Flowers Lawn, Glen Canyon Field, and (hopefully) more...
Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that now that Alameda County has approved indoor salons to begin opening on Friday, that San Francisco is the lone hold out among the Bay Area counties. Because it is in the “red tier” risk level for California, the state allows San Francisco more...
Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that Nancy Pelosi has called her SF hair salon visit ‘a setup,’ and says the salon owes her an apology. Nancy Pelosi’s visit to an indoor salon this week in drew a lot of criticism. She was seen on camera getting her hair done more...
San Francisco Pride’s Board Directors on Wednesday voted to ban uniformed police officers from participating in the 2021 Pride parade. The board said they wanted to give the police grievance process time to hold officers accountable for the “wholly unnecessary escalation into violence.” “After a year-long process, it appears there will be more...
Don’t get a ticket. Make sure you have a valid residential parking permit or be prepared to move your car. Residential parking time limits in San Francisco return on September 14. To make more parking available to neighborhood residents as more businesses open, enforcement of parking time limits in all Residential more...
San Francisco’s City Hall and its 220+ state-of-the-art LED lighting fixtures will illuminate in red, white, and blue to commemorate 9/11. City Hall Lighting Schedule September 11, 2020 – 9/11 The schedule is always tentative for the holiday lighting and subject to change when there are special events and the building is lit in honor of those.
Thank you SFGATE for letting us know that new tolls are reportedly coming to ‘many if not most’ Bay Area freeways. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. Earlier this month, the agency sent a letter to all more...