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Bay Area Might Get a New 4-Lane “State Highway 239”
Brand New, East Bay, Transportation By Bay City News Public comments are being accepted for a proposed new state highway that would connect state Highway 4 in eastern Contra Costa County to either Interstate Highway 580 in Alameda County or a location further east at Interstate Highway 205 in San Joaquin County. State Highway 239 would connect more...
SF’s Mel’s Drive-In Offering $4 Burgers for 75th Anniversary
Deals, Indoor Dining, San Francisco Mel’s Drive-in, the iconic 1950s-style diner is celebrating its 75th anniversary with turn-back-the-clock prices on December 14, 2022 at all four of its San Francisco locations – giving 75% off some of their classic dishes – meaning that for one day only a burger and fries runs for only $4.24. Please more...
Bay Area Holiday Tradition “Bethlehem A.D.” Ending After 30 Years
Bay Area Favorites, Celebrations, Christmas Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that one of the USA’s largest living nativity scenes is hosting its final Bethlehem A.D.. a Bay Area tradition for the past 30 years. Sadly, the “Disneyland of Nativity scenes” is hosting its last event in 2022 because the land has been more...
USA’s Largest Holiday Light Arts Fest “Let’s Glow SF” Returns to SF
Artsy Fartsy, Holiday Lights, Only in San Francisco Let’s Glow SF returns to Downtown San Francisco for the second year in a row. The free, outdoor holiday light arts festival is returning with more artists’ holiday-inspired works projected across some of downtown’s most notable buildings. From 5-10pm nightly, running Friday, December 2, 2022 – Sunday, December 11, 2022, is more...
SF’s Great Highway Will Stay Car-Free on Weekends Until 2025
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Thanks to SF Chronicle for sharing the news that San Francisco’s Great Highway will remain car-free on weekends for the next three years through December 31, 2025 after the Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday. The Great Highway stretches 3.8 miles down San Francisco’s western coast, bordering Ocean Beach. Every weekend more...
Santa Visits Oakland Zoo to Pass Out Presents to Animals
Adorable, East Bay, Oakland In adorable news, Santa visited the Oakland Zoo to treat the animals to some holiday presents. Santa zipped around the Zoo on a festively decorated golf cart with a giant sack of presents he delivered to all the animals on the “nice” list. Watch the elephants, tigers and more unwrap and more...
“SantaCon”: SF’s City-Wide Santa Pub Crawl is Back for 2022
Bars, Bay Area Favorites, Celebrations, Fun & Games, San Francisco “SantaCon” is San Francisco’s annual city-wide Santas-only pub crawl happening on Saturday, December 10, 2022. Join the private SantaCon SF Facebook Group Get details on 2022 events at the public SantaCon SF Facebook group This flash mob-type event brings together hundreds of slightly sober people dressed in Santa costumes parading around the city, visiting more...
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair is Back for 2022
Bay Area Favorites, Christmas, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco After two years, The Great Dickens Christmas Fair is finally back in person. Now in its 38th season, this is your chance to visit old-timey London, at the historic Cow Palace Exhibition Halls. The Great Dickens Christmas Fair is a one-of-a-kind immersive adventure into Victorian London ~ an elaborate holiday party with more...
SF Approves New “Cars to Casas” Housing Ordinance
Housing, San Francisco The Board of Supervisors recently approved a housing ordinance introduced by Mayor London N. Breed to make it easier to build more housing to replace gas stations, parking lots, and other auto-oriented lots. The “Cars to Casas” ordinance was supported by housing and environmental activists, including YIMBY Action, the San Francisco more...
Killer Police Robots Won’t Be Coming to SF After All
Police Reform, San Francisco By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation Following local protests and international criticism, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors reversed a decision on Tuesday that would have allowed law enforcement to deploy armed robots. Last Tuesday, the board gave a go-ahead for the police to use killer remote-controlled robots in what more...
Hundreds Crowd BART Platforms for “BART Basel” Guerilla Art Show
Artsy Fartsy, Only in San Francisco The quirky BART Basel returned touting itself as “the leading train platform connecting collectors, gallerists, and artists.” Hundreds turned up at San Francisco BART stations for the second annual guerilla art show, held Saturday, December 3, 2022. Organizer Danielle Baskin described the event on Twitter for the first annual event back more...
SF Considers Allowing Police to Use Armed Robots to Kill
Police Reform, San Francisco By Kiley Russell, Bay City News Foundation A day before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is expected to take a final vote on a policy allowing police to deploy armed robots, opponents gathered at City Hall to decry the decision. Lead by supervisors Dean Preston, Hillary Ronen and Board President Shamann more...
San Francisco Zoo Free Day
Freebies The San Francisco Zoo, Northern California’s largest zoological park and conservation center, periodically offers free admission for San Francisco residents. When is the next free zoo day for SF residents? The free days are often the first or second Wednesday of the month. But dates often announced on VERY short notice as more...
San Jose’s Happy Hollow Zoo Welcomes Rare, Endangered Chacoan Peccaries
Adorable By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation The Hollow Park and Zoo has welcomed four new snorting members to its zoo family — the pig-like endangered Chacoan peccaries. The bristle-haired, tough-snouted animals from South America have moved into a newly renovated and expanded habitat funded by the zoo’s nonprofit foundation, zoo more...
BART’s Future Looks Bleak Unless It Receives More Public Funding
Bay Area Updates, Getting Help, Transportation By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation Cutting BART service enough to shore up its projected nine-figure annual deficits in the coming years would result in a “death spiral” for the transit agency, officials said Thursday. BART planning officials prepared a five-year financial outlook at the behest of the Metropolitan Transportation more...
