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Dungeness Crab Season Closing Early to Protect Whales
Bay Area Updates Soon you’ll have to pause your crustacean craving as the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) this week announced that the commercial Dungeness crab season needs to end early, needs to close up shop early on April 15, 2023. While this may sound like crabby news to some, it’s for more...
SF Welcomes Massive New 30,000 sqft Candy Wonderland
Brand New, Eat & Drink, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the sweet news that SF is set to open a giant new It’Sugar candy shop on Friday, March 31st at 10:30am. Hold onto your sweet tooth, San Francisco, because the city’s iconic Fisherman’s Wharf is about to get a whole lot sweeter. Florida-based candy giant It’Sugar more...
S.F.’s Empty Offices Could Hold 11,000 New Homes
Bay Area Updates, Housing Thanks to San Francisco Chronicle for sharing the news that the city’s empty office buildings could be converted to new homes. San Francisco has thousands of empty office buildings that could be converted into housing, according to a new report. The report, released by the policy research group SPUR and the more...
Pacifica’s “Sea Bowl” Closing Down After 64 Years
Goodbye Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the sad news that Pacifica’s Sea Bowl Entertainment Center and its 32 lanes of bowling will be closing down very soon. This bowling alley in Pacifica first opened its doors in March of 1958 but is closing at the end of May after more than more...
SF Might Get a Huge Waterfront Floating Pool
San Francisco Thanks to NBC Bay Ayea for sharing the news that San Francisco just got a small step closer to having an epic waterfront floating pool. While we’re still many years away from it becoming a reality (and it still needs to make it through the formal approval process), State Senator Scott more...
Dim Sum Fridays in SF’s Chinatown (Starting March 24)
San Francisco Inspired by the blockbuster movie, see some of the Bay Area’s top comedians at San Francisco’s Crazy Funny Asians comedy showcase, presented by Funcheap and HellaFunny. Let’s celebrate the Bay’s Asian-American culture and heritage with laughs. Deep in mystical Chinatown, located inside the Imperial Palace in a grand historic ballroom with more...
BART’s New $90M Fare Gates Coming Systemwide by 2026
Bay Area Updates, Transportation By Eli Walsh, Bay City News BART officials are poised next month to spend approximately $47 million for the development of new fare gates in an effort to crack down on fare evasion. Infrastructure officials with the transit agency formally recommended Thursday that BART should award a contract to Virginia-based STraffic America more...
Golden Gate Park Band’s 2023 Free Sunday Park Concerts (Apr. 30 – Oct. 1)
Artsy Fartsy, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco The Golden Gate Park Band, presents its 141st season in Golden Gate Park’s music concourse. That’s right, this 30-piece symphony has been playing free concerts in Golden Gate Park since 1882. For 2023, there are 25 free weekly concerts that take place most Sundays at 1 pm and usually end between 2:30 more...
SF’s Historic Third Street Bridge Damaged in Storm
San Francisco, Storm Watch San Francisco’s Third Street Bridge, also known as Lefty O’Doul Bridge, was shut to through traffic after being struck by barges and damaged, San Francisco Public Works said at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The historic span was struck by industrial barges that came loose and collided with it during high more...
SF’s Jackson Park is Getting a $40 Million Makeover
Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco’s Jackson Park is getting a makeover. A new playground, sports viewing areas, community learning gardens and an outdoor ball court are among the features included in the Jackson Park concept design approved Thursday by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission. The $40 million renovation of the 4.4 acre park more...
6 Birds Escape from Oakland Zoo’s Aviary After Tree Falls Into It
Oakland, Storm Watch During Tuesday, March 21’s severe storm, Oakland Zoo had several trees fall on Zoo grounds. One of those trees fell onto its newest African Savanna aviary, damaging the mesh and tearing it. Fortunately, no animals were injured, and while most were quickly transported to the Zoo’s veterinary hospital, 6 birds more...
Driver Off Roads in Golden Gate Park Destroying Meadow
Jerk Alert, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that some jerk decided to do doughnuts off-road in Golden Gate Park. The incidents occurred sometime between Friday night, March 17, and Saturday morning, March 18. The driver did burnouts and doughnuts in two locations in the park, destroying the meadow at Porch more...
SF’s Free 11-Hour Bluegrass Music Festival Returns to Polk St. for 2023
Fairs & Festivals, San Francisco Like a mini Hardly Strictly Bluegrass taking over an entire neighborhood, Pickin’ on the Polk is a free districtwide bluegrass (and more) show in the Discover Polk Community Benefit District – April 22, 2023. For 2023, this special Earth Day Festival will temporarily transform Polk Street into a free, all-day bluegrass more...
SF Cleans Up After Massive Storm
San Francisco City Crews Continue Response in Aftermath of Storms Storm with high wind gusts resulted in two deaths and caused citywide impacts including downed trees, power outages, traffic collisions, and transit disruptions San Francisco, CA – Today San Francisco crews continue to assess damage and clean up from yesterday’s storm, largely caused by more...
SF’s 5,000 sqft Pop-Up Roller Rink Ends March 31st
Goodbye, San Francisco Have you had a chance to skate San Francisco’s pop-up covered outdoor roller rink San FranDISCO? Get your skate on soon. The state-of-the-art covered roller rink rolls away on March 31, 2023. What’s so special about this roller rink? San FranDISCO is put on by the crew behind the Church of 8 Wheels. more...
