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Off the Grid Returns to Fort Mason on March 24thOff the Grid Returns to Fort Mason on March 24th
By - posted 3/21/2023
Eat & Drink, Reopening, San Francisco

California’s largest nighttime street food festival is back in San Francisco every Friday beginning March 24, 2023. Off the Grid: Fort Mason Center returns for its 13th season celebrating the variety, diversity and passion of the Bay Area food truck scene and beyond. With over 50 food creators throughout the season, more...

BART Doubles Police Officers & Ups CleaningBART Doubles Police Officers & Ups Cleaning
By - posted 3/21/2023
Bay Area Updates, Crime, Transportation

By Keith Burbank, Bay City News BART police are more than doubling the number of officers patrolling trains starting Monday to address safety and quality of life issues, BART officials said. BART police are deploying eight to 18 more officers on trains per shift in San Francisco and in BART’s core service more...

Sierra Nevada Sets Record for 2nd Snowiest WinterSierra Nevada Sets Record for 2nd Snowiest Winter
By - posted 3/20/2023
Storm Watch, Wow

Update as of March 20, 2023: Sierra Nevada received another 7.7″ of snow this past weekend, so this winter has passed the ’82/’83 record as the 2nd snowiest season. There’s a long way to go to beat the record for the snowiest season (812 inches), but we’re not done with more...

de Young Museum Hosts 8 Free Weekends in 2023de Young Museum Hosts 8 Free Weekends in 2023
By - posted 3/18/2023
Brand New, Museums / Cultural Institutions, San Francisco

The US Premiere of “Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence” at the de Young Museum received grant from Google.org providing eight weekends of free admission to the exhibition and support for vital public programming, including school and youth curriculum. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the “Museums”) just announced the more...

SF Drafts Plan for Reparations for Black Residents: $5 Million Payout to Each?SF Drafts Plan for Reparations for Black Residents: $5 Million Payout to Each?
By - posted 3/17/2023
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco

By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News San Francisco supervisors voiced early support to provide reparations to Black residents for enduring systemic racism over the past 200 years. The 100-plus recommendations the supervisors heard from an advisory committee on Tuesday included $5 million payouts to every eligible Black adult, personal debt and tax more...

Ben & Jerry's "Free Cone Day" Back After 4 YearsBen & Jerry’s “Free Cone Day” Back After 4 Years
By - posted 3/17/2023
Freebies, What's Closed / What's Open

Mmmm… Monday, April 3, 2023 is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s, and you know what that means… free ice cream for you. It’s the first time Ben & Jerry’s has hosted their free cone day in four years (since 2019). As long as you don’t mind waiting in really long lines, almost more...

SF's Cherry Blossom Parade is Finally Back After 4 YearsSF’s Cherry Blossom Parade is Finally Back After 4 Years
By - posted 3/17/2023
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open

Welcome to the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, one of California’s most prominent celebrations of Asian traditions and the biggest on the West coast. Since 1968, the Festival serves to cultivate the continued alliance between Japan and the United States using culture as its bridge. Each year, over 220,000 people attend more...

Bay Area Community College Ranked #1 in AmericaBay Area Community College Ranked #1 in America
By - posted 3/16/2023
Support the Bay

Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the good news that Foothill College in Los Altos Hills was just named the best community college in America. Niche compiled its 2023 Best Community Colleges in America of the top 100 community colleges in the nation by analyzing academic, financial, and student life data from more...

SF's Adorable New Baby PenguinsSF’s Adorable New Baby Penguins
By - posted 3/16/2023
Adorable, Brand New

Say hello to San Francisco’s newest and cutest residents. California Academy of Sciences just welcomed two new baby penguins to its Species Survival Plan colony. The siblings were hatched from parents Poppy and Darcy. Soon, they’ll be heading off to fish school.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by California Academy more...

New SoMa Cocktail Bar "The Harlequin" Opening in June 2023New SoMa Cocktail Bar “The Harlequin” Opening in June 2023
By - posted 3/15/2023
Bars, Brand New, San Francisco

A brand new cocktail bar is coming to San Francisco‘s Yerba Buena neighborhood. Thanks to San Francisco Business Times for sharing the details that the team behind SoMa bars Alchemist Bar & Lounge and Woodbury and Members Only and Finders Keepers in Lower Nob Hill, are debuting a new bar called more...

Shake Shack Opens Another New Bay Area Restaurant on March 16Shake Shack Opens Another New Bay Area Restaurant on March 16
By - posted 3/14/2023
Brand New, East Bay, Eat & Drink

Shake Shack is thrilled to announce it will open at Bay Street Emeryville on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 11am. The Bay Street Emeryville Shack will be Shake Shack’s third location in the East Bay and the 11th location in the greater Bay Area. This Shack will be a part more...

Lawrence Livermore Lab's Discovery Center Reopens After 3 Year ClosureLawrence Livermore Lab’s Discovery Center Reopens After 3 Year Closure
By - posted 3/14/2023
East Bay, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Reopening

By Tony Hicks, Bay City News There are probably more secrets inside Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory than any single square mile in Northern California. One of them, ironically, isn’t one they try to keep: the existence of the lab’s Discovery Center. In an outbuilding of approximately 1,110 square feet on the lab’s more...

You Can Now Buy Part of the Golden Gate Bridge for $12,000You Can Now Buy Part of the Golden Gate Bridge for $12,000
By - posted 3/14/2023
Worth the Splurge, Wow

Thanks to KRON4 for sharing an interesting listing that has hit Facebook Marketplace. If you want to own a piece of the Golden Gate Bridge, here’s your chance. However, it won’t come cheap. Alexandra Watson, located in Penngrove, CA, which is north of Petaluma, has made a listing on Facebook Marketplace for more...

Tahoe's Emerald Bay Has Completely Frozen OverTahoe’s Emerald Bay Has Completely Frozen Over
By - posted 3/14/2023
Storm Watch, Tahoe

For the first time in decades, Tahoe’s Emerald Bay has completely frozen over. ABC7 shared the news from the California State Parks that the stunningly beautiful Emerald Bay has not frozen over since the early 1990s. Located 12 miles north of South Lake Tahoe, Emerald Bay last froze in 1993 and more...

SF's "Bay Lights" Are Back On Due to "Glitch"SF’s “Bay Lights” Are Back On Due to “Glitch”
By - posted 3/13/2023
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open

On March 5th, the Bay Lights officially went “dark” after 10 years – part of a planned shutdown to take 6-months to repair the lights and bring them back brighter and bigger than ever on Labor Day Weekend 2023. But there’s a catch. Actually, a glitch. The Bay Lights actually turned more...